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Total Validator v6.2.1 released

2010-02-05T19:33:00.001Z

This is a minor update to Total Validator with the following changes:

Added option to limit the number of concurrent broken link checks
Added Firefox 3.6 screenshots, and restored FF1 and Mozilla for Linux
Amended to cope with non Western characters in results

Total Validator v6.2 released

2010-01-01T12:18:00.001Z

This release brings added support for four new HTML validations: XHTML+RDFa, XHTML Basic 1.0 and 1.1, and XHTML-Print 1.0. The XHTML 1.1 validation has also been improved.

Withe the release of Google Chrome Linux and OS X, these have now been made available for screenshots, although Mozilla for Linux has been dropped. Camino fo OS X has been upgrade to v2 as well.

Finally the Mac version of the desktop tool has added support for Snow Leopard and the Firefox extension updated to support 3.6

HTML5 validation is here with TV 6.1.0

2009-11-04T18:39:00.002Z

Everyone's been waiting for it and finally Total Validator has delivered it. A fully working HTML5 and (XHTML5) validator built to the latest spec (17th October). Regular updates of Total Validator will keep you up to date with the latest changes to the HTML5 spec as it matures so you can stay ahead of the curve.

The latest version of TV (6.1.0) not only provides a fully working HTML5 validator, but also improves further on this popular tool. Multi-page validation has been given a huge boost in performance, making it the fastest validator out there whilst already fully proven in validating some of the largest websites in the world.

Total Validator v6.0.2 released

2009-09-12T10:37:00.000+01:00

Minor release with added support for Opera 10 screenshots, and minor fixes to the new accessibility tests introduced in 6.0

Total Validator v6.0 released

2009-08-23T15:12:00.002+01:00

The Pro Tool is now available for purchase, replacing the Advanced Tool, and a Linux version of the Basic Tool is also introduced.

The first major part of this release is support for the latest W3C accessibility guidelines (WCAG v2) with more tests than ever. Also extended and improved WCAG v1 and US 508 accessibility tests, especially table tests.

The other major part of this release is an overhaul of the way entire sites are validated, the impact being that validating many pages now requires significantly less memory than in the past. Along with this the depth option has been redefined to be more meaningful, and truly representing the number of levels of depth into the website.

You can also now select the browser to display the results in place of using the default browser. There are additional attribute tests for HTML validation and upgrades to Konqueror, Google and Safari to theor latest releases for screenshots.

Total Validator v5.5 released

2009-05-17T12:46:00.001+01:00

Support for IE8, and FF3.5 screenshots have been added to this release.

The HTML validator has been updated with 2009 changes to the XHTML 1.1 and 1.0 standards and many additional XHTML 1.1 and 1.0 validations added as well.

The extension has improved support for calling Linux versions of the desktop tool.

The desktop tool has been validated for use with Windows 7 and improved for use with Vista so it can be more easily used by users without administrative rights.

Total Validator v5.4 released

2009-01-10T16:29:00.007Z

This is just a refresh release, catching up with the latest changes.

Google Chrome has been added to the list of browsers for screenshots in place of Firefox v1.0 (Windows). All other screenshot browsers have been updated to the lastest versions. A number of minor tweaks and all known bug fixes have been added as well.

Total Validator v5.3 released

2008-06-29T08:32:00.000+01:00

More of the Pro Tool options make it into the Advanced Tool with this release. So now the Advanced Tool now has all the options from the Advanced Tab that the Pro Tool does (i.e. Results and Dictionary options).

Also for all versions of the Tool the default folder for results and other files has now been changed from the installation folder to the 'usual place' depending on your O/S. This means that you no longer need admin privileges on Windows to run the Tool.

There is also a Linux version of the Advanced Tool available as well, so support for this OS is no longer restricted to the Pro Tool.

The Firefox Extension has been updated to reflect the changes in the Tool and also for Pro Tool users there's a new option for validating individual protected pages when cookies don't work.

Finally there are a few bug fixes in the HTML validation engine to catch up with the online service.

Total Validator v5.2 released

2008-04-15T18:44:00.002+01:00

Version 5.2 is all about even more browsers to screenshot your pages with, now up to 32 browsers in total across Windows, Linux and OS/X.

New for this release on Windows is Safari 3.1. On OS/X Firefox 3, Firefox 1.5 and Safari 2.0 are now available. And for Linux Firefox 1.5, Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla 1.7 make a welcome return.

Also in this release the reports have been improved to make it clearer when pages pass. Also the 'Show on success' option is now available for all the tools and the online service, and has also been extended to allow the page layout to be viewed even when there are no problems found. This is particularly useful when validating pages that redirect so you can be sure that the right page has been validated.

Total Validator v5.1 released

2008-03-21T19:52:00.001Z

This new release sees the addition of German spellchecking to all tools and the online site.

Firefox 3 screenshots are now available for both Windows and Linux, and Opera 9 screenshots for Linux has finally made a return. However, Firefox 1.0, Firefox 1.5 and Mozilla 1.7 screenshots on Linux have all been deprecated.

In addition the Firefox Extension is now available in 6 new locales (Japanese, Polish, French, Italian, Brazillian, and Spanish), and the Desktop Tools can all now open files with any extension.

Total Validator v5.0 released

2008-01-30T08:17:00.000Z

Version 5.0 was released earlier this week. This major release sees the launch of the Advanced Desktop Tool allowing all users to validate more than one page locally. This is intended to replace the Pro Desktop Tool, which will continue to be supported for the time being.

With this release the basic parsing and html validation engines have been reworked, providing many more validation tests than ever before, and preparing the way for HTML5 support later this year. The accessibility validation engine has also been heavily refactored ready to support WCAG2 validation later this year.

In addition the Tools and Firefox extension have many UI changes intended to improve ease of use.

Firefox Extension 4.5 Released

2007-12-04T20:01:00.000Z

This lastest release of the extension provides integration with the Total Validator Basic desktop tool.

So now if you have the Basic tool installed then with just one click you can validate pages on your local disk, or intranet/firewalled pages inaccessible to the online validation service.

Using the desktop tool rather than the online service may mean faster validation times, and gives you the ability to validate pages when you're not connected to the Internet.

Total Validator v4.4.0 released

2007-10-10T20:24:00.000+01:00

The Validator Engine, Desktop Tool and Firefox Extension have all been updated to v4.4.0.

The emphasis with this release is on better checking of http headers and their associated meta tags. In particular: content-type, content-script-type and content-style-type.

There are also two new options to allow query parameters and jsessionid's to be removed from links before testing or following. These will help to prevent loops when testing sites that dynamically create links.

Total Validator v4.3.0 released

2007-09-15T15:23:00.001+01:00

The Validator Engine, Desktop Tool and Firefox Extension have all been updated to v4.3.0.

This is a small release consisting mostly of bug fixes together with improvements to the validation of character references whereever they are used.

The main functional change is the support for regular expressions when entering paths to skip making it easier than ever to target your validation.

Total Validator v4.2.0 released

2007-08-05T10:59:00.001+01:00

The Validator Engine, Desktop Tool and Firefox Extension have all been updated to v4.2.0.

Across all tools screenshots for Camino for OS/X are now available, bringing the number of browsers available to 25.

In the Firefox extension you can now select multiple browsers for taking screenshots with the Pro Tool. You can also launch the Pro Tool UI passing across all the values in the extension including browser cookies.

The underlying engine also has a number of improvements: The number of redirects has been increased to seven and the referer header is now set when traversing a site. A number of stability enhancements have also been added to the screenshot system and performance improvements all round.

Validator Engine, Tool, and Extension v4.1 released

2007-07-01T10:36:00.001+01:00

In all forms of Total Validator you can now specify the suffix of validation email attachments to avoid mail server issues.

In the Tool new options include preventing the default browser launching and displaying the last results at any time.

In the Validation engine broken link checking and cookie handling has been updated to make it more forgiving in the face of suspect servers. There's also support for spell checking words that have styled first letters.

The Firefox extension provides support for all the new features and the Options dialog has been compacted to save screen space.

Validator Engine, Tool, and Extension v4.0 released

2007-05-15T21:15:00.001+01:00

After a long wait a new version of the Total Validator suite has been released.

But it should be worth it. As well as internal refactoring to make things better than ever, there are many changes all round such as improved performance, revamped branding, new validation logos, updated tests, and error breakdowns on reports.

In addition the desktop tool is now optimised for Vista, and you can specify where the results are output to make it easier to keep your results for future use. Also you can now check more than one site or disconnected parts of the same site in one go.

But due to increased demand Mac OS/X screenshots are now only available when you purchase the Pro Desktop Tool.

Desktop Tool 3.4 Released

2007-02-24T07:57:00.000Z

This is a fairly minor release as far as changes to the tool is concerned. However, there are several big changes to the validation engine within it.

The most obvious changes are to the validation report. Where possible this now highlights the problem in red as well as providing the usual descriptive text. The summaries now break down Accessibility problems into the different parts (A, AA, 508 etc). There is also a new short report format available via the Options menu. This provides a report that only displays the lines with problems on for people familiar to the W3C way of doing things. Personally, I think it makes it more difficult to locate and understand problems, but it's now there if you prefer it. Finally, the report displays 'implicit' tags (ie tags that TV adds) if there are problems associated with them.

The other big change is an expansion of the type checking that is done. Almost every type of attribute is now checked to ensure that it contains the 'right' type of value as defined in the standards.

In addition there are many other changes such as more accurate and robust broken link timeouts, additional HTTP headers sent to the Web Server, and better support for Vista.

Firefox Extension 3.5 and Desktop Tool 3.3 Released

2007-01-17T12:40:00.000Z

The main feature of these synchronized releases is support for cookies when validating sites.

The free desktop tool will accept and send first party and session cookies whilst validating a site. The pro tool expands on this with the option to cache cookies between validation sessions and options on what type of cookies to store and send from the cache. In addition the extension can send all cookies for the current site to the pro tool.

Thus you can now use Firefox to login to a site that uses login sessions stored in cookies and then validate the rest of the site using the pro tool.

Also both tools now support the saving of misspelt words during spell checks. This allows you to easy and quickly build up your own dictionary of site-specific additional words, making spell checking easier than before.

IE4.01 and IE5.01 Screenshots now supported

2006-12-11T10:28:00.000Z

Due to popular demand, with the latest release of the validation engine (3.7.0) two older versions of Internet Explorer are now available for screenshots.

Pro desktop tool v3.2 and Firefox Extension v3.4 have also been released to support the new browsers.

In addition the Pro desktop tool now supports multiple browser screenshots.

Firefox Extension 3.3 Released

2006-11-16T11:09:00.000Z

With this release you can now validate individual frames in a frameset via the Context Menu. For example on right mouse click on a page containing frames and you will see that the TV option now has a sub-menu with options to validate the entire page, or just the frame you clicked in.

There is also a new authentication option for Pro tool users to mimic what is available in the Pro tool itself.

Finally, you no longer lose your Pro Tool Path settings when 'Defaults' is clicked. If you really wish to go back to the default, manually blank out this field just before clicking the 'Defaults' button.

Desktop Tool 3.1 Released

2006-11-04T11:04:00.000Z

New features include a built-in user agent editor, and support for the best-fit html validation option released to the online service last month.

In addition the Pro tool also supports IE7 and FF2 screenshots and OS/X and Linux versions of the Pro tool are now available.

IE7 and Firefox 2.0 Screenshots now supported

2006-10-22T16:07:00.000+01:00

The online validation service now supports IE7 and FF2 screenshots on Windows. This brings the total to 24 browsers across 3 platforms (Windows, OS/X, Linux) now available for screen shots.

Support for IE7 and FF2 will be added to the Firefox extension and desktop tool by the end of this month.

Validator Engine 3.6.0 Released

2006-10-17T20:35:00.000+01:00

Haven't a clue what HTML standard your pages conform to (2.0, 3.2, 4.01, XHTML ...)?

Total Validator 3.6 now provides a best-fit option which works out which HTML standard will produce the least errors when tested against.

The auto-detect option now falls-back to best-fit mode if no tag is found (W3C simply guesses that it's 4.01 even if your document is XHTML!).

In addition the validation report has been updated to give you a break down of each type of problem (HTML, Accessibility etc) with totals for each area and for each problem together with additional navigation to get you quickly to what you need to see.

Other improvements include Byte Order Mark (BOM) detection, and shorter timeouts when checking links, for faster validation.