Problem with W3C Validator?

Posted by admin on April 29, 2010; This entry is filed under Uncategorized.

There seems to be a problem with W3c Validator at the moment – When trying to check Shareworld I am getting the following error:

Line 1, Column 1: end of document in prolog
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.o…

This error may appear when the validator receives an empty document. Please make sure that the document you are uploading is not empty, and report any discrepancy.

I was pretty sure this was incorrect as Shareworld is nearly completely valid XHTML (baring in mind it comprises over 1100 pages). I tried checking the validity of a few other sites I run (including this one) and got the same error.

To make doubly sure this was in error, I downloaded a sample html page from the W3c website and tried to validate that; it also produced the same error.

I have since emailed W3C via their feedback section, but have not yet received a reply.

I will post an update when I get one.

4 Comments

borland April 29th, 2010 at 11:42 pm

Hello, yes, it seems with W3c Validator is a problem, today I got same errors in all html pages:
Line 1, Column 1: end of document in prolog
admin April 30th, 2010 at 7:33 am

It would appear that this issue has now been resolved – I just tried validating Shareworld again this morning and got the lovely green banner!!
borland April 30th, 2010 at 8:25 am

yes,terday apoprat 11:42 AM
borland April 30th, 2010 at 8:27 am

yes, yesterday approx 02:00-03:00 AM w3c has this problem fixed