199031 - Pizza Hut pizzahut.com doesn't pass validation

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: English US, defect)

Description

[Brian 'netdragon' Bober]

http://www.pizzahut.com/

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pizzahut.com%2F
No Doctype!

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pizzahut.com%2Fpr_storyhome.asp&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional
*DOCTYPE Override in effect! 17 Errors!

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pizzahut.com%2Fpr_storyhome.asp&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional
118 errors! Notice on IE 6 that clicking the "International" link at the top
opens it in a currently open window. Is that a sign of bad DOM usage?

See also bug 130611 - pizzahut.com - uses document.all

Can any evangelism people help them clean up the autrocious HTML?

Comment 1

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

tech evang june 2003 reorg

Comment 2

[Bob Clary [:bc] (inactive)]

We really aren't in the business of convincing sites to strictly code to
standards per se, but to get them to support alternative browsers such as
Mozilla and Firefox. -> INVALID