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 ----------F Why validate your HTML? Basically it prevents browser frustration and L search engine dead ends. It also gives you an alternate way of viewing your 
 web pages.  L The freeware demo allows you to run the whole HTML validator suite against a directory you select.   M It will expect to find all the HTML web files with a .HTML extension, images   will be either .GIF or .JPG.    H It will copy a file called debug.htm to the directory you are checking, H load this in your browser to link to the files which are created by the K remainder of the procedure. A full explanation of the purpose of the files  F is included in the AAAREADME.TXT file and modifying the files to scan 9 for other types of file should be quite straight forward.   L It will state which phase it is currently executing (but no other messages) I however you can use CTRL/Y to safely interrupt the current phase to move   onto the next.    J For an average set of homepages (20 HTML pages, 50 images and other files)H it should take about 2 minutes to complete on a 200 TPS machine, bear inH mind it repeatedly uses SEARCH and DCL level file scans, the more files,G the longer it will take. Note that you will see a couple of file access 9 conflict errors, these are normal and should be ignored.    E What you will be left with is a convenient set of HTML files to cross K reference your site and check the accuracy of internal and external links.    4 No existing files are altered or changed in any way.   Nic Clews February 2001.