When I  redesigned the DrywallHowTo website a major amount of the time I spent was in making the website W3C compliant. I am not sure all the time and bother I typically spend to do this is worth it. However, I believe it does differentiate my compliant sites (I don’t have too many yet) from the bulk of the non-compliant ones on the internet. It also helps alleviate my deep seated fears that one day a major browser will come out that will not render non-compliant sites. I figure a compliant site gives my a slight advantage now, peace of mind and may prevent some major scrambling in the future. Besides, there is a sense of satisfaction in placing the little compliance logo at the bottom of a page. It is like a badge of honor.

However, I find that YouTube and Amazon.com code causes me considerable difficulty in W3C compliance. I am not sure what to do about this as I think that some widgets can be a valuable resource. In point of fact, I have so much difficulty with the Amazon code that I tend to just eliminate it from the webpage.

I must be the only one having this problem, or maybe I am one of the few who cares about W3C compliance. I searched the internet for solutions, but nothing came up. I can’t afford to spend too much time on such mundanaities, so there may be an easy solution. I am sure the next time I reformat a website I will run into the problem again.

p.s. I sent a note to Amazon.com on this yesterday – am expecting a response soon.