Test Your Website- Make it Bug Free

1. HTML Validator-(http://validator.w3.org/)- Checks the markup validity of Web documents in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.

2. CSS Validator (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/) -Validates CSS stylesheets or documents using CSS stylesheets.

3. Links Validator (http://validator.w3.org/checklink) - Useful to find broken links.

4. RSS Feed Validator (http://validator.w3.org/feed/) -This is the W3C Feed Validation Service, a free service that checks the syntax of Atom or RSS feeds

5. Free Site Validator (http://freesitevalidator.com/) -This service scans your entire site for validation errors and dead links and generates report status in real time.

6. WebAIM Wave (http://wave.webaim.org/) - Accessibility service – it shows you the mistakes and it is quite productive.

7. Functional Accessibility Evaluator(http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/) -Use this tool to evaluate the functional accessibility of your web site.

8. Hera(http://www.sidar.org/hera/) -Check the accessibility of Web pages according to the specification Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG 1.0).

9. Xenocode(http://www.xenocode.com/Browsers/) -Using Xenocode you can run any browser you want. Yes, even IE6, IE7 and IE8 simultaneous.

10. Browsershots(http://browsershots.org/) -A great service for testing your site on all browsers on most operating systems.

11. IeTester (http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/) -This is a tool that incorporates all version of IE in one desktop application.

12. Microsoft Expression SuperPreview (http://www.microsoft.com/expression/) -The new tool from Microsoft is designed to help you compare your site on different browsers.

13. Pingdom Tools(http://tools.pingdom.com) -Analyzing your website speed and breaking down the way elements are loaded.

14. YSlow(http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/)-The authority tool in optimizing your website and gaining additional speed.

15. Web Page Analyzer(http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/)-A simple yet very useful service that generates a report related to your website performance.

Happy Blogging !

Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com

How to Kill Website Credibility !

Here is the list which help you to ruin your website credibility.

• Ugly design and bad structure
• Poor flow of website.
• Spelling errors and poor grammar
• Childish fonts and poor color / image / text aesthetics
• Poor / unclear navigation
• Poor or lack of search function
• Forced collection of data to obtain content
• Too many ad's that are irrelevant or too many pop up's.
  
• Out of date news, information, contact details
• dysfunctional java scripts
• Page not found errors
• 404 error that is permanent
• Try to send an Email to a link that doesn't work
• Broken scripts, images, security, links
• Poor maintenance window timing
• Too much text that's too big or too small
• Non response to enquiries
• Phone numbers that are not updated
• No contact details for the brick and mortar business
• Dodgy, uncertified security / encryption - particularly on E-commerce sites
• Massive image sizes / too long to download
• Images that don't open up

Happy Reading !

Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com