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Guideline 3 :
Use markup and style sheets and do so properly

Checkpoint 3.1 - Result: correct

When an appropriate markup language exists, use markup rather than images to convey information. [Priority 2]

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Images: No images are used to transmit information.

• Instructions:
  Verify that everything that that can be transmitted appropiately by means of a markup language, is transmitted that way and not through an image.
  [Close instructions]

Checkpoint 3.2 - Result: wrong

Create documents that validate to published formal grammars. [Priority 2]

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DTD: There's no Document Type Declaration in page.

• Instructions:
  HERA uses the services of the W3C Markup validator to verify the sintax of the page source code. If the result is unclear, use the icon to open the validator page.
  [Close instructions]

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CSS: It's not possible to check style sheets validation results.

• Instructions:
  HERA uses the services of the W3C CSS Reviewer to verify the syntax of stylesheets. If the result is indefinite, use the icon to open the reviewer's page.
  [Close instructions]

Checkpoint 3.3 - Result: correct

Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. [Priority 2]

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Cascading Style Sheets: There are no style sheets or tables that can be used to layout.

• Instructions:
  Verify that the layout and presentation of the page are defined with stylesheets and not with elements and attributes of markup language.
  [Close instructions]

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Presentation elements: No HTML elements to control presentation are used.

• Instructions:
  Verify that elements like <b>, <center> or <font> are not used for example, to control the layout of the page.
  [Close instructions]

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Presentation properties: No HTML attributes to control presentation are used.

• Instructions:
  Verify that presentation attributes like color, bgcolor and face are not used.
  [Close instructions]

Checkpoint 3.4 - Result: needs checking

Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language attribute values and style sheet property values. [Priority 2]

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Absolute units in HTML: Verify if it is possible to enlarge and reduce as much as you wish every element in page.

• Instructions:
  Tables and table cells that contain attributes like height and width are highlighted. Check that the values for those attributes are expressed in percentages, not in absolute measures.
  [Close instructions]

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Absolute units in CSS: No se detectaron unidades absolutas (in|cm|mm|pt|pc) o tamaños de fuente definidos en px en los valores de las hojas de estilo.

• Instructions:
  Tables and table cells with attributes like height and width are highlighted. Verify that the values for those attributes are expressed in percentages, not in absolute measures.
  [Close instructions]

Checkpoint 3.5 - Result: wrong

Use header elements to convey document structure and use them according to specification. [Priority 2]

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Headers (h1-h6): No headers are used.

• Instructions:
  Headers are identified. There should be at least one main title and they must not be randomly ordered to take advantage of the different font sizes.
  [Close instructions]

Checkpoint 3.6 - Result: needs checking

Mark up lists and list items properly. [Priority 2]

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Lists: No lists used. Check if there are elements in page that should be marked up as a list of elements.

• Instructions:
  The different list types are identified. All content that conforms a list of elements should be marked as such and the markup should not be used to get presentation effects (padding, for example). If nested lists exist, it must be proven their correct nesting.
  [Close instructions]

Checkpoint 3.7 - Result: needs checking

Mark up quotations. Do not use quotation markup for formatting effects such as indentation. [Priority 2]

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Quotations: No quote marking elements (<q> or <blockquote>) are used in page. Read the page and check if there are contents that should be marked up as quotes.

• Instructions:
  <q> and <blockquote> tags are highlighted. Check that text marked as quote is actually a quote and that these elements are not used to give format to text or to get a padding.
  [Close instructions]

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