I finally came around to validating my site, but i'm so lost...i don't know what anything means on the validator!

for example, what does

Line: 15 Context : body
Property scrollbar-face-color doesn't exist : #669966


mean?

scrollbar colors are specific to IE only. they are not part of valid coding, thus they will not pass the test. you can either ignore that part of the warnings or use javascript to fix it. (if you do a search on here, the javascript solution should still be about on these pages).

When doing a validation, how does one know where line number 15 is? Obviously, one can count down from the top, but when it says line 273 or something horrible like that, how does one find the line number (without counting, of course)?

Thanks,

Karl

Try pressing Ctrl+f and then typing in what they said might be wrong in line 273.

When doing a validation, how does one know where line number 15 is? Obviously, one can count down from the top, but when it says line 273 or something horrible like that, how does one find the line number (without counting, of course)?

Thanks,

Karl
option1.
when validating, click on the option that will print out the source coding as well. (might be under the re-validate box after validating the first time).

option2.
use an editor that will show you the line numbers. i use html-kit (free). some editors, if they do not have line numbers, may have a menu command that says... GoTo Line # and that may get you to the right spot.