Using Direct Input mode: UTF-8 character encoding assumed

[bob270013]

When I validate a web page in dreamweaver CS5 (using Jeffrey Zeldman's Web Standards Advisor ) I receive the following warning; Using Direct Input mode: UTF-8 character encoding assumed.



However if I validate using W3C either as a file upload or via the live site the page validates correctly.



Can anybody please help, as it is driving me insane.

[Jason Byrnes]

can you send a copy of the page that is causing the error in a zip archive.

[bob270013]

Thank you for your reply.

It has started happening to all web pages that I have tested from within Dreamweaver on my local PC. They had all previously validated ok.

If I validate using W3C I do not get a warning.

I have attached a file (index.zip)

However you can check the same file by browsing to www.countryimage.co.uk/index.htm

[Jason Byrnes]

this is an issue with the validate by direct input method of validation that is used by the web standards advisor:
http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input



The validate by direct input will always give this warning due to the way it works, it is only a warning though and does not imply an error in your page.