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Using Direct Input mode: UTF-8 character encoding assumed

Thread began 2/18/2011 3:26 am by bob270013 | Last modified 2/18/2011 12:15 pm by Jason Byrnes | 15402 views | 3 replies |

2/18/2011 3:26 am | #1 bob270013

Using Direct Input mode: UTF-8 character encoding assumed

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.

2/18/2011 8:00 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

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

2/18/2011 11:43 am | #3 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 index.htm

Attached Files

index.zip

2/18/2011 12:15 pm | #4 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

this is an issue with the validate by direct input method of validation that is used by the web standards advisor:
#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.

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