refactor: split the repo into self-contained validator, directory, quickstart, spec and site folders
validator/ holds mewslint (lint, css, fetch, DTD/CSS data); directory/ holds
the mews.page service (app, db, check, pages, cli) and depends on validator/;
quickstart/ holds mews-quickstart and md2mews.py for third parties who want
to create Mews content without cloning the repo; spec/ consolidates doc/ and
dtd/ with the canonical mews-0.1.css; site/ becomes a Pelican project with
the forward-facing pages as Markdown, the check form kept as a raw HTML
snippet. Root pyproject.toml is now a virtual uv workspace over validator,
directory and quickstart, with cross-cutting tests that span more than one
of them staying at the repo root. Makefile and flake.nix updated to match.
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Title: Check a page
Slug: check
Description: Check a page against Mews Profile 0.1, and add your site to the directory.
# Check a page
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[The Mews ](/ ) · [Directory ](/directory ) · [Get started ](/quickstart ) · [Specification ](/spec/0.1 )
refactor: split the repo into self-contained validator, directory, quickstart, spec and site folders
validator/ holds mewslint (lint, css, fetch, DTD/CSS data); directory/ holds
the mews.page service (app, db, check, pages, cli) and depends on validator/;
quickstart/ holds mews-quickstart and md2mews.py for third parties who want
to create Mews content without cloning the repo; spec/ consolidates doc/ and
dtd/ with the canonical mews-0.1.css; site/ becomes a Pelican project with
the forward-facing pages as Markdown, the check form kept as a raw HTML
snippet. Root pyproject.toml is now a virtual uv workspace over validator,
directory and quickstart, with cross-cutting tests that span more than one
of them staying at the repo root. Makefile and flake.nix updated to match.
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Paste an address. The checker validates the page against the [Mews DTD ](/dtd/mews-0.1.dtd ), reads your stylesheet and up to twenty images, and lists every rule it breaks with the section of the spec that explains it.
< form action = "/result" method = "post" >
< fieldset >
< p > < label for = "url" > Page address< / label > < br / >
< input type = "text" name = "url" id = "url" size = "30" maxlength = "200" accesskey = "1" / > < / p >
< p > < input type = "submit" name = "check" value = "Check page" accesskey = "2" / >
< input type = "submit" name = "list" value = "Check and list" accesskey = "3" / > < / p >
< / fieldset >
< / form >
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- **Check page** just returns the validator's report.
refactor: split the repo into self-contained validator, directory, quickstart, spec and site folders
validator/ holds mewslint (lint, css, fetch, DTD/CSS data); directory/ holds
the mews.page service (app, db, check, pages, cli) and depends on validator/;
quickstart/ holds mews-quickstart and md2mews.py for third parties who want
to create Mews content without cloning the repo; spec/ consolidates doc/ and
dtd/ with the canonical mews-0.1.css; site/ becomes a Pelican project with
the forward-facing pages as Markdown, the check form kept as a raw HTML
snippet. Root pyproject.toml is now a virtual uv workspace over validator,
directory and quickstart, with cross-cutting tests that span more than one
of them staying at the repo root. Makefile and flake.nix updated to match.
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- **Check and list** also puts your site in the < a href = "/directory" accesskey = "4" > directory</ a > if the page passes.
refactor: split the repo into self-contained validator, directory, quickstart, spec and site folders
validator/ holds mewslint (lint, css, fetch, DTD/CSS data); directory/ holds
the mews.page service (app, db, check, pages, cli) and depends on validator/;
quickstart/ holds mews-quickstart and md2mews.py for third parties who want
to create Mews content without cloning the repo; spec/ consolidates doc/ and
dtd/ with the canonical mews-0.1.css; site/ becomes a Pelican project with
the forward-facing pages as Markdown, the check form kept as a raw HTML
snippet. Root pyproject.toml is now a virtual uv workspace over validator,
directory and quickstart, with cross-cutting tests that span more than one
of them staying at the repo root. Makefile and flake.nix updated to match.
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Either way it takes up to a minute, with no progress bar, because that would want JavaScript. Leave this page open and put the kettle on.
refactor: split the repo into self-contained validator, directory, quickstart, spec and site folders
validator/ holds mewslint (lint, css, fetch, DTD/CSS data); directory/ holds
the mews.page service (app, db, check, pages, cli) and depends on validator/;
quickstart/ holds mews-quickstart and md2mews.py for third parties who want
to create Mews content without cloning the repo; spec/ consolidates doc/ and
dtd/ with the canonical mews-0.1.css; site/ becomes a Pelican project with
the forward-facing pages as Markdown, the check form kept as a raw HTML
snippet. Root pyproject.toml is now a virtual uv workspace over validator,
directory and quickstart, with cross-cutting tests that span more than one
of them staying at the repo root. Makefile and flake.nix updated to match.
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< hr / >
A page turned down over something the spec doesn't say is a bug in the validator, not a fault in your page. Report it to the address on the < a href = "/" accesskey = "0" > home page< / a > .
< p > < a href = "/spec/0.1" accesskey = "5" > The spec< / a > < / p >
