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What’s this about?

I have been using AV Arcade for a while now and think it’s a great script.
I have spent a lot of time looking through the source code and have have some success with my arcade site.

There are a few small issues with the script which don’t detract from the usability, but could reduce crawlability, SERPs and so on.

What’s the difference?

AV Arcade v4.0.2 [Unofficial] is my contribution to the great free arcade script.
I have removed and updated any redundant code.
I made the whole script w3c compliant, in the hope of making search engine indexing and updating easier.
I have implemented various small SEO changes to various pages.

Most of the changes I made were small.

It will, hopefully, make creating modules and templates a little easier too.

I havn’t changed the functionality of the script at all, but hope to have cleaned it up and added a few small tweaks.

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Let’s not beat around the bush.
One missing tag can cause several validation errors.

A few small tweaks to your existing code can produce great benefits from search engines.
You don’t need to make every page meet HTML 4.1 Strict conditions, but I think XHTML 1.0 Transitional is suitable. Some times you will have to forfeit valid code for functionality or appearance.

This tutorial covers some of the more common validation errors, and how to avoid them.

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