Making a Really Modern website Options

[Brian Chandler]

It's amazing how some things just keep going, to see the same names (if not faces) as a decade or so ago. My website has carried on unchanged, and I find myself looking at css stylesheets (in particular) that were last modified in 2008. Anyway, a couple of general questions...

The WDG html validator doesn't seem to work any more. Is there a recommendation somewhere for replacements (including css)?

Secondly, the cookie thing. I see that Almost Every website has a thing that pops up and says "Will you let us send cookies to your browser?", and I presume that if I say "No", it sends a cookie saying "No cookies". Or something like that. I believe this is an EU idea (well obviously, it's the product of a legal "mind" somewhere), and it seems to make no sense. I am not (in general) subject to EU law, because I am in Japan and am also no longer an EU citizen; what can I read to understand what this is all supposed to mean, or am I being silly in even thinking about it?

[Brian Chandler]

You can see the cookies on this page:
https://imaginatorium.com/cookies.html

The basket is simple - we keep it for some time (7, 30, 90 days) then if not used it disappears. But for example the destination selection: some regular customers come back year after year - if they have selected Spain, there is no obvious reason ever to delete it. But it does not even seem possible to access the expiry date, only to change it, so either you refresh for every access, or it suddenly needs resetting after (eg) 2 years.

[Christian J]

But for example the destination selection: some regular customers come back year after year - if they have selected Spain, there is no obvious reason ever to delete it.

But they still need to enter their full address every time? Then re-entering their country shouldn't be too much extra work.

But it does not even seem possible to access the expiry date

As a workaround, someone suggested that you could add the expiry date as another value in the cookie when it's created.

But I don't think it's a big deal if an online store cookie expires, unless the store requires an account and you must find some long forgotten password in order to login again.