• I am a new wordpress user and I do not know how to write computer code. The Blog I am creating is a professional blog for a veterinarian and neither of us know how to fix all of these validation errors. Can anyone fix these errors or tell me how to fix them? I believe my boss would be willing to compensate anyone who is willing to fix this blog and assist with adding SEO keywords. The blog address is http://www.carolonpets.com/blog

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    Isn’t too bad:

    That language=”javascript” part should be removed, only the script type is needed and valid.

    Font tags are no more. Use divs and modify the css to place the font within that.

    Never heard of a ‘place’ tag.

    That’s 99% of your errors right there.

    Thread Starter sekeramc

    (@sekeramc)

    I do not know how to program websites at all. Does removing the “javascript” part mean that I just need to delete the word “javascript” from wherever it is on the page? How do I find the place where the error was identified? Also, I don’t know what divs are and I don’t know how to modify the css to place the font within that.

    Well, if you don’t know all that stuff… you shouldn’t attempt to mess with the code, sorry.

    On that validation page checking the Show Source box and hitting Revalidate – will transform every error line number into a clickable link, to show you the error’s exact location.

    And as a final thought: a “professional blog” should rely on professionals, not amateurs…

    Thread Starter sekeramc

    (@sekeramc)

    It would be great if a professional was able to help out with the coding part of the blog. This blog is for a small business and a learning experience for all involved. My boss needs someone to help that knows how to fix all of the errors. If anyone is interested, just let me know.

    It works in this way:
    Start a new topic asking for pro/paid help AND leave a contact address. The topic will be closed conform the Forum Rules F – to avoid “bidding wars” here in the forum.

    Alternatively, you can post your request to the wp-pro mailing list:
    http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-pro

    Thread Starter sekeramc

    (@sekeramc)

    Thanks…I’ll try that.

    One thing I’d highly recommend is not pre-writing your blog posts in a word processor (like Word) and/or converting it to HTML before posting it on the blog.

    That just adds a lot of gibberish and extra code that will, for certain, not validate.

    Thread Starter sekeramc

    (@sekeramc)

    Thanks…I will try that too!

    Sorry; I should add that you can turn off “Smart Quotes” (the curly quotes and apostrophe) in Word and then cut/paste the text into WordPress — that will give you decent results without the gibberish that you can see in your code.

    However, converting to HTML in Word will give you a problem.

    Thread Starter sekeramc

    (@sekeramc)

    That helped reduce the amount of errors, thanks!!

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