Title: Bad CSS ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Bad CSS ?

 *  [techbytes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techbytes/)
 * (@techbytes)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-css/)
 * Hi, i have successfully installed WordPress v2.9.2, i have installed the “Mystique”
   theme, i thought i would run a check on the CSS to see if it was all ok as i 
   have heard that bad coding can result in poor SEO results.
    With no plugins activated
   and the basic install, i get 69 errors within the code. (tool: [http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/](http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/))
 * is what i have heard true? and is there any easy way to fix this problem as i
   do not have any experience what so ever with CSS.
 * any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
 * Chris

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 *  [digitalnature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnature/)
 * (@digitalnature)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-css/#post-1428626)
 * You need to validate it as CSS level 3, but even then you’ll get about 20-30 “
   errors”. These are actually browser specific properties, such as “-moz-border-
   radius” which makes rounded borders in firefox – it’s not officially recognized
   by the w3 so is marked as error.
 * CSS doesn’t affect SEO (search engines don’t read css).
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-css/#post-1428637)
 * [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/)
    Is where you really want
   to check your coding.
 * This is the important stuff, where you would like to see no errors
 *  [ThorHammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorhammer/)
 * (@thorhammer)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-css/#post-1428646)
 * As long as you keep your (x)HTML tidy and clean you are well fit. Regarding CSS:
   Focus on your layout and what you want to achieve. If your design looks as you
   want in all the mainstream browsers and versions, you are fine. Don’t spend a
   thoguht about the eventually “CSS-errors”.
 *  Thread Starter [techbytes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techbytes/)
 * (@techbytes)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bad-css/#post-1428760)
 * Thanks for your replys guys.
    Its just i seen some stuff on an official google
   page that if your code is all over the place, their bot is likely to skip your
   page if its too hard to crawl? I just checked with the validator there, 1 error,
   which is my own fault and can fix it. so basically its all sound then?
 * Chris

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