Title: basic format question
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# basic format question

 *  [axooms](https://wordpress.org/support/users/axooms/)
 * (@axooms)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-format-question/)
 * formatting for idiots: at some point my sidebar fell to the bottom of the page:
   [http://www.soccerbawl.com](http://www.soccerbawl.com)
 * I have never edited code in my life and don’t understand most of what I read 
   trying to solve this problem. I’m willing to learn, but finding it hard to start.
 * THanks.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-format-question/#post-468247)
 * Start by editing your last post and look for strange code.
    Also, you can work
   it out here: [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soccerbawl.com%2F](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soccerbawl.com%2F)
 *  Thread Starter [axooms](https://wordpress.org/support/users/axooms/)
 * (@axooms)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-format-question/#post-468250)
 * thanks – i cut-and-pasted from another source, and the validator is giving me
   a lot of:
 * end tag for element “p” which is not open.
 * can you explain how to fix this.
 * sorry to be so clueless…
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-format-question/#post-468253)
 * Just edit the posts one by one starting with your last one. The errors should
   be obvious.
 *  [katgirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katgirl/)
 * (@katgirl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-format-question/#post-468256)
 * Also don’t copy & paste from MS Word. It will produce cruft in your post and 
   it isn’t healthy for WordPress software.
 * Always use a plain text editor to paste stuff into from other sources, (especially
   Word) and save the txt file to your desk top. I use one called :Blackboard where
   I can copy and paste stuff from other sources, then I save the Blackboard file,
   often over-writing old stuff.
 * I then copy and paste the content from that txt file straight into my WordPress
   Post without fear of carrying gremlins.

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