Title: coding errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# coding errors

 *  Resolved [sarsells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsells/)
 * (@sarsells)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-errors/)
 * Hi
    I was having a look at my site today, on internet explorer. And to my horror
   it was not displaying properly. I looked at the forums and found advice to check
   the code validation. Again, shock, horror, there were 117 errors. I am now down
   to 57 and my site is displaying in IE, so I am not going to worry about it too
   much right now. However, some of the errors seem to be from code that is generated
   by WP. For example
 * Line 281, Column > 80: XML Parsing Error: EntityRef: expecting ‘;’
    ….co.uk/troyblog/?
   p=194″ title=”Troy Davis speaks from death row”><img src=”ht…
 * If I am correct Troy Davis speaks from death row should be contained in ‘ ‘ and
   not ” “
    This however is the title of the post, and therefore the code was not
   generated by me, so I do not know how to fix it!
 * Can anyone advise please.
    My site is at [http://ss-designs.co.uk/troyblog](http://ss-designs.co.uk/troyblog)

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-errors/#post-1334339)
 * deactivate your plugins before running validation, then try again.
 * WP does not throw validation errors…..so if you are getting some, its plugins,
   or theme.
 * To narrow it down deactivate your plugins…then check. Fix your theme, then reactivate
   your plugins
 * Basically, nothing you can really do about plugin errors I guess, other than 
   not use em. I just live with the errors once I’m sure my coding is correct
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-errors/#post-1334340)
 * Your xhtml is’nt [valid](http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fss-designs.co.uk%2Ftroyblog%2F)
   transitional.
 * The link gives hints on how to fix your code.
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [sarsells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsells/)
 * (@sarsells)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-errors/#post-1334341)
 * Thanks for the help.
 * I am not too sure what this means?
 * > Your xhtml is’nt valid transitional
 * The link is the site which threw up the errors. And the fixes seemed to suggest
   that the errors are in parts of my site to which I am not able to access?
 * However, i will try deactivating the pugins and see what happens. I am not too
   worried about the errors, but I like to try and learn as much as I can!
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-errors/#post-1334343)
 * Oke I admit that was kinda cryptic 🙂
 * your site (in the header of your php files) declares itself as ‘xhtml transitional’,
   but for it to be, the coding has to follow certain rules, has to be ‘valid’.
 * The errors emerge from either your template files (the php’s in your theme directory)
   or, as RVoodoo suggests, from your plugins.
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [sarsells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarsells/)
 * (@sarsells)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/coding-errors/#post-1334352)
 * OK thanks. I will try and see if I can get to the bottom of it with the plugins
   etc.
 * Sarah

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