Title: HTML Validator – help!
Last modified: August 30, 2016
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# HTML Validator – help!
* [Lauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurenspoth/)
* (@laurenspoth)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/)
* According to our HTML Validator tool we have 15 errors and 7 warnings. Can you
please explain why these are occurring and how we can rectify them?
* [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstepoutbuffalo.com%2F](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstepoutbuffalo.com%2F)
* [stepoutbuffalo.com](http://stepoutbuffalo.com)
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* [odie2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odie2/)
* (@odie2)
* [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336084)
* Error: Bad value 75px for attribute width on element img: Expected a digit but
saw p instead. :
* `width` and `height` in `![]()
` tag is always `px`, so you shouldn’t write `
75px`, but `75`. See [http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp)
It’s perhaps occuring in your theme. Try download [http://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/](http://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/),
download your theme on desktop from FTP and search for `s="logo">`. Maybe you
will find something and will know how to remove `px`.
* Error: Attribute onhover not allowed on element a at this point. :
* It’s depreaced to use JS attr on HTML attr. It’s better to point onhover basing
on item ID, what is pretty easy as you are using JQuery. Also, in this case it
could be easier and more accessible to use plain CSS with siblings/child etc.
selectors. Maybe it needs little structure rebuilding.
* Error: Saw < when expecting an attribute name. Probable cause: Missing > immediately
before. :
* Missing `>` character closing `div`. It should be fixed in theme.
There are
many of lack characters closing HTML tags or duplicated tags. You should contact
theme’s author with link.
* Warning: Section lacks heading. :
* There are just no headers identifing section content. Follow link [https://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Usage/Headings/Missing](https://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Usage/Headings/Missing)
and read about it.
* Thread Starter [Lauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurenspoth/)
* (@laurenspoth)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336274)
* Got it, thanks again! Would it be best to have a professional look into/fix these
for us? We’re not well versed in this and I don’t want to mess anything up by
fiddling with it
* [odie2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odie2/)
* (@odie2)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336275)
* First you should write to theme’s author and show him link to validator. If you
open site with theme there should be link to support forum or another way to
contact.
* If it’s paid theme, author should fix it immediately, if not – it may take a
while. Then you will be just able to update theme in admin.
* Why you shouldn’t fix it yourself? If author someday publish update for theme,
you could forgot about changes nad update will remove yours fixed.
* Thread Starter [Lauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurenspoth/)
* (@laurenspoth)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336285)
* The only reason I’m nervous about us doing it ourselves is because we don’t know
what we’re doing lol. We’re very new to SEO and the backend of things, so I wouldn’t
want to mess something up by messing with things. Is it not a good idea to have
someone else fix these issues for us?
* [odie2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odie2/)
* (@odie2)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336286)
* If you are using not own theme, issues should be fixed by it author from one
simple reason – if author fix it, it will be fixed on every site that using that
theme.
* Please navigate to: [http://stepoutbuffalo.com/wp-admin/themes.php](http://stepoutbuffalo.com/wp-admin/themes.php)
And inform what theme are you using.
* Maybe I told little wrong assuming that you are using not own theme, if so –
then you could ask someone for help OR alternatively – do theme folder backup(
download it from FTP to desktop) and then try fix it yourself. If something went
wrong, just revert to backup.
If you wouldn’t let visitors see that site is
under maintenance then I suggest you [WP Maintenance Mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-maintenance-mode/)
plugin on maintenance time.
* Thread Starter [Lauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurenspoth/)
* (@laurenspoth)
* [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336290)
* Ok perfect we’ll contact the theme author, thanks!!
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* Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-validator-help/#post-6336290)
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