Title: Issue with themes
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Issue with themes

 *  Resolved [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * (@ghstber)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/)
 * I did a few checks around in the search, but didn’t really see an answer for 
   this problem. The theme that is currently being used at [http://trishmillet.com/blog/](http://trishmillet.com/blog/)
   isn’t showing correctly (McFire-2.0), and I’m very new to WordPress. I have not
   modified any theme myself, only placed the theme folder for this in the correct
   folder. Could anyone help, please?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467618)
 * Start here:
    [http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftrishmillet.com%2Fblog%2F](http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftrishmillet.com%2Fblog%2F)
 *  Thread Starter [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * (@ghstber)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467620)
 * Thanks for the URL to show the validation – I had already done this, and to be
   honest, I’m not even sure where to start. Liek I said, I am completely new to
   this, and haven’t modified anything. Providing me with this information is not
   that helpful to me. Perhaps you could point me in the right direction as to how
   to make the modifications necessary to fix it?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467621)
 * Well, I am not familiar with the theme, so here is my (educated) guess.
    The 
   errors _might_ come from the theme’s template files – although very unlikely.
   To check it: switch to another theme and validate: if you see the same errors…
   then we have to go into our second suspicion:
 * The errors are caused by the blogger = you!
    E.g. by using the idiotic wysiwyg
   editor, by copying snippets, code that is not XHTML etc.
 * On that validation page check the “Show Source” box, and click Revalidate.
    Every
   error line # will become a clickable link that takes you to the exact location
   of the error. Also, read carefully the error report: usually, half of the solution
   is given to you!
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467622)
 * Try this: [http://www.samdevol.com/wordpress-troubleshooting-i-have-to-validate-oh-my/](http://www.samdevol.com/wordpress-troubleshooting-i-have-to-validate-oh-my/)
 *  Thread Starter [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * (@ghstber)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467629)
 * OK, I fixed every error on the validation page, however, the sidebar still appears
   in the main column. Additionally, the main theme also appears with problems, 
   as the sidebar is all the way at the bottom of the page. That page validates 
   fine.
 *  Thread Starter [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * (@ghstber)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467632)
 * However, if you click on the ‘My friend, my neighbor, Marie’, the sidebar straightens
   out. Anyone have any idea?
 *  Thread Starter [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * (@ghstber)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467644)
 * It appears that the same code is being used on both the initial page and the ‘
   My friend, my neighbor, Marie’ page. I can’t distinguish between the difference
   in the two sources. Anyone see anything there that would cause this behavior?
 *  Thread Starter [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * (@ghstber)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467655)
 * Fixed it, there were some <div> elements in a post. Replaced them with elements.

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 * Last reply from: [ghstber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghstber/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-themes/#post-467655)
 * Status: resolved

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