Title: Problem with validation Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Problem with validation * [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * (@hoonnu) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/) * [http://aktivfor.dk/forum](http://aktivfor.dk/forum) does not validate, such as it stands. The problem seems to be with the file template-functions-post.php. It has to do with the form element. The validator says that it is not allowed here – or words to that effect. Does anyone have an idea as to how I might fix this problem? The only solution I can think of now is to remove the link to the validator. Then again, I’m sure that it must be some stupid trick that I have missed. TIA. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/) * (@techgnome) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88053) * It looks like you’ve added form code to a post. Neat trick, but that’s probably what’s causing your grief. You’ve got an open P tag for the paragraph (which is right) the form tag followed by another opening P tag (with out first closing the first one.) This I think is what’s cauing the problem. With out knowing how exactly you entered your post, I’d say take out any carriage returns you have, and replace them with tags instead – see if that helps. TG * Thread Starter [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * (@hoonnu) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88057) * I haven’t done it as such. My part in it is that I have made a passwordprotected post. It comes out like what you see. I have been playing with the , because I think that is the problem too. The trouble is, that it doesn’t work if you remove them. The php generates a few of them too, and that way you end up with too many. I don’t think they are allowed inside the form element at all, but I don’t know what should go instead. The only thing I have changed is that I have translated the English into Danish. * [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/) * (@techgnome) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88058) * Ah, OK. So it sounds like there is something wrong with the part that generates the form for password protected posts….. interesting that no one has come across this before…. I’ll give it a try and see what happens. Tg * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88059) * I think part of the problem is that you are going for Strict Validation as opposed to the rather more lax transitional. I would guess that is why other errors like this have not been reported, and the workrounds. * Thread Starter [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * (@hoonnu) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88060) * I tried putting in the transitional doctype declaration. Unfortunately, it did not make any difference. * [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/) * (@techgnome) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88061) * OK, just did a password protected post on my site and here’s my findings. Mine validated…. but I also noticed that my form tag is outside any P tags… it ends up between the div tag and the p tags…. so it would appear that something is out of place. Not sure if it’s something from the translation, or if a file got messed up. TG * Thread Starter [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * (@hoonnu) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88064) * OK. Thanks. I’ll start up with a clean copy of the template-functions-post.php first thing in the morning. * Thread Starter [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * (@hoonnu) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88068) * Well, I couldn’t wait. I found a clean copy and uploaded it – it did not work. Are gremlins at play here, I wonder? * Thread Starter [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * (@hoonnu) * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88114) * TG, I also have a blog that I write in English. [http://hennystewart.com/blog](http://hennystewart.com/blog). On it, I also made a test post with password-protection. The result is the same as on [http://aktivfor.dk/forum](http://aktivfor.dk/forum) = The page is no longer valid xhtml. So now I am wondering what you did differently from me to make your page validate in the same circumstance. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Problem with validation’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [hoonnu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoonnu/) * Last activity: [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-validation/#post-88114) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics