Title: Problems in Markup Validation
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problems in Markup Validation

 *  Resolved [mejiwara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mejiwara/)
 * (@mejiwara)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-in-markup-validation-1/)
 * I always get these errors. How can I get rid of this? Please help..
 * Line 167, Column 140: “Stay” is not a member of a group specified for any attribute
 * …compliance/” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Stay in Compliance”>Stay in Compliance
 * ✉
    Error Line 167, Column 143: “in” is not a member of a group specified for 
   any attribute
 * …compliance/” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Stay in Compliance”>Stay in Compliance
 * ✉
    Error Line 167, Column 153: an attribute value literal can occur in an attribute
   specification list only after a VI delimiter
 * …compliance/” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Stay in Compliance”>Stay in Compliance
 * ✉
 * Have you forgotten the “equal” sign marking the separation between the attribute
   and its declared value? Typical syntax is attribute=”value”.
    Error Line 174,
   Column 152: “Do” is not a member of a group specified for any attribute
 * …l-states/” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Do Business in Additional States”>Do Busine…
 * ✉
    Error Line 174, Column 161: “Business” is not a member of a group specified
   for any attribute
 * …” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Do Business in Additional States”>Do Business in Add…
 * ✉
    Error Line 174, Column 164: “in” is not a member of a group specified for 
   any attribute
 * …el=”bookmark” title=”” Do Business in Additional States”>Do Business in Additi…
 * ✉
    Error Line 174, Column 175: “Additional” is not a member of a group specified
   for any attribute
 * …k” title=”” Do Business in Additional States”>Do Business in Additional States…
 * ✉
    Error Line 174, Column 181: an attribute value literal can occur in an attribute
   specification list only after a VI delimiter
 * …title=”” Do Business in Additional States”>Do Business in Additional States
 * ✉
 * Have you forgotten the “equal” sign marking the separation between the attribute
   and its declared value? Typical syntax is attribute=”value”.
    Error Line 181,
   Column 160: “Employer” is not a member of a group specified for any attribute
 * …in/” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Employer Identification Number (EIN)”>Employer 
   Id…
 * ✉
    Error Line 181, Column 175: “Identification” is not a member of a group specified
   for any attribute
 * …ark” title=”” Employer Identification Number (EIN)”>Employer Identification 
   Nu…
 * ✉
    Error Line 181, Column 182: “Number” is not a member of a group specified 
   for any attribute
 * …tle=”” Employer Identification Number (EIN)”>Employer Identification Number (
   E…
 * Im still a newbie on validation, please help.. I get the same errors on different
   posts.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-in-markup-validation-1/#post-2946719)
 * Start 1 by 1 and see which errors disappear;
 * > Line 167, Column 140: “Stay” is not a member of a group specified for any attribute
   > …compliance/” rel=”bookmark” title=”” Stay in Compliance”>Stay in Compliance
 * Remove the additional double quote on the title (there should only be one double
   quote here)
    e.g it should be …compliance/” rel=”bookmark” title=”Stay in Compliance”
   >Stay in Compliance
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-in-markup-validation-1/#post-2946721)
 * You will need to discover where WordPress creates this output from, the post,
   the page, a plugin, your theme, etc. and fix the extra “. These look like page
   or post titles (but to be sure, post a site link)
 *  Thread Starter [mejiwara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mejiwara/)
 * (@mejiwara)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-in-markup-validation-1/#post-2946722)
 * [@andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew/) Nevins.. Sorry for being
   so noob, where could I probably remove that double quote? Ive already seen that
   but I really dont know what and where to “edit”.. 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [mejiwara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mejiwara/)
 * (@mejiwara)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-in-markup-validation-1/#post-2946723)
 * @Seacost Web Design Member.. Yes, the codes I have posted are Post Titles.. Unfortunately
   Im currently developing on Localhost..
 *  Thread Starter [mejiwara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mejiwara/)
 * (@mejiwara)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-in-markup-validation-1/#post-2946735)
 * I already got it. I edited it in its php file, thanks anyways. 🙂

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