Title: Start Tag not validating
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Start Tag not validating

 *  [greenpeas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenpeas/)
 * (@greenpeas)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-tag-not-validating/)
 * I have the following inserted in a test widget, which is causing a validation
   error: `Line 112, Column 84: start tag was here . …://www.needgod.com/" target
   ="_blank"><img src="http://www.livingwaters.com/ev`
 * Here’s the original code:
 *     ```
       <a href="http://www.needgod.com/"><img src="http://www.livingwaters.com/evangelism/good.gif" alt="Are you a good person?" width="170" height="76" border="0"></a>
       ```
   
 * any ideas on cleaning this up?

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 *  [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/)
 * (@lesbessant)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-tag-not-validating/#post-647425)
 * Depends what the validation error is – a link to the page might assist.
 * Depending on the Doctype used, it could be the `taget="_blank"`, or it could 
   be something else altogether.
 *  [alains](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alains/)
 * (@alains)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-tag-not-validating/#post-647427)
 * If you use xhtml transitional or strict you have to “self close” img element.
   
   Try adding ‘/>’ instead of just ‘>’ at the end of IMG tag.
 *  Thread Starter [greenpeas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenpeas/)
 * (@greenpeas)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-tag-not-validating/#post-647559)
 * thanks for the advise… I know it’s minor. I added the ‘/>’ bit, didn’t seem to
   help.
 *  Thread Starter [greenpeas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenpeas/)
 * (@greenpeas)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-tag-not-validating/#post-647560)
 * Interestingly enough… there’s an error on a header on a widget text box as well.
   This must just be a flaw in the design of widgets?
 *  Line 100, Column 5: start tag was here.
    **<**h2>Where We Are</h2> <div class
   =”textwidget”>First Baptist Church<br/>
 * fyi… the site is [here](http://fbcwaynesboro.org/wp)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/start-tag-not-validating/#post-647560)
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