Title: This plugin produces W3C errors!
Last modified: April 3, 2019

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# This plugin produces W3C errors!

 *  [dwpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwpro/)
 * (@dwpro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-produces-w3c-errors/)
 * Hello!
 * According W3C validator this plugin produces following errors.
 * 1. The **effect** tag causes the error “Attribute effect not allowed on element
   a at this point.”:
    `<a class=' sficn' effect='' target='_blank' href='https://
   www.facebook.com/...' id='sfsiid_facebook' alt='Facebook' style='opacity:1' >`
   Fix: Replace the **effect** tag with **data-effect**.
 * 2. Same with img elements:
    `<img alt='Facebook' title='Facebook' src='https://.../
   wp-content/plugins/ultimate-social-me…default/default_facebook.png' width='30'
   height='30' style='' class='sfcm sfsi_wicon' effect='' />`
 * 3. Also the **alt** tag causes an error “Attribute alt not allowed on element
   a at this point.”:
    `<a class=' sficn' effect='' target='_blank' href='https://
   www.facebook.com/...' id='sfsiid_facebook' alt='Facebook' style='opacity:1' >`
   Fix: Remove the **alt** tag.
 * 4. The plugin produces faulty CSS code for the **input[type=email]**
    in the 
   subscription form, although the font color is selected in the backend: `color:!
   important;` Fix: Here the same color should be used as for **input[type=submit]**.
 * 5. Adding a **style** element to the body is not allowed:
 *     ```
       <style type="text/css" aria-selected="true">
       	.sfsi_subscribe_Popinner
       	{ ...
       ```
   
 * Fix: Add the element to the **head** instead of the **body**.
 * These are severe errors that negatively influenced the page ranking, if you use
   this plugin.
    Be aware of that!
 * Hopefully the plugin author will fix these issues as soon as possible.
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [dwpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwpro/).
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    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [dwpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwpro/).
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 *  Plugin Contributor [socialtech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socialtech/)
 * (@socialtech)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-produces-w3c-errors/#post-11387921)
 * Thank you for reporting this!
 * The developers are investigating the issues mentioned above.
 * Will keep you posted.

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