Title: Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict! Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict! * [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/) * i am wondering why i can’t get my page validated XHTML Strict in the single post view. there is always the same error: ….. document type does not allow element“ input” here; missing one of “p”,……. where can i get a XHTML 1.0 Strict valid comments.php? or is it the “comments_template();” function that does the cheese? * you can see the validation result here: [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fadablog.solar-afrika.de%2F2005%2F07%2F23%2Flieber-besucher%2F](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fadablog.solar-afrika.de%2F2005%2F07%2F23%2Flieber-besucher%2F) the page is here: [http://adablog.solar-afrika.de](http://adablog.solar-afrika.de) * thx very much! Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/) * (@alphaoide) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240196) * just wrap that “input” with “p,” or “div” * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240200) * that does not work…. i’m trying i’m triygn m’i ritry… * [flakkito](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flakkito/) * (@flakkito) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240205) * Looks like you have a span tag that is incomplete. ’95: 96:
[27.07.2005 at 09:07](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/?output_format=md#comment-7) 97:
98: ’ * Try to fix that and check it out. Alot of times if you have one little mistake it will make the validator spit out a bunch of errors when really its only one thing. * Good luck;) Rob * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240217) * i fixed it, but it still won’t work. if i insert, instead of the hole comments. php stuff, simply an Potatoe tag, it is strict Xhtml. so i think the fault has to be in the comments. php or in the function itself… i dunno * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240320) * oh, i mean simply that i inserted < p > Potatoe < / p >, sorry. with that tag instead of the hole comments.php, the site is strict valid. What i am fuzzy about is, that i, if i insert some lines of strict written code in an strict xhtml document, how can it be that the two togoether give me a bad result. * ps.:please excuse my english…. * [flakkito](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flakkito/) * (@flakkito) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240323) * Dont worry, your english is fine;) Try taking out the last before . I did that and it validated. Also your comment form is okay so the problem is elsewhere. * so try changing: `
` * * to: `
` * * See if that helps. * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240324) * my footer looks like this in the end:
the last tag is a layout element (ends the wrap) so if i cut that out, my page looks really Picasso! * the error i do not get rid of ist an input type “hidden”… * [flakkito](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flakkito/) * (@flakkito) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240325) * ok, I see…. * I put my comments.php here: * [http://pastebin.com/323420](http://pastebin.com/323420) * if you think the problem is with this file, compare it to mine. Let me know if this helps. * Rob * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240344) * I got it! i got it! as i am not a coder or a webdesigner, i do not know why and what exactly is causing the fault w/in the commentsform. BUT: if i disable the StatTraq plugin (StatTraq 1.0a beta) , i get strict Xhtml validated even in the commentsform. * if anyone is able to reproduce the error, perhaps one should feed back the StatTraq team * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240496) * bump: is anyone able to reproduce the error? * [tomhanna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhanna/) * (@tomhanna) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240497) * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/34789](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/34789) * “The official StatTraq is not compatible with WP v1.5.x. Try this version instead: [http://www.adsworth.info/files/stattraq-for-1.5-2.zip”](http://www.adsworth.info/files/stattraq-for-1.5-2.zip”); * And plenty of other bugs when doing a search for “StatTraq”. I even came across a thread where someone recommended to you an alternative stats plugin that doesn’t cause problems with XHTML. * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/40510](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/40510) * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240509) * yes sure, i started this other thread after i thought this one was finished. I am using WP-ShortStat since, but, it ist not nearly detailed information like Stattraq can give… * Thread Starter [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * (@alia) * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240510) * OK, i tried your [http://www.adsworth.info/files/stattraq-for-1.5-2.zip](http://www.adsworth.info/files/stattraq-for-1.5-2.zip) but there is still the same error again: there ist some INPUT TYPE=”HIDDEN” that is not correctly inserted by Stattraq. I tried it with different comments.php, and there is always the same result… * check it out here: [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fadablog.solar-afrika.de%2F2005%2F08%2F11%2Fzollner-mofas-und-50-millionen-unsere-erste-woche-in-ouagadougou%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fadablog.solar-afrika.de%2F2005%2F08%2F11%2Fzollner-mofas-und-50-millionen-unsere-erste-woche-in-ouagadougou%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1) * i don’t know. maybe it is my fault, maybe not… Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict!’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [comments.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments-php/) * [comments_template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments_template/) * [hidden](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hidden/) * [input](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/input/) * [Strict](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/strict/) * [xhtml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xhtml/) * 13 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [alia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alia/) * Last activity: [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/valid-xhtml-10-strict/#post-240510) * Status: not a support question ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics