Title: Validation Errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Validation Errors

 *  [tomhusband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhusband/)
 * (@tomhusband)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-2-2/)
 * When I validate the code at [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/)
   for [http://california-travels.com/](http://california-travels.com/) it shows
   97 errors and 4 warnings. I just started learning about XTHML and CSS so am not
   sure why there are so many errors and if it’s critical that they be corrected.
   Do the errors slow things down or prevent search engines from seeing the site?
   Would some of the errors come from the theme, a plugin or are they from WP? I’ve
   added a post date and it looks like a bunch of the errors are to do with that.
   The other errors I’m not so sure about. When I post it’s done the normal way.
 * I’m a little leery about making the corrections. What’s the best way to correct
   it? View the code, copy and paste to notepad, Figure out where the error is and
   make the correction in style.css?
 * Thanks,
 * Tom

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-2-2/#post-833982)
 * Lots of errors are caused by plugins that you are using – they have not-so-valid
   code…
 * This one is completely your fault:
    `<p>August 13, 2008 <div class="post">` You
   can not put a div inside a paragraph. First you have to close that p with /p.
   And so on… Usually, when you start correcting them, by fixing one it will result
   in many of them getting fixed. E.g. Because of that unclosed p tag you get many
   errors down the code.
 * It’s a nice patience game 🙂
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-2-2/#post-833984)
 * Oh, and check the “Show source” box and click Revalidate. Every error line # 
   will become a link taking you to the exact location of the error.
 *  Thread Starter [tomhusband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomhusband/)
 * (@tomhusband)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-errors-2-2/#post-834103)
 * Thanks Moshu.
 * I’ll start tackling them one at a time.
 * I really appreciate the help.
 * Tom

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