Title: Validation issue, duplicate tag?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Validation issue, duplicate tag?

 *  Resolved [artsyandi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artsyandi/)
 * (@artsyandi)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-duplicate-tag/)
 * I am working on validating the code for my blog now as I think that might solve
   some of the issues I am having. I was able to clear out all of the xhtml errors
   except for one… a duplicate sidebar div tag. One of them is at the bottom of 
   the header file and the other is at the top of the sidebar file.
 * My first thought was just to delete one of them so I tried that and it validated.
   Problem is that it screwed up the layout on my pages in Safari and Firefox when
   you do a search or look at any of the archives, etc.
 * So I deleted the other one and it was worse.
 * I think this issue is what is making my search results and archive results load
   below the sidebar… so it obviously needs to be fixed, but Im not sure how.
 * The page is at [http://www.babybumps.net/blog](http://www.babybumps.net/blog)
   and the code is attached.
 * Any thoughts?
 * [code moderated. please paste code into a pastebin and report link back here.]

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 *  Thread Starter [artsyandi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artsyandi/)
 * (@artsyandi)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-duplicate-tag/#post-760588)
 * I’m still working on this with no luck. Anyone on here good enough with CSS to
   give me some suggestions? Would it be better placed on another message board?
 *  Thread Starter [artsyandi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artsyandi/)
 * (@artsyandi)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-duplicate-tag/#post-760590)
 * what does it mean to past into a pastebin?

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 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-duplicate-tag/#post-760590)
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