Title: XHTML validation problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# XHTML validation problem

 *  [chuiyl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chuiyl/)
 * (@chuiyl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problem-1-3/)
 * Below are the results of checking this document for XML
    well-formedness and 
   validity.
 *  1. Error Line 131 column 13: document type does not allow element “p”
    here;
   assuming missing “li” start-tag.
 * “\
    - <p*>*A blog dedicated to casual and high-class fashion,\”
    -  2. Error Line 133 column 106: end tag for “li” omitted, but OMITTAG NO was
      specified.
    - “\…tte.co.uk/?page_id=2”>more…</ul*>*
 * \”
 *  You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to “self-close”
   an element, that is, ending it with “/>” instead of “>”.
 * You can see the website at [http://www.geekette.co.uk](http://www.geekette.co.uk)
   and they are
    referring to the sidebar. I cannot seem to be able to get rid of
   these two errors and if I just remove to tags it results in even more errors.
 * The brackets I *starred* are the ones which were highlighted in red.
    Help?

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problem-1-3/#post-455181)
 * A link to the actual blog itself would be more useful than posting snippets of
   strange things here.
 *  Thread Starter [chuiyl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chuiyl/)
 * (@chuiyl)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problem-1-3/#post-455183)
 * I did, just a bit later 😛
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problem-1-3/#post-455206)
 * Okay, first problem is in the about section of your sidebar. You have something
   that looks like this:
 * `<li><h2>About</h2>
    <ul><p>A blog dedicated ... </ul></li></p>
 * That’s not valid. Change it to this:
    `<li><h2>About</h2> <ul><li><p>A blog dedicated...
   </p></li></ul></li>
 * Tags have to be nested properly, and a UL must contain at least one LI.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problem-1-3/#post-455206)
 * Status: not resolved

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