Title: XHTML Validation Problems
Last modified: August 18, 2016
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# XHTML Validation Problems
* [mcrebbe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcrebbe/)
* (@mcrebbe)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/)
* Despite going through my blog with a fine toothcomb and fixing everything I could
find, I’m having problems validating it as XHTML.
* This says it isn’t: [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/)
* This says it is: [http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/](http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/)
* I’m running WP 2.02 the url is: [http://www.mcrebbe.com/blog](http://www.mcrebbe.com/blog)
* Any suggestions?
* Cheers,
* MC
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* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489657)
* What happens if you remove ALL the webrings codes? Seemingly they have a lot
of non-utf-8 characters in those, and the validator doesn’t even want to “look”
at your site…
* Thread Starter [mcrebbe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcrebbe/)
* (@mcrebbe)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489672)
* Funny you should mention that Moshu, it was only after placing those codes, that
the problem first occurred.
* Having said that, those webring codes have since been cleaned up to be XHTML
compatible. If they are still not, perhaps you could suggest what needs to be
done to them?
* Thanks,
* MC
* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489675)
* Maybe you are saving them in a text editor that doesn’t have utf-8 support. Or
the files, I don’t know.
For sure, this kind of message on THE validator appears
when files or code portions were added by using a text editor that doesn’t have
utf-8 support.
* Even in a simple thing like Notepad you can select (when saving) the proper encoding.
* [Bodhipaksa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haecceity/)
* (@haecceity)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489680)
* Totally off-topic and rude of me, no doubt, but I hope you’ll forgive me for
pointing out that it’s a fine-tooth(ed) comb, not fine toothcomb. Me, I’m holding
out for the invention of the electric toothcomb. 🙂
* Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
* (@otto42)
* WordPress.org Admin
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489683)
* Those weird links are not UTF-8 compatible because of the strange characters
in them. Every link is surrounded by these weird garbage characters. On my screen
they show up as weird question marks inside black diamonds.
* Remove those odd characters around each of the links.
* Thread Starter [mcrebbe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcrebbe/)
* (@mcrebbe)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489703)
* Moshu – Thanks, it appears that I may have been saving things as ANSI instead
of UTF-8. If I open the relevant files and re-save them as UTF-8, is that likely
to solve the problem, or do I actually need to remove/alter specific characters?
* Otto – To which characters are you refering?
* Haecceity – According to my edition of The Concise Oxford English Dictionary,“
Although toothcomb and fine toothcomb arose from a misunderstanding of fine-tooth
comb, they are now accepted as established expressions.”
* MC
* Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
* (@otto42)
* WordPress.org Admin
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-489835)
* Umm.. The weird characters on your webpage. They’re invalid UTF-8, which is why
you cannot validate.
* Look: [http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6687/charsst5.png](http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6687/charsst5.png)
* Those weird characters around your links.
* Thread Starter [mcrebbe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcrebbe/)
* (@mcrebbe)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-490058)
* Thanks Otto. I’ve never seen those weird characters before, as they don’t show
up in any of the 4 browsers the site has been tested with. But I take your point.
* BTW, which browser/version/platform are you using?
* Thanks,
* MC
* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-490060)
* I don’t know what Otto is using… On WinXP IE6 and FF 1.5.0.7 and Opera 9.02 all
show weird characters in the same place as it is seen on the screenshot!
* [inspired2write](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inspired2write/)
* (@inspired2write)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-490063)
* McRebbe,
* This will probably not help you in regards to validation, but you should consider
upgrading your WordPress to the current 2.05 for security reasons. Just thought
I would mention that since you indicated you are running 2.02
* Thread Starter [mcrebbe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcrebbe/)
* (@mcrebbe)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-490066)
* That’s weird. IE6 on Win XP is one of the setups I’m testing on and I’m not seeing
any probs?
* So the question is if I open the relevant files and re-save them as UTF-8, is
that likely to solve the problem, or do I actually need to remove/alter specific
characters?
* Thanks,
* MC
* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-490067)
* That might help – although it will also depend on what kind of code snippets
are you using for those lists.
* Thread Starter [mcrebbe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcrebbe/)
* (@mcrebbe)
* [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-validation-problems/#post-490093)
* Yup, it worked perfectly. The site now validates. Thanks.
* If anyone else wants double check in their browsers, that would be cool, otherwise
this is closed.
* MC
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