Title: correcting xhtml errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# correcting xhtml errors

 *  Resolved [npredford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npredford/)
 * (@npredford)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * AFter checking the XHTML vaildation on my blog the result was:
 * Line 53, column 10: end tag for “ul” which is not finished
 * `<ul></ul>
    Most likely, Y
   ou nested tags and closed them in the wrong order.
   For example <em>... is not acceptable, as <em> must be closed before . Acceptable
   nesting is: <em>...</em>
 * Another possibility is that you used an element (e.g. ‘ul’) which requires a 
   child element (e.g. ‘li’) that you did not include. Hence the parent element 
   is “not finished”, not complete.
 * ?
 * Line 56, column 8: end tag for “ul” which is not finished
 * `<ul></ul>`
    Could anyone tell me what file to look (ie index.php) into and  
   how to change the errors.

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 *  [brianbonner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianbonner/)
 * (@brianbonner)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/#post-196822)
 * It is likely on the sidebar, if you go to the validators line 53 and 56 you can
   see what they are refering to and see what is above and below it to find it.
 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/#post-196823)
 * I couldn’t find your blog, where it is, but I found your page in your nick has
   248 xhtml errors, in additon to which the content is all over shop in FF.
 * Always try to provide a link to your site, so that we can take a look directly
 *  Thread Starter [npredford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npredford/)
 * (@npredford)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/#post-196976)
 * Hi
    My blog is located here [http://miriadz.com/blog](http://miriadz.com/blog)
 *  [jinsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jinsan/)
 * (@jinsan)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/#post-196979)
 * from what I can surmise the error is here:
 * `52: <h2>Links</h2>
    53: <ul></ul> 54:  55: <h2>Pages</h2> 56: <ul></ul>
 * It’s basically saying you’ve added an unordered list, but you have added anything
   in between them. One you add a couple of items it shoudl resovle itself. As sated,
   check sidebar.php and look for the above
 *  Thread Starter [npredford](https://wordpress.org/support/users/npredford/)
 * (@npredford)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/#post-197432)
 * Thanks for the info.
    I will continue adding to the page and check the XHTML 
   as I go.

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 * [errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/errors/)
 * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/)
 * [xhtml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xhtml/)

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correcting-xhtml-errors/#post-197432)
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