Title: CSS Validator – 1 error left!  "style.css not found?"
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# CSS Validator – 1 error left! "style.css not found?"

 *  Resolved [jamesinagiantpeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesinagiantpeach/)
 * (@jamesinagiantpeach)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-validator-1-error-left-stylecss-not-found/)
 * When I try to validate my site’s CSS the only error left is that style.css is
   not found…. is this why the site displays incorrectly in Internet Explorer? That’s
   the next big hump before I put the site up! Your help is greatly appreciated.
 * This is the error I keep getting found on line -1 . What does that mean? Something
   isn’t in there that needs to be?
 *     ```
       File not found: http://www.jameslanmanandthegoodhurt.com/style.css: Not Found
       ```
   
 * Here is my CSS
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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-validator-1-error-left-stylecss-not-found/#post-1583697)
 * You need to look for the call to style.css in your theme’s header.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [jamesinagiantpeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesinagiantpeach/)
 * (@jamesinagiantpeach)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-validator-1-error-left-stylecss-not-found/#post-1583726)
 * Hmm… I’m not seeing the problem in header.php
 * [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/XcNnQmRg](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/XcNnQmRg)
 * Sorry there’s still lots about proper page setups that I don’t understand – maybe
   the problem is here?
    `<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url');?
   >" type="text/css" media="screen" />`
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-validator-1-error-left-stylecss-not-found/#post-1583729)
 * The problem is line 16:
 * `<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />`
 * Since the file doesn’t exist anyway, just remove it.
 *  Thread Starter [jamesinagiantpeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesinagiantpeach/)
 * (@jamesinagiantpeach)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-validator-1-error-left-stylecss-not-found/#post-1583742)
 * You guys are wizards! Seriously, thanks… – now if I can just get this sucker 
   to display in IE properly.
 * [http://www.jameslanmanandthegoodhurt.com](http://www.jameslanmanandthegoodhurt.com)

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 * [-1 error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/1-error/)
 * [line 1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/line-1/)
 * [not-found](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/not-found/)
 * [style.css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/style-css/)

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 * Last reply from: [jamesinagiantpeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesinagiantpeach/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-validator-1-error-left-stylecss-not-found/#post-1583742)
 * Status: resolved

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