Title: not validating….
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# not validating….

 *  [idowens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idowens/)
 * (@idowens)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/)
 * Could someone look at my site (www.idowens.com) and chk the CSS and XHTML validation
   links at the bottom to help me interpret the code…I’d like to know what I’ve 
   done to mess it up so I can get it back to being valid but i’m not sure i understand
   it well….

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/#post-106778)
 * Hm, fun stuff you have there. Probably the best thing you can do is to search
   for the specific errors over at [http://www.w3.org](http://www.w3.org) to find
   a way to fix them. I got all my code validated through trial-and-error and reading
   over at W3c. One you get your XHTML validated, the CSS validator will work properly.
   The CSS validator’s error explanations are a bit easier to understand than the
   XHTML validator’s. Do you have DreamWeaver at all? If you do, you can work with
   the index.php file offline and validate as you go, it’s the best way to go IMO.
 *  Thread Starter [idowens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idowens/)
 * (@idowens)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/#post-106780)
 * Mac, Thanks for the suggestion. I do not have dreamweaver (a macromedia product,
   no?) yet, because before implementing WP I was using a tables/frames based page
   and used MS’s Frontpage (now I see how much it bloats code though)….I can pickup
   DW if it will help that much though….Thanks again. (Other suggestions are still
   welcomed until I get a copy of DW)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/#post-106783)
 * Idowens, if you’re a college student right now, find out if your campus has a
   computer store or head over to academicsuperstore.com . You should be able to
   get a full version of DW for $99. Now, go forth and never look at FrontPage again!
   ^_-
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/#post-106785)
 * You may want to just play around by making changes to index.php through the templates
   options in WP. Just remember to keep a backup copy lying around.
 *  Thread Starter [idowens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idowens/)
 * (@idowens)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/#post-106787)
 * I have full serverside access so I’ve been updating via wordpad and then just
   uploading via my FTP…I don’t like the idea of editing via the web. Anywho, thanks
   for the tip on the college discount.

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 * Last reply from: [idowens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idowens/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-validating-2/#post-106787)
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