Title: Template coding gone wrong
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Template coding gone wrong

 *  [Emperor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emperor/)
 * (@emperor)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/)
 * I would appreciate it if someone could help me correct my theme. I’ve tried to
   correct it but can’t seem to get it right. The code is only from the sidebar.
 * ` <div id="sb_left">`
 * <br>
    <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/Fun.png"
   align="center" width="200" height="287" alt="Model" /></p>
 * <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/PB2.png" align
   ="center" vspace="3" width="200" height="25" alt="Publicidade" /></p>
 * <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/CM2.png" align
   ="center" vspace="3" width="200" height="25" alt="Comentario" /></p>
 * <ul><?php bdp_comments(); ?></ul>
 *  <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/PC.png" align
   ="center" vspace="5" width="200" height="25" alt="Publicidade" /></p>
 *  <p> 
    <center> <ul><li><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?></
   li></ul> </li></center></p>
 *  <?php if (function_exists('wp_theme_switcher')) { ?>
    <li><h2><?php _e('Themes');?
   ></h2> <?php wp_theme_switcher(); ?> </li> <?php } ?> </ul> </div>
 * <div id="sb_right">
 * <br> 
    <ul> <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/Posts2.
   jpg" align="center" width="190" height="85" alt="Model" /></p>
 * <li><ul><?php bdp_posts(); ?></ul>
 *  <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/girls.jpg" align
   ="center" width="190" height="85" alt="Model" /></p>
 *  <li>
    <ul> <?php list_cats(0, '', 'name', 'asc', '', 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,'','','','','')?
   > </ul> </li>
 * <?php if (function_exists('wp_theme_switcher')) { ?>
    <li><h2><?php _e('Themes');?
   ></h2> <?php wp_theme_switcher(); ?> </li> <?php } ?>
 *  </ul>
 * <ul>
 * <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/scream2.jpg" align
   ="center" width="190" height="85" alt="Model" /></p>
 * <li>
    <?php jal_get_shoutbox(); ?> </li>
 * </ul>
 * <ul>
 * <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/Links.jpg" align
   ="center" width="190" height="85" alt="Links" /></p>
 *  <?php get_links_list(); ?>
    <li> <h2>
 *  <?php _e('Meta'); ?>
    </h2> <ul> <?php wp_register(); ?> <li>  <?php wp_loginout();?
   > </li>
 *  <li><a href="[http://www.site.com">Name</a></li&gt](http://www.site.com">Name</a></li&gt);
   
   <li><a href="[http://wordpress.org/&quot](http://wordpress.org/&quot); title="
   <?php _e('Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing
   platform.'); ?>">WordPress</a></li> <?php wp_meta(); ?> </ul>
 *  </li>
 * <p><img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/Images/AQ.jpg" align="
   center" width="190" height="85" alt="Links" /></p>
 * <li>
    <ul> <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
 *  </ul>
 * </li>
 * </ul> 
    </div>
 * I hate to paste all the code like this but I’ve run out off options. If anyone
   could help me with this problem I would really appreciate it.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375404)
 * Please use pastebin for the code and let us have the link:
    [http://pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com)
 * You haven’t said what is wrong? Just that it is wrong..
 *  Thread Starter [Emperor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emperor/)
 * (@emperor)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375408)
 * Thanks for the quick reply I was still trying to display the code on the thread
   correctly.
    The basic problem is that I had to change the code to add a few images
   to de sidebar. Because I’m not that familiarised with WP Templates I just did
   some searching and added the code the way I saw on various sites I visited. The
   URL is [http://www.amar-ela.com](http://www.amar-ela.com)
 *  Thread Starter [Emperor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emperor/)
 * (@emperor)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375434)
 * I link to the code is: [http://pastebin.com/667706](http://pastebin.com/667706)
 *  Thread Starter [Emperor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emperor/)
 * (@emperor)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375522)
 * I have searched the web for an answer to my problem but haven’t been able to 
   find solution. The best way I can describe what’s wrong with the code is that
   the
    `<ul> and </ul> ` tags are missing from verious places in the code. I would
   give a more in depth explanation but I’m afraid this is the best I can do.
 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375527)
 * you have a LOT of `<ul>` and `</ul>` that is misplaced, and some `<li>` and `
   </li>` and `<p>` tags too.
 * [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amar-ela.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amar-ela.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1)–
   this will help you. check out the errors there and go in to fix them.
 *  Thread Starter [Emperor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emperor/)
 * (@emperor)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375534)
 * Thanks for your help ladydelaluna. I did manage to fix 9 errors but am having
   trouble with the rest. The main problem is that I moved some code around and 
   now don’t know how to add the tags correctly. An example would be in the beginning
   of the sidebar the `</ul>` tag is missing but every time I try adding it the 
   sidebar becomes messed up.
 *  [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * (@ladydelaluna)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375548)
 * think of `<ul>` as the beginning of a “section” and `</ul>` as the end of a section.
   the `<li>` and `</li>` are to separate the different things within that section
   of the sidebar…
 * so you might have:
 * `<ul>
    <li>something here - say, an image</li> <li>your list of links</li> </
   ul>
 * and then for the next section
 * `<ul>
    <li>something else here - maybe your list of pages</li> </ul>
 * does that make sense?

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 * Last reply from: [ladydelaluna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ladydelaluna/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/template-coding-gone-wrong/#post-375548)
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