Title: Validating code
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Validating code

 *  [dallir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dallir/)
 * (@dallir)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * this is the first time I have tried to use wordpress and I am trying to use it
   as a website and not a blog. I am bumbling my way through it by deleting bits
   and pieces from the files eg categories bits, off the footer, dates, author etc.
   However, I have tried to validate the code and there has been 1 error. I have
   no idea what it is after looking through the code. Will this cause me any problems
   with spiders crawling the site? any help would be appreciated

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/#post-1415018)
 * A link to a page on your site that contains the error might help.
 *  Thread Starter [dallir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dallir/)
 * (@dallir)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/#post-1415221)
 * sorry, this is my site:-
 * [http://www.kettlebellsite.com](http://www.kettlebellsite.com)
 * many thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/#post-1415243)
 * If you’re referring to the “document type does not allow element “label” error,
   try adding an opening `<div>` immediately after the `<form>` tag and a closing`
   </div>` immediately before the `</form>` tag in your search form markup (seachform.
   php).
 *  Thread Starter [dallir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dallir/)
 * (@dallir)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/#post-1415251)
 * Cheers for the help, but since that error I have added some youtube videos and
   now I have 7/8 errors. The page display fine-is it a big problem to have these
   errors? Do you know if it will have an effect on the search engine spiders?
 * cheers in advance
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/#post-1415256)
 * You can safely ignore the errors relating to `<embed>`. Despite that fact that`
   <embed>` is non-W3C proprietary markup, it’s still the most accessible and cross-
   browser safe method of embedding rich media.
 *  Thread Starter [dallir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dallir/)
 * (@dallir)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-code-1/#post-1415257)
 * Thanks for taking the time out to answer my questions-it is appreciated. All 
   the best,
 * Ryan

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