Title: validation prblems
Last modified: February 7, 2017

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# validation prblems

 *  [kmurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmurphy/)
 * (@kmurphy)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/)
 * Hi, I have a test site with WordPress running here:
    [http://murphyzone.no-ip.com/gccbfm/news/blog/](http://murphyzone.no-ip.com/gccbfm/news/blog/)
   When I try to validate it, it tells me I have some list tag issues. I have looked
   at the source code and can’t quite find where the issue is, as far as I can see
   I have closed all the tags. I put the source code into Dreamweaver and it pointed
   out two hanging `'`
 * '
 *  tags. When I alter index.php though, I can’t see the tags are hanging and when
   I remove the tags I believe to be the culprits, I end up with the styles getting
   messed up. I also have an issue with the very top list link and the very bottom
   list link not displaying the a:link or a:visited bullet image, but the a:hover
   does display.
    Anysugestions as to what the culprit may be? I have been at this
   one for too long now… Here is the code where its messing up: ` '<div id="rightCol"
   > <div id="blogMenu">
    - <?php _e('Categories:'); ?>
 *  - <?php wp_list_cats(); ?>
 *  - <?php _e('Member Login:'); ?>
 *  - 
    - 
 *  - <label for="s"><?php _e('Search the Caucus Blog:'); ?></label>
       <form id="
      searchform" method="get" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>"> <input type="text"
      name="s" id="s" size="15" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php
      _e('Search'); ?>" /> </form>
    -  <li id="archives"><?php _e('Archives:'); ?>
 *  - <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
 *  <li id="calendar"><?php get_calendar(); ?>
 *  <?php get_links_list(); ?>
    <li id="meta"><?php _e('Meta:'); ?>
    - 
    - 
    - ["><?php _e('Valid XHTML'); ?>](http://validator.w3.org/check/referer)
    - [">WP](http://wordpress.org/)
 *  </div>
    </div>'
 * Thanks

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91355)
 * If you had not removed the validation button from your blog we might have been
   able to help.
 *  Thread Starter [kmurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmurphy/)
 * (@kmurphy)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91356)
 * Oh, I didn’t think that I did… let me go check it out…
 *  Thread Starter [kmurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmurphy/)
 * (@kmurphy)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91357)
 * I see two valadation buttons on the bottom, one on the footer in the center and
   the other the WordPress one on the bottom of the right hand column…
    The site
   is running on an old laptop, so maybe it is taking some time to load… maybe try
   a refresh?? Thanks.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91358)
 * Well I could nt find it. I might have overlooked it. But we need to know what
   the errors are.
 *  Thread Starter [kmurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmurphy/)
 * (@kmurphy)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91359)
 * Here are the errors:
    [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F154.20.114.114%3A9090%2FGCCBFM%2Fnews%2Fblog%2Findex.php](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F154.20.114.114%3A9090%2FGCCBFM%2Fnews%2Fblog%2Findex.php)
   Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [kmurphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmurphy/)
 * (@kmurphy)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91361)
 * Ok, well I should have held off on posting for the validation… I just figured
   it out… two list items wrapping the archives and and categories… anyway, it is
   valid now, but I still am missing the styles on the first link in the image bullets
   on an odd array of the links… hmmm. Back to the style sheet…

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-prblems/#post-91361)
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