Title: W3C Validation Errors
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# W3C Validation Errors

 *  [MorganJohnstone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morganjohnstone/)
 * (@morganjohnstone)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-6/)
 * **Hello**
 * I am currently using the theme Twenty Eleven on my website. I am currently trying
   to use the W3C Markup Validation Service to make sure my site is up to standards.
 * I have been given two (2) errors about the same thing. They are as follows.
 * > Line 65, Column 11: Element hgroup not allowed as child of element header in
   > this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)
 * and…
 * >  Line 65, Column 11: The hgroup element is obsolete. To mark up subheadings,
   > consider either just putting the subheading into a p element after the h1-h6
   > element containing the main heading, or else putting the subheading directly
   > within the h1-h6 element containing the main heading, but separated from the
   > main heading by punctuation and/or within, for example, a span class=”subheading”
   > element with differentiated styling. To group headings and subheadings, alternative
   > titles, or taglines, consider using the header or div elements.
 * I am not a coder, but if I can get some straight information and instructions
   on how to fix this I think I can do it.
 * **I’ve searched the entire support forums for similar topics and I only found
   one from over a year ago and it has been closed with no comments. If you close
   this, please comment and tell me what I’m doing/saying wrong.**
 * Thanks, Morgan

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 * Last reply from: [MorganJohnstone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morganjohnstone/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3c-validation-errors-6/)
 * Status: not resolved