Widget problems. Need help fixing

Hi,

I have been working on a template for a few weeks now but have had issues with getting widgets to work on my sidebar.

When i get them working they show up with a big black dot on the left side. If i get rid of this dot then i find that my xhtml is not valid.

If i ad ul and li it just causes errors… I have no idea how to fix it.

if you need any code or anything let me know 🙂 as soon as this is fixed most of my problems will be too 🙂