Title: WordPress interpreting html code strangely
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress interpreting html code strangely

 *  Resolved [jami1955](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jami1955/)
 * (@jami1955)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-interpreting-html-code-strangely/)
 * The blog looks good, everything works. Then I took a peak at the source code 
   the browser is using. Woooo.
    The ENTIRE style sheets are printed totally out
   in the source code, instead of importing them via the link, wordpress has somehow
   instructed the browser (Firefox 4.0) to print out all 5 of the stylesheets in
   the header.
 * So in the header, the first stylesheet is called like this:
    `<link rel="stylesheet"
   href="http://architekt-mm.de/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />` and
   then two more for IE like this: `<!--[if lte IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" href
   ="http://architekt-mm.de/library/ie.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /><![
   endif]-->`
 * However, what appears in the header is something entirely different, which is,
   in place of <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”[http://architekt-mm.de/style.css&#8221](http://architekt-mm.de/style.css&#8221);
   type=”text/css” media=”screen” /> this appears:
 * `<style media="screen" type="text/css" style="display:none">/**/@import url( ...`
 * and then it goes on printing out all 5 stylesheets. View the source here
    [http://architekt-mm.de](http://architekt-mm.de)
 * The source code is really strange and a bit ugly. Does anyone know why this is
   happening, and how to fix it so the stylesheets are simply imported as usual?
 * thanks
    JSC

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-interpreting-html-code-strangely/#post-2104214)
 * total normal in firefox3.6;
    i.e. the `<link ...` code
 * possibly a ‘feature’ of firefox4 (?)
 *  Thread Starter [jami1955](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jami1955/)
 * (@jami1955)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-interpreting-html-code-strangely/#post-2104217)
 * That’s a relief it’s normal in another browser. However, just now testing it 
   in Safari 5.0.5, it does the same thing, prints everything out… so it’s not Firefox
   in particular. Interesting tho FF 3.6 is looking normal in the source code.
    
   Other ideas? I switched out the call for the url, replaced `<?php bloginfo('template_directory');?
   >` with the literal url, and that didn’t help.
 * thanks,
    JSC
 *  Thread Starter [jami1955](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jami1955/)
 * (@jami1955)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-interpreting-html-code-strangely/#post-2104218)
 * I just looked at the code of this forum page, and it’s doing the same thing, 
   so I will write into the FF people and ask them what’s going on. This page is
   rendered in the code like this:
 *     ```
       <style type="text/css">/* The Reset ---------------------------------- */
       body,div,dl,dt,dd,ul,ol,li,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,
       h6,pre,form,fieldset,input,p,blockquote,table,
       th,td { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
       fieldset,img,abbr { border: 0; }
       address,caption,cite,code,dfn,h1,h2,h3,
       h4,h5,h6,th,var { font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; }
       caption,th { text-align: left; }
       q:before,q:after { content: ''; }
       a { text-decoration: none; }
       body {
       .......
       ```
   
 * I mean, what is “/* The Reset ———————————- */” ??
    Also, as far as I know “<style
   type=”text/css”>” is not a proper header tag, so FF is def. doing something weird.
   But then why would Safari be doing exactly the same thing?
 * Oh, wait a min. I’m using a German USB stick modem right now. I wonder…. if that
   could be it. The network is the mobile phone network, and I’ve noticed it does
   strange things to the data transfer sometimes. I will check again in a few hours
   when I’m having a regular int. connection.
    thanks JSC
 *  Thread Starter [jami1955](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jami1955/)
 * (@jami1955)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-interpreting-html-code-strangely/#post-2104329)
 * FYI, it was the network. BILD Zeitung USB stick modem, Germany, I don’t know 
   how they manage it, but that source code in the browser was very ugly. Off topic,
   if Hillary has her way, the entire US and Europe will have “safe” internet. That
   code will also probably be pretty ugly.

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