Title: XHTML Failed validation, 959 Errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# XHTML Failed validation, 959 Errors

 *  [kgsstore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgsstore/)
 * (@kgsstore)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/)
 * hi
 * record high XHTML error,due to the fact that i have html codes on my worpress
   side bar,mainly affiliates.
    Is there a plugin to use, to stop errors?
 * Url we are working with is : [Blog](http://www.go5kgs.com/blogit/)
 * I do have a ” FIX DATABASE PLUGIN”but that reports no erros. Blog is 1 month 
   old.
 * help and suggestions are needed.

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 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614784)
 * Go to lower case throughout. Everything. Hang in there Tracey. We are rooting
   for you. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [kgsstore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgsstore/)
 * (@kgsstore)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614790)
 * Well i removed the free poll i had.used a blogflux poll.
    The original polls 
   with stay on my website not blog,it doesn’t seem to wok well here,I know nothing
   else but some html.
 * After the polls were gone its better.Anymore tips,for me in fixing the 653 errors
   left.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614791)
 * I know a little bit about html and css. If I were you I would just get on and
   enjoy the blogging experience. Leave validation to the nerdy types. 🙂
 *  [darran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darran/)
 * (@darran)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614796)
 * Based on what I seen, you should go through the structure again. The UL LI are
   misplaced and on top of that, some deprecated attributes like align and size …
   etc, go through that. Those errors are listed when you validate it, very simple
   really.
 * [@root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/): I don’t agree with you, being
   validated helps in SEO. I have had a couple of searches linked to my site, and
   I owe part of it it to the good markup I have on my site.
 *  [mbritt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbritt/)
 * (@mbritt)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614873)
 * I need some help with xhtml validation as well. I don’t the 900+ errors mentioned
   above, but I do have about 175 errors and I’m doing my best to read the “verbose”
   feedback from validator.w3.org, but sometimes I get errors and it mentions <p
   > tags, but I never put <p> tags in my posts, so I just don’t know where it is
   finding the code it says is incorrect. Anybody got a moment to try a validation
   on my site and give me a little direction? I’d really appreciate it. My site 
   url is: [http://www.thepsychfiles.com](http://www.thepsychfiles.com)
 * Thanks!
 * Michael
 * PS: should I be using character entities in my blog posts instead of just typing
   away in the wysiwyg wordpress editor?
 *  [darran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darran/)
 * (@darran)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614874)
 * Here’s a tip:
    You need to nest li within ul, and a lot of errors seem to be 
   coming from that direction.
 *  [mbritt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbritt/)
 * (@mbritt)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614875)
 * Thanks Darran. There definitely were problems with how I was handling unordered
   lists, so I’ve been focusing on that and the error count is down to about 130
   or so.
 * The error I can’t seem to fix is this: I placed the Feedburner email notification
   code inside a text widget in my sidebar and it seems to be causing errors because
   the code contains a ? instead of &. However, whenever I change the code in the
   widget, it doesn’t save when I click the “update” button. Any suggestions on 
   this?
 * Thanks!
 *  [darran](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darran/)
 * (@darran)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xhtml-failed-validation-959-errors/page/2/#post-614905)
 * What is the exact code?

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