Validating code

  • dallir

    (@dallir)


    15 years ago

    Hi everyone,

    this is the first time I have tried to use wordpress and I am trying to use it as a website and not a blog. I am bumbling my way through it by deleting bits and pieces from the files eg categories bits, off the footer, dates, author etc. However, I have tried to validate the code and there has been 1 error. I have no idea what it is after looking through the code. Will this cause me any problems with spiders crawling the site? any help would be appreciated

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    A link to a page on your site that contains the error might help.

    Thread Starter dallir

    (@dallir)

    sorry, this is my site:-

    https://www.kettlebellsite.com

    many thanks

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    If you’re referring to the “document type does not allow element “label” error, try adding an opening <div> immediately after the <form> tag and a closing </div> immediately before the </form> tag in your search form markup (seachform.php).

    Thread Starter dallir

    (@dallir)

    Cheers for the help, but since that error I have added some youtube videos and now I have 7/8 errors. The page display fine-is it a big problem to have these errors? Do you know if it will have an effect on the search engine spiders?

    cheers in advance

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    You can safely ignore the errors relating to <embed>. Despite that fact that <embed> is non-W3C proprietary markup, it’s still the most accessible and cross-browser safe method of embedding rich media.

    Thread Starter dallir

    (@dallir)

    Thanks for taking the time out to answer my questions-it is appreciated. All the best,

    Ryan

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