This validator thing’s driving me crazy

why do you keep posting these new threads> You have two other unresolved ones.

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/84978?replies=8
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/84949?replies=8

because I can’t resolve those ones
so I try to move on hoping to get the next thing done
I’ve spent 2 days on this already

its the same damn subject, for christs sake. Get a clue.

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://path-to/movie.swf" class="movie" width="300" height="250">
<param name="movie" value="https://www.path-to/movie.swf" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="ffffff" />
<img src="https://path-to/noflash.gif" width="300" height="163" alt="No flash installed" title="No flash installed" class="image" />
</object>

Look at MY example, then look at yours. Then READ the damn links I gave you in the other thread. You do not have the basic knowledge needed — no-one wants to hold your hand. You need to learn.

??
Are you telling me to get a clue in css syntax?
Would I be even asking here if I had a clue?
It’s not like I’m not trying here

Ok, it was just a /> not properly closed

Regarding the list problems, as far as I can see they all start and end properly with
ul and /ul
and what’s inside starts with
li and ends with /li

look.

# <h2>Search</h2>
# <div id="searchdiv">
# <form id="searchform" method="get" action="/blog/index.php">
# <input type="text" name="s" id="s" size="20"/>
# <input name="sbutt" type="submit" value="Go" alt="Submit" />
# </form>
# </div>
# <li id="linkcat-2"><h2>Shop</h2> <—
# <ul>

Line 141, your second error. Does that look enclosed properly to you?

ok I solved one of the list issues
something inside ul wasn’t wrapped in li
… is everybody mad at me?
Oh.. just seen your answer. Must go through that.
They are mad at me…

I am.

# </ul>
# </li>
# <li id="linkcat-3"><h2>The Gallery </h2> <– does that look enclosed? Thats line 156 on the validation page, your third error.
# <ul>

These are things you shouldnt need help with.

# </li>
# <li id="categories" class="widget widget_categories"> <h2 class="widgettitle">Categories</h2>
# <ul>

4th error, Line 162, not enclosed.

You have hosed up the sidebar.php with your edits, and dont tell me you didnt edit it, since you already copped to it yesterday, and I can tell by looking at the original theme.

I understand it needs a /li to close it but I don’t to what part of sidebar.php this html corresponds.
I edited the style.css, not the sidebar.
I’ll dld again the original theme to compare the sidebar.php

wow that’s weird, it’s like the order of some elements has changed.
I’ll upload the original one to see what happens.

oops, not good. The whole sidebar disappears. I have to reupload the edited/corrupted one. I really have no recollection whatsoever of having cut and pasted parts of the code in different place. Unless I was drunk.

aha! When I upload the original sidebar, it doesn’t disappear, it goes from the right side of the page to left under all the content.

Yipee! It was the calendar messing up the layout. Taking it out the widgets list replaced the sidebar where it should be.
I’m down to just one error now!!