W3C Markup Validator: errors

Hi all,

I used the W3CMarkup Validator (The W3C Markup Validation Service) to check my forum index (Phone Devil - Exclusive phone unlocking Devil Sim, Free mobile phone 3gp video downloads and Phone Reviews), and got the following errors.

I'm going to forward this on to the designer of my skin to get his feedback on the end tag issues (I think I just need to delete the duplicate </a>?

I was wondering whether anyone recognises the parsing errors, as I'm guessing this may have something to do with vbSEO?

Many thanks

1. Line 570, Column 81: end tag for element "a" which is not open.…members/aruskotik/">Aruskotik</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/me ✉
   The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem.
   If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry.
   
2. Line 570, Column 154: end tag for element "a" which is not open.…m/members/buppycor/">BuppyCor</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/me ✉
   The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem.
   If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry.
   
3. Line 570, Column 231: end tag for element "a" which is not open.…mbers/phonedevil/">PhoneDevil</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/me ✉
   The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem.
   If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry.
   
4. Line 570, Column 304: end tag for element "a" which is not open.…m/members/poephems/">poephems</a> </a></div> ✉
   The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem.
   If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry.
   
5. Line 680, Column 5: end tag for element "div" which is not open.</div> ✉
   The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem.
   If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry.
   
6. Line 570, Column > 80: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: div line 570 and a.…/members/aruskotik/">Aruskotik</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/m… ✉
7. Line 570, Column > 80: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: div line 568 and a.…/members/aruskotik/">Aruskotik</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/m… ✉
8. Line 570, Column > 80: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: td line 567 and a.…/members/aruskotik/">Aruskotik</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/m… ✉
9. Line 570, Column > 80: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: tr line 565 and a.…/members/aruskotik/">Aruskotik</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/m… ✉
10. Line 570, Column > 80: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: tbody line 564 and div.…/members/aruskotik/">Aruskotik</a> </a>, <a href="http://www.PhoneDevil.com/m… ✉
11. Line 571, Column 9: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: table line 546 and div. </div> ✉
12. Line 572, Column 7: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: div line 136 and td. </td> ✉
13. Line 573, Column 6: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: div line 135 and tr. </tr> ✉
14. Line 574, Column 8: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: div line 134 and tbody.</tbody> ✉
15. Line 620, Column 8: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: body line 51 and table.</table> ✉
16. Line 651, Column 8: XML Parsing Error: Opening and ending tag mismatch: html line 2 and div. </div> ✉
17. Line 652, Column 1: XML Parsing Error: Extra content at the end of the document. </div>

yup, there shouldn't be two closing </a> tags.. just one.

your other errors look like you have invalid code nestings, ie

<div><table></div></table>

where it should be
<div><table></table></div>

nestings must be well-formed.


gotta love 'designers'. :rollseyes: