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Posted by Chuong Nguyen
Chuong Nguyen
8,256 Points

How to use validation on dynamic website like WordPress?

I'm building a website with WordPress, but wonder how to do validation because WordPress site is dynamic with lot of templates.

For example, I use W3C Markup Validation and it shows me the error:

Line 153, Column 25: No p element in scope but a p end tag seen. <!--// meta slider--></p>

It's easy to check for a static website since the only file we need to look at is index.html, but I don't know where to find "line 153, column 25" to fix the above error. Would it be in the header.php, index.php, or it's in the meta slider code?

1 Answer

Mads Henning Nordbustad
Mads Henning Nordbustad
2,917 Points
Mads Henning Nordbustad
Mads Henning Nordbustad
2,917 Points

I have one idea that might make the process easier. When you input an url in the w3 validator, choose show source in options. This will output the source of the page you are validating with line numbers. Now you can see the line with the error in context which may be helpful for knowing where to find it in the wordpress code. Then simply go through all files where the error could possibly be and use ctrl-f to find the offending piece of code. It's a bit of a drag if you don't why where to start, which is the reason for my first suggestion.

Chuong Nguyen
Chuong Nguyen
8,256 Points

Thanks for the answer, this process is time-consuming. I think this is one of the disadvantages of using dynamic CMS like WordPress, it's hard to find where is wrong in the code, at least for validation check. I don't know enough, so I hope someone else will add to this question.

Mads Henning Nordbustad
Mads Henning Nordbustad
2,917 Points
Mads Henning Nordbustad
Mads Henning Nordbustad
2,917 Points

You might want to check out Google Chrome DevTools if you havn't already.

Chuong Nguyen
Chuong Nguyen
8,256 Points

thanks, I'll check it out.