[RESOLVED] validation inconsistency

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I have a page here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://kdla.ky.gov/directory.htm">http://kdla.ky.gov/directory.htm</a><!-- m --><br />
that is receiving one validation error (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fkdla.ky.gov%2Fdirectory.htm">http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1 ... ectory.htm</a><!-- m -->).<br />
Thing is, the all the coding surrounding the "content" was cut and pasted from this page: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://kdla.ky.gov/libsupport.htm">http://kdla.ky.gov/libsupport.htm</a><!-- m --><br />
which is valid (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fkdla.ky.gov%2Flibsupport.htm">http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1 ... upport.htm</a><!-- m -->).<br />
There are no extra divs in the content section of the page in question.<br />
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If I follow the suggestion of the Validator & delete this errant closing </div> tag, the bottom portion of my page is no longer aligned. If I leave it in, it looks fine.<br />
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Why is the validator reporting this error? Is there something I'm (or it's) missing?<br />
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thanks,<br />
KDLA<!--content-->After reducing everything to div tags and comments, you really do have an extra end tag in there.<br />
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<br />
<div class="ky-alerts"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-alert-notice"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-alert-red"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-alert-orange"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-alert-amber"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<!-- Start of the Enterprise Branding and Navigation Component --><br />
<br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-nav section"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-nav-pre"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-nav-content section-content"><br />
<br />
<div id="kystd-search"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="section-footer"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-nav-post"></div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Enterprise Branding and Navigation Component --><br />
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<br />
<!-- Start of the Entity Branding (Banner) Component --><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-brnd"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-brnd-pre"><br />
</div> <br />
<div class="ky-brnd-content"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-brnd-post"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Entity Branding (Banner) Component --><br />
<br />
<!-- Start of the Site Navigation Component --><br />
<br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-site-nav"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-sn-pre"></div><br />
<div class="ky-sn-content"><br />
<br />
<!--<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"" title="" tabindex="101">Ask a Librarian</a><span class="linkdivider">|</span>--><br />
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</div><br />
<div class="ky-sn-post"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<!-- End of the Site Navigation Component --><br />
<br />
<!-- Start of the Breadcrumb Navigation Component --><br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-breadcrumb section"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-bc-pre"></div> <br />
<div class="ky-bc-content section-content"><br />
<br />
<div class="bcsection-header"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="section-footer"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-bc-post"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Breadcrumb Navigation Component --><br />
<br />
<br />
<!-- Start of the Content Area Component --><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-content"><br />
<!-- Start of the Main Content Component --><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-content-main min"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-cm-pre"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-cm-content"><br />
<br />
<div class="section"><br />
<br />
<div class="section-content"><br />
<br />
<div class="content"><br />
<br />
<div id="box"><br />
<br />
<div class="heading"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="white"><br />
<br />
<div><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div style="..." /><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="section-footer"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-cm-post" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
<br />
<!-- #BeginDate format:Am3 --><br />
<!-- #EndDate --><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Main Content Component --><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Content Area Component --><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<!-- Start of the Entity Footer Component --><br />
<br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-entity-footer section"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-ef-pre"></div><br />
<div class="ky-ef-content section-content"><br />
<br />
<div class="section-header"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="section-footer"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-ef-post"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Entity Footer Component --><br />
<br />
<br />
<!-- Start of the Enterprise Footer Component --><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="hidden"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-footer"><br />
<br />
<div class="ky-footer-pre"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-footer-content"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="ky-footer-post"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
</div><br />
<br />
<!-- End of the Enterprise Footer Component --><br />
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Maybe when you were changing the content, you lost a div somewhere in there. Also, you have a self-closing tag that may or may not be screwing things up. They're in bold and underlined<!--content-->THANKS! I had looked at this so much I was cross-eyed. Sometimes it just takes one nice person to point the error out!<br />
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It was that self-closing tag! :rolleyes:<br />
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KDLA<!--content-->Glad to have been of use. :)<br />
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EDIT: A quick re-read of the post shows I was wrong on the extra </div>. I'd gotten lost in the flow of things.<!--content-->
 
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