Editing index.php

**taichifu** · 1 Jan 2011, 08:55 PM

Hi

Is it possible to edit the index.php files is so where is it located.

Thanks

**fairestcape** · 1 Jan 2011, 09:02 PM

Why do you want to edit this file?

**taichifu** · 2 Jan 2011, 11:44 AM

Hi

The reason being when I try to validate my web site with search engines submission I get this error message:

Your homepage HTML is invalid!

1 errors were found.
Line Error Message
184 end tag for element "a" which is not open

View full validation report

Hence my query.

Cheers

**saitomedia** · 2 Jan 2011, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by taichifu

1 errors were found.
Line Error Message
184 end tag for element "a" which is not open

That error is telling you that you have an extra "</a>" somewhere that you need to eliminate.

You could have triggered this error not in the index.php, but some other files you edited, such as tpl_header, footer... etc.

Make sure all your opened tags are closed.

**fairestcape** · 2 Jan 2011, 02:25 PM

You need to load your website, then look at the GENERATED HTML. Then look at line 184 of that HTML.

That will show you the broken href.

when you know what is broken, you can call up the file that generated that piece of html.

index.php is NOT at fault... some other file is at fault - probably one that is manually edited such as an EZPage or a DEFINED PAGE.

Do NOT mess about with index.php ... it has nothing to do with the problem you are experiencing.

**taichifu** · 9 Jan 2011, 08:38 PM

Good advice, manage to find the problem.

**GraniteMan44** · 24 Jan 2011, 10:39 PM

I am having a similar problem when I run the html validation. The following are a couple of the many error messages I get:

Validation Output: 45 Errors

1. Error Line 20, Column 79: document type does not allow element "script" here; assuming missing "body" start-tag

<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">

✉
2. Error Line 28, Column 25: document type does not allow element "body" here

<body id="indexHomeBody">

I am not sure where to look for these things to fix it. My site seems to be working fine though....its just the validation errors. Anyone know how I can fix this?

I am using ZC 1.3.7
my site = http://monumentsplus.com