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Old September 1st, 2010, 02:50 PM
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Validator.w3.org won't validate nested ul
I have read on here that properly formatted html is a good idea. I am trying to validate my new site, and have run into an error I cannot figure out how to fix.

We have a section like so:
Code:
<ul>
	<li><a href="">category 1</a> - category 1 items</li>
	<ul>
		<li><a href="">category 2</a> - category 2 items</li>
		<li><a href="">category 3</a> - category 3 items</li>
	</ul>
</ul>


I am getting an error:
Line 364, Column 11: document type does not allow element "ul" here; assuming missing "li" start-tag
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Old September 1st, 2010, 03:50 PM
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That's because you have code inside a list, but not any particular list item. The correct code would look like this:
Code:
<ul>
	<li><a href="">category 1</a> - category 1 items
	<ul>
		<li><a href="">category 2</a> - category 2 items</li>
		<li><a href="">category 3</a> - category 3 items</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
</ul>
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That got it. Thank you for the help.

Just curious, what kind of penalty does a improperly formatted web page get? Is it worse if there are more errors?
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