Validating XHTML

[rfq]

Looking for help or a pointer to resolve errors to sidebar.php file. Website is rfqpro.com

W3 Validator is showing 20 errors and they all appear to relate to text widgets in sidebar.php

Error - Document type does not allow element "li" here; missing one of "ul", "ol", "menu", "dir" start-tag

My Code:
<!--sidebar.php-->
<li id="text-390437721" class="widget widget_text"> <div class="textwidget">

The sidebar.php file in the theme editor does not show this text anywhere? Do I need to access in another file and can you suggest a fix?

many thanks and appreciate your help Mark

[AndrewGSW]

LIs should only appear as child elements to a UL or OL.

You are using WordPress: I can't help you with this. If you are unable to find the relevant content then you may have to live with it not validating.

[rfq]

Andrew thanks. Some Wordpress users suggests adding widget text to style.css file ?

Maybe time for a theme change ...

[AndrewGSW]

Originally Posted by rfq

Andrew thanks. Some Wordpress users suggests adding widget text to style.css file ?

Maybe time for a theme change ...

Changing a .css file won't cause the HTML to validate.

[webdevs]

Make sure, your website or sidebar li sturctures should be standard for example.
<ul>
<li>content over here</li>
<li>content over here</li>
</ul>

[charlyanderson]

What is the widget that you are referring to? If it's one you downloaded and installed there is probably and separate file to the sidebar page