Hey guys I'm trying to validate my site and getting this error on a number of pages, i know what the validator is saying I just don't know what to do to solve it.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

The error message states:

"Error Line 163, Column 26: Element p not allowed as child of element span in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)"

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Isn't a span an inline element where as a p is a block element

 

can you swap your span for a div

Isn't a span an inline element where as a p is a block element

 

can you swap your span for a div

 

Ive tried that, if i do that the alignment goes all messed up :S

Have you got a link

Have you got a link

yes the link is here, thanks

You cannot <span> a <P>, it needs to be the other way round, if it messes up the alignment, you need to change what you're applying to the span to the p. Just give the <p> a class.

You cannot <span> a <P>, it needs to be the other way round, if it messes up the alignment, you need to change what you're applying to the span to the p. Just give the <p> a class.

 

Ah yes your right WBC, thanks for your help. brownie points have been awarded cheers

You got there

 

you didn't swap your spans for divs then