If I fill the widget with a text box, it no longer validates. (I just upgraded but had this issue in 3.7.1 too)
It has something to do with the slashes and how the textwidget is being read. I'm new to WP, atahualpa, css, and php.
Here are the W3C errors:
Line 370, Column 61: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters
…_2" align="left" valign="top"><div id=\"text-18\" class=\"header-widget widget…✉
You have used a character that is not considered a "name character" in an attribute value. Which characters are considered "name characters" varies between the different document types, but a good rule of thumb is that unless the value contains only lower or upper case letters in the range a-z you must put quotation marks around the value. In fact, unless you have extreme file size requirements it is a very very good idea to always put quote marks around your attribute values. It is never wrong to do so, and very often it is absolutely necessary.
Line 370, Column 61: character "\" is not allowed in the value of attribute "id"
…_2" align="left" valign="top"><div id=\"text-18\" class=\"header-widget widget…✉
It is possible that you violated the naming convention for this attribute. For example, id and name attributes must begin with a letter, not a digit.
Line 370, Column 79: an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters
…align="top"><div id=\"text-18\" class=\"header-widget widget_text\">
<div cl…✉
You have used a character that is not considered a "name character" in an attribute value. Which characters are considered "name characters" varies between the different document types, but a good rule of thumb is that unless the value contains only lower or upper case letters in the range a-z you must put quotation marks around the value. In fact, unless you have extreme file size requirements it is a very very good idea to always put quote marks around your attribute values. It is never wrong to do so, and very often it is absolutely necessary.
Line 370, Column 106: "widget_text" is not a member of a group specified for any attribute
…-18\" class=\"header-widget widget_text\"> <div class="textwidget">test</div>
This is what I have in my footer area:
HTML Code:
<?php bfa_widget_area('name=My widget area&cells=4&align=1&align_2=9&align_3=7&width_4=700&before_widget=<div id="%1$s" class="header-widget %2$s">&after_widget=</div>'); ?>
Copyright © %current-year% %home% - All Rights Reserved
If you could shed some ideas, I appreciate your time,
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