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Unclosed Element Div

maryanns50585047
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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

This page can be viewed at http://www.maselva.com/Certification.html# Page displays properly on server but Dreamweaver does not validate.

Nancy has told me, "You MUST learn to comment ALL of your tags", so I am adding comments in order to close these elements.

Either I have done this incorrectly (no doubt) or something all together different is the problem.

I would appreciate any light you could shed on this.

MaryAnn in Texas

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osgood_
LEGEND , Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

The end of your page should look like below:

</div>

</div>
<!-- end media-object-default -->
</div>
<!-- end col-lg-6 col-md-6 -->
</div>
<!-- end container -->

</body>
</html>

But you have this:

</div>

<!-- end col-lg-6 col-md-6 -->

<!-- end media-object-default -->
<!-- end container -->

</body>
</html>

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

You have 3 un-closed <div> tags.  Try closing them with </div> and see how it looks.

Nancy

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

See screenshot.  Hopefully this will help you identify code errors while you work.  In the example below, I have 2 un-closed <div> tags from line 9 and line 8.

Nancy

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osgood_
LEGEND ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

The end of your page should look like below:

</div>

</div>
<!-- end media-object-default -->
</div>
<!-- end col-lg-6 col-md-6 -->
</div>
<!-- end container -->

</body>
</html>

But you have this:

</div>

<!-- end col-lg-6 col-md-6 -->

<!-- end media-object-default -->
<!-- end container -->

</body>
</html>

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maryanns50585047
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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017
In Response To osgood_

Sorry about the blank email…trigger finger.

The light bulb comes on!

So I had correctly added the comments. I just must add close divs before comment!? Also I see the sequence of comments on mine was not correct.

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osgood_
LEGEND ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017
In Response To maryanns50585047

maryanns50585047 wrote:

So I had correctly added the comments. I just must add close divs before comment!?

Sure comments are just comments to help you identify where the container ends, The container still needs to be closed with a closing tag.

maryanns50585047 wrote:

Also I see the sequence of comments on mine was not correct.

Your  'media-object-default' container sits inside your 'col-lg-6 col-md-6 'container so it needs to be closed first, so natuarlly the comment would come first.

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maryanns50585047
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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017
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That actually makes sense!

Thanks AGAIN!

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
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Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017
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A code comment is not interpreted by browsers.  It's merely a note to one's self.  Helpful but not absolutely required. 

What is required is matching all your tags with a closure.

<body> </body>

<div> </div>

<p> </p>

<h3> </h3>

<table> </table>

<ul> </ul>

<li> </li>

<a> </a>

and so on....

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