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Line 17, Column 26: document type does not allow element "div" here; missing one of "button", "object", "noscript" start-tag.<div class="section_title">The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've forgotten to close a previous element.One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "<font>").
Any ideas as to why the validator is giving me this error? I'm obviously doing something wrong, but not sure what!ST
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Ok, no problem:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.2//EN" "http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile12.dtd"><html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="verify-v1" content="YkTu1mgJZM+YbQ4vYtJtpeEXh9ga4b44yoOH3IH8YsI=" /> <meta name="keywords" content="palm,pda,chat,news,search,portal,bookmarks,shortcuts,mobile,download,blog,games,travel,weather" /> <meta name="description" content="This is a mobile portal site with chat. Hundreds of great links to the best the mobile world has to offer! Come visit at: http://www.zerorubbish.com" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="xhtml-mp.css" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.gif" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" media="handheld" href="http://zerorubbish.mobi/" title="Mobile/PDA" /> <title>ZR 2.0 - Zero Rubbish dot com</title></head><body><div class="section_title">Zero Rubbish dot com</div> <div class="quick_links"> <a href="mybookmarks.php" accesskey="*">* My Bookmarks</a> <a href="index.php" accesskey="#"># Home</a> <a href="chat.php" accesskey="0">0 Chat</a> </div><a href="http://c.admob.com/t1.php/f50e04c74715e7e/S/1/48CD2FD700154F/e87874302a1062cf/t073/02bec388755eca39e2451bcc42e3cd04">Get 15 Bonus Ringtones For 1.0.7s!</a><br/><div class="note_message">Welcome back, admin!<br/>ZR now with chat! All you need to get started is an account, and then select Chat from the menu below!</div><hr/><br/><div class="section_divider"><b>Directory</b></div><br/><table width="100%"> <tr><td>1.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=8" accesskey="$line">Business</a></td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=16" accesskey="$line">Download Sites</a></td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=7" accesskey="$line">Entertainment</a></td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=2" accesskey="$line">News</a></td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=4" accesskey="$line">Reference</a></td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=6" accesskey="$line">Search, Email, Portals & Directories</a></td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=9" accesskey="$line">Shopping</a></td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=12" accesskey="$line">Social</a></td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=3" accesskey="$line">Sports</a></td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=10" accesskey="$line">Technology</a></td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td><a href="directory.php?DirId=1" accesskey="$line">Travel and Weather</a></td></tr></table><br/><div class="section_divider"><b>Admin Menu</b></div><br/><ul><li><a href="listusers.php">List Users</a></li><li><a href="listlinks.php">List Links</a></li><li><a href="listtags.php">List Tags</a></li><li><a href="addmenuitem.php">Add Menu Item</a></li><li><a href="listmenuitems.php">List Menu Items</a></li></ul><br/><div class="section_divider"><b>Menu</b></div><br/><ul><li><b><a href="chat.php">Chat</a></b></li><li><a href="mybookmarks.php">My Bookmarks</a></li><li><a href="youraccount.php">Your Account</a></li><li><b><a href="whatsnew.php">What's new?</a></b></li><li><a href="bookmarklets.php">Bookmarklets</a></li><li><a href="submitlink.php">Submit site to ZR Directory</a></li><li><a href="suggestionbox.php">Suggestion Box</a></li><li><a href="whosonline.php">Who Is Online?</a></li><li><a href="signout.php">Sign Out</a></li></ul> <hr/><b>Ads</b><a href="http://surfwap.com/?site=zero">Free Downloads Sites</a><hr/><a href="index.php"># Home</a></body></html>
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Disregard the php variable $line showing up for the access keys, this has been fixed but it was not the source of the validation failure... Still don't know what's causing it. It says I have 9 errors, all of them are the same for different elements.

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You're using a Doctype Declaration I'm not familiar with:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.2//EN" "http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile12.dtd">

I'm afraid I can't help you much more.From what I understand in the error message, you can only use <button>, <object> or <noscript> in the <body> element.

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Ok, I figured it out, the links and content all have to have containers; so added <div>s to it and now it passes 100%.

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