Layout is messed up

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  qwreqwerq · Member · Jul 29, 2010 at 4:17 pm

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  Here you go: http://redspiral32.wordpress.com/

  Have a look. Tried it with different themes but still same problem. I would try to fix it but obviously can’t as wordpress hosts it for me :)

  Any solutions please?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  hallluke · Member · Jul 29, 2010 at 6:47 pm

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  It looks like you’ve added in an HTML tag and forgotten to close it. This will make the formatting go crazy. Copy your blog URL into the and it will show you where any errors occur, this should make it easier to find the post you need to go back to and fix.

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  hallluke · Member · Jul 29, 2010 at 6:49 pm

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  Speaking of messing up HTML tags. That should be:

  It looks like you’ve added in an HTML tag and forgotten to close it. This will make the formatting go crazy. Copy your blog URL into the W3C HTML Validator and it will show you where any errors occur, this should make it easier to find the post you need to go back to and fix.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jul 29, 2010 at 10:01 pm

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  Alternative: click the title of each post to see which post causes the problem (in your case it’s “Now That Jailbreaking Is Legal”).

  Next, go to Settings>Writing, tick the option “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically”, click Save Changes. Then edit the problem post (make any insignificant change, e.g. add then remove a space) and click Update Post.

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  5700words · Member · Jul 30, 2010 at 3:37 am

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  My God, Panos, I just now checked my Settings>Writing and saw that that option was not checked, so I went and checked/selected it.

  I was having HTML problems the other day, driving me crazy, and making me delete a bunch of posts until I finally deleted the right one. If I had selected that option, I would not have had the problem!!!!!!

  Oh weary me! (And now my posts are saying that the date is July 30 when in fact the correct date is July 29. Yes, I did write a letter to the Support Team, Panos. :-)

  ~Peregrine

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jul 30, 2010 at 8:45 am

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  Few users notice that option, and fewer understand what it means – till they make a mistake in html and their sidebar drops to the bottom or the whole blog turns bold…

  So why WP keeps the default for that option to off instead of on is totally beyond me.