Help!!!! How do I terminate "ul"????

[coffeeforlife]

I made some changes in my HTML on my blog and now this message keeps coming up!!! I don't know how to fix it... can someone help me!!!!!

Error parsing XML, line 5042, column 3: The element type "ul" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".

THE HTML: 

<nav class='nav-collapse' id='navtop'>

<ul class='topmenu1' id='masthead'>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'><strong>Home |</strong></a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'>Meet the Parents |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/past-puppies.html'>Past Puppies |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/available-puppies.html'>Available Puppies |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/contact-us.html'>Contact Us |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'> Additional Info |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/more-info-a.html'>General Overveiw of Goldendoodles</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/sizeing.html'>Types and Sizes of Goldendoodles</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html'>Prices and Policies |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'>Find Us on Social Media</a>

<ul>

<li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/PreciousPoochesforYou/'>Facebook</a></li>

<li><a href='https://twitter.com/PreciousPooche3'>Twitter</a></li>

<li><a href='https://plus.google.com/u/2/112955388452595565732'>Googleplus</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

</nav>





</div>

<div class='socialtop'>





</div>

<div class='sb-search' id='sb-search'>

<form action='/search' method='get' role='search'>

<input class='sb-search-input' id='search' name='q' placeholder='Type and hit enter' type='search' value=''/>

<input class='sb-search-submit' type='submit' value=''/>

<span class='sb-icon-search'/>

</form>

[Kami]

You have FIVE UL opening tags and only ONE UL closing tag and a stray closing LI tag.

I marked all the opening tags in RED, and the closing tags in BLUE. As you can see you don't have the correct number of closing tags to match the opening ones. I then marked the stray LI tag in green.

Also, I would recommend using a double quote " instead of a single quote ' when writing HTML.



<ul class='topmenu1' id='masthead'>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'><strong>Home |</strong></a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'>Meet the Parents |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/past-puppies.html'>Past Puppies |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/available-puppies.html'>Available Puppies |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/contact-us.html'>Contact Us |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'> Additional Info |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/more-info-a.html'>General Overveiw of Goldendoodles</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/sizeing.html'>Types and Sizes of Goldendoodles</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html'>Prices and Policies |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'>Find Us on Social Media</a>

<ul>

<li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/PreciousPoochesforYou/'>Facebook</a></li>

<li><a href='https://twitter.com/PreciousPooche3'>Twitter</a></li>

<li><a href='https://plus.google.com/u/2/112955388452595565732'>Googleplus</a></li>

</ul>

</li>

[coffeeforlife]

Kami So do I make 5 Ul closing tags? Sorry if thats a blond question I'm very new to this stuff!!!!

[Kami]

Feb 23, 2017 10:11:01 GMT -8 coffeeforlife said:

Kami So do I make 5 Ul closing tags? Sorry if thats a blond question I'm very new to this stuff!!!!

Did you write this yourself? If so, I would recommend brushing up on your HTML list elements, here:

www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists.asp

If this doesn't help you, could you link me to your website where this code displays?

[coffeeforlife]

No I didn't write it myself.. I'm using blogger. I added 5 ul tags and removed the "li" and now it says this: The element type "li" must be terminated by the matching end-tag

<nav class='nav-collapse' id='navtop'>
<ul class='topmenu1' id='masthead'>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'><strong>Home |</strong></a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'>Meet the Parents |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/past-puppies.html'>Past Puppies |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/available-puppies.html'>Available Puppies |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/contact-us.html'>Contact Us |</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'> Additional Info |</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/more-info-a.html'>General Overveiw of Goldendoodles</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/sizeing.html'>Types and Sizes of Goldendoodles</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html'>Prices and Policies |</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'>Find Us on Social Media</a>
<ul>
<li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/PreciousPoochesforYou/'>Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href='https://twitter.com/PreciousPooche3'>Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='https://plus.google.com/u/2/112955388452595565732'>Googleplus</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</nav>


</div>
<div class='socialtop'>


</div>
<div class='sb-search' id='sb-search'>
<form action='/search' method='get' role='search'>
<input class='sb-search-input' id='search' name='q' placeholder='Type and hit enter' type='search' value=''/>
<input class='sb-search-submit' type='submit' value=''/>
<span class='sb-icon-search'/>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

[coffeeforlife]

My website is preciouspoochesforyou.com

[Kami]

Thanks! It looks like what was going on was that "additional info" and "Find us on Social Media" had dropdown elements. I've formatted them in a way that should enable them to work. Can you try this instead?

<nav class='nav-collapse' id='navtop'>

<ul class='topmenu1' id='masthead'>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'><strong>Home |</strong></a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'>Meet the Parents |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/past-puppies.html'>Past Puppies |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/available-puppies.html'>Available Puppies |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/contact-us.html'>Contact Us |</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'> Additional Info |</a></li>

<ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/more-info-a.html'>General Overveiw of Goldendoodles</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/sizeing.html'>Types and Sizes of Goldendoodles</a></li>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html'>Prices and Policies |</a></li>

</ul>

<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'>Find Us on Social Media</a>

<ul>

<li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/PreciousPoochesforYou/'>Facebook</a></li>

<li><a href='https://twitter.com/PreciousPooche3'>Twitter</a></li>

<li><a href='https://plus.google.com/u/2/112955388452595565732'>Googleplus</a></li>

</ul>

</ul>

</nav>


[coffeeforlife]

I copied and pasted that into my HTML on my blog no it saying this... Error parsing XML, line 5059, column 3: The element type "li" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "". 
How do I fix that? I really appreciate your help!!!! 

[Kami]

Feb 23, 2017 10:36:52 GMT -8 coffeeforlife said:

I copied and pasted that into my HTML on my blog no it saying this... Error parsing XML, line 5059, column 3: The element type "li" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "". 
How do I fix that? I really appreciate your help!!!! 

Try this, I missed a closing tag:

<nav class='nav-collapse' id='navtop'>
<ul class='topmenu1' id='masthead'>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'><strong>Home |</strong></a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'>Meet the Parents |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/past-puppies.html'>Past Puppies |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/available-puppies.html'>Available Puppies |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/contact-us.html'>Contact Us |</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/blog-page.html'> Additional Info |</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/more-info-a.html'>General Overveiw of Goldendoodles</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/sizeing.html'>Types and Sizes of Goldendoodles</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html'>Prices and Policies |</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href='http://www.preciouspoochesforyou.com'>Find Us on Social Media</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/PreciousPoochesforYou/'>Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href='https://twitter.com/PreciousPooche3'>Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='https://plus.google.com/u/2/112955388452595565732'>Googleplus</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</nav>

[coffeeforlife]

Ok, that works kinda... but the drop down elements aren't working?

[Kami]

Unfortunately I have reached the limit in what I can assist with; I would point you in the direction of looking at your CSS to see if the class "nav-collapse" has something governing the ULs within it, as the ULs for the sections that need drop downs have no classes.

Additionally, this really isn't for coding support, this board is to help people learn how to code in general. If you need help with this blog layout, then I recommend contacting the support area of your blogging platform provider instead. (:

[Scott]

coffeeforlife, Kami.

Just to clarify this board is for coding support rather than teaching coding, even tho the learning aspect is an expected outcome.

Additionally this board, as is our other boards, are for ProBoards sites only. If someone needs code help for a non-PB site, they would need to seek assistance elsewhere.

[Kami]

Feb 24, 2017 11:27:00 GMT -8 Scott said:

coffeeforlife, Kami.

Just to clarify this board is for coding support rather than teaching coding, even tho the learning aspect is an expected outcome.

Additionally this board, as is our other boards, are for ProBoards sites only. If someone needs code help for a non-PB site, they would need to seek assistance elsewhere.

Clarification on that please; as far as I understood the description on this board it's not meant for posting codes and asking people to make one for you / do the work for you, which is what I am getting from the OP as they seem unfamiliar with HTML entirely (which is what i meant by coding support, rather than in the "getting help with coding" way, sorry for the poor phrasing).

Edit: such as last peter's reply here - support.proboards.com/thread/612993/certain-js-stopped-working

[Michael]

Feb 24, 2017 11:30:27 GMT -8 Kami said:

Feb 24, 2017 11:27:00 GMT -8 Scott said:

coffeeforlife , Kami .

Just to clarify this board is for coding support rather than teaching coding, even tho the learning aspect is an expected outcome.

Additionally this board, as is our other boards, are for ProBoards sites only. If someone needs code help for a non-PB site, they would need to seek assistance elsewhere.

Clarification on that please; as far as I understood the description on this board it's not meant for posting codes and asking people to make one for you / do the work for you, which is what I am getting from the OP as they seem unfamiliar with HTML entirely (which is what i meant by coding support, rather than in the "getting help with coding" way, sorry for the poor phrasing).

Edit: such as last peter's reply here - support.proboards.com/thread/612993/certain-js-stopped-working

This board is for code support. You don't have to teach here, you also don't have to just give people solutions or custom coding. Providing help to users who have more complicated or coding questions that don't really fit into the support board is really the point.

[Kami]

Feb 24, 2017 12:21:36 GMT -8 Michael said:

Feb 24, 2017 11:30:27 GMT -8 Kami said:

Clarification on that please; as far as I understood the description on this board it's not meant for posting codes and asking people to make one for you / do the work for you, which is what I am getting from the OP as they seem unfamiliar with HTML entirely (which is what i meant by coding support, rather than in the "getting help with coding" way, sorry for the poor phrasing).

Edit: such as last peter's reply here - support.proboards.com/thread/612993/certain-js-stopped-working

This board is for code support. You don't have to teach here, you also don't have to just give people solutions or custom coding. Providing help to users who have more complicated or coding questions that don't really fit into the support board is really the point.

Thank you for the clarification, good to know!