Turns out another set of eyes is sometimes the only thing that will work... Seems someone put in a comment above the said CSS code and used HTML instead of CSS comment tags... for some reason I never clicked on that. Anyway, once the <!-- was removed and replaced with /*-- , well, you get the idea. Just wanted to share, >I have been trying to figure out why I am getting this when I validate, but so far nothing is working for me. >Any ideas? >CSS is; >div.shaded-bordered-item { > margin: 1em 0; > border: 1px solid #069; > padding: 4px; > background-color: #dfeefd; Cory Shubert Sr. Web Designer MLT Vacations 952-470-7240 http://www.nwaworldvacations.com <http://www.nwaworldvacations.com/> http://www.worryfreevacations.com <http://www.worryfreevacations.com/> http://www.worldagentdirect.com <http://www.worldagentdirect.com/> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/