Validation problem

[WickedElf]

I'm trying to validate the xhtml and coming across a problem.

On the index page, there is an extra opening bold tag.  I thought it was because I had fiddled with the theme, but I went to the demo page (http://coppermine-gallery.net/demo/cpg14x/index.php?4x=&theme=classic) and spot checked a few skins (giallo, classic, hardwired) and found the same problem with all of them. 

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<td colspan="3" class="tableh1" align="center"><span class="statlink"><b><b>253</b> files in <b>20</b> albums and <b>6</b> categories with <b>21</b> comments viewed <b>94124</b> times</b></span></td>

I've looked through index.php, english.php and theme.inc.php and couldn't find the extra bold tag.  And

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  'stat1' => '<b>[pictures]</b> files in <b>[albums]</b> albums and <b>[cat]</b> categories with <b>[comments]</b> comments viewed <b>[views]</b> times',
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<td colspan="3" class="tableh1" align="center"><span class="statlink"><b>{STATISTICS}</b></span></td>

Where can I go to find the necessary code to fix that?

Thanks!

[Paver]

It's true that having <b>,</b> around {STATISTICS} makes the nested <b>,</b> tags moot (inside the $statistics variable), but is that a validation problem?  I admit I don't know enough about XHTML compliance to answer that myself.

One way to remove this issue for merely validation-sake is to make a copy of english.php, remove the nested <b>,</b> tags and set your language to this new english.php.  You could also hack themes.inc.php, but that's not recommended since it's a core script.  Instead, override $template_cat_list in your theme.php by copying that variable from the sample theme and removing the <b>,</b> around {STATISTICS}.  On second thought, I would lean toward the latter solution unless you really want the entire {STATISTICS} text to be bold.

To clarify: don't modify themes.inc.php since nearly everything can be overridden in your theme's theme.php.  (If you are using a core theme, copy the theme to a new folder and set your theme to this new one, then customize it.)

[WickedElf]

I removed the nested tags, and that does allow validation now.   I didn't remove it before because I was actually misreading the line too and thought it was missing a closing bold tag and that there was the problem... not the redundancy.    :-\   Man, usually I catch myself before I ask really stupid questions on forums, and now I've asked at least 2 or 3 dumb ones on this forum alone.  I'll have to blame it on the post-holiday chaos.  *sigh*

It's true that having <b>,</b> around {STATISTICS} makes the nested <b>,</b> tags moot, but is that a validation problem?

Apparently.   

Thanks! 

[Paver]

Since that is a validation issue, your post has usefully reported a redundancy in the core themes.inc.php script, which offsets your blindness to that poor closing bold tag.