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Hello,

Please see attached screenshots. We have an error code on our website:

'Error parsing Custom CSS, verify Custom CSS is valid' the error then states that 'Syntax error on line 21'

Is anyone able to help me with this issue please as we thought we did not have any coding on our website.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Amy

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Amyj said:

We have an error code on our website: 'Syntax error on line 21'

This is because you have unknowingly added some HTML to your Custom CSS panel. This panel is only for CSS, so you'll need to remove the HTML.

The error explains where to find the problem - it is line 21. The opening style tag ('<style>') is HTML, not CSS. When used in a different panel (known as Code Injection) it tells the browser to expect some CSS to follow and it works fine. However, when you are adding CSS directly to the Custom CSS panel, this panel only allows CSS, so it doesn't need the style tag and gets confused when it finds it!

If you have any tags (words within angled brackets) you'll want to remove them and save your changes.

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1 minute ago, Amyj said:

So i need to remove <style> completely?

Yes. And there's probably a second 'closing' tag to remove too, but we can't see that in your screenshot.

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3 minutes ago, Amyj said:

Do you know where i can find the second 'closing' tag

If it is there, you should see a different error message after you delete the first one 🙂

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2 hours ago, Amyj said:

the issue we were having seems to be rectified. Thank you so much!

Great, pleased I could help.

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