Sarah > > If you combine the CSS > h1 a { display: block; } > and moving the <a> tag /inside/ the <h1> tag, it will validate. > http://www.manderstam.com/preview/ im trying to get the hover state to be a green box from white. the h1 has to be included in the "a". to put it inside would mean overlapping tags to pick up the h1 text. i could be wrong though. thanks for trying anyway, Alex