User:Rewood/Making Nested Lists in HTML

On ocassion, you will be called upon to include an outline for a web page. An outline will consist of a series of ordered lists.

To review ordered lists:

Ordered Lists

Ordered lists (sometimes called numbered lists) work the same as unordered lists with two exceptions. Instead of a UL tag use an OL tag. And LI tags produce numbers instead of bullets. The tags used are:

• start the ordered list
• indicate a new list item, produces a bullet
• ends the ordered list Syntax:

The attributes that can be applied to either the OL tag or the LI tags are:

TYPE Defines the type of number style to be used. Values:

• A - Defines the numbering characters as capital letters.
• a - Defines the numbering characters as lowercase letters.
• I - Defines the numbering characters as capital Roman numerals.
• i - Defines the numbering characters as lowercase Roman numerals.
• 1 - Defines the numbering characters as numbers (default).

OR

Nested Lists

Converting an outline into a nested list requires using the appropriate tags with the correct type attribute. It is best done just like peeling an onion, i.e. one layer at a time.

Use the outer layer first, replacing each Roman number with an the first tag.

• First do the roman Numerals
• then the capital letters
• then the numbers
• ...

By: Bruce A. Emmons, Area Specialized Agent, Information Management