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HTML Tutorial 8. Lists

Unordered Lists, Ordered Lists and Definition Lists: Tags <ul>, <li>, <ol>, <dl>

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Page Contents- Ordered Lists

Ordered Lists       <ol>

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Unordered Lists    <ul>

Description Lists  <dl>

Ordered List: Tag <ol>

Sample Code

The default Ordered List is Numbered 1., 2., 3, etc.

  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
  4. etc.
 
<ol>
     <li>one</li>
     <li> two </li>
     <li>three</li>
      <li>etc.</li>
</ol>

You can change the type of ordering such as alphabetical, roman numarals etc with additioal HTML code

Element Description / Comments End Tag Attributes

<ul>

The ul element is the container for the entire Unordered List.

 Req. compact, type

<ol>

The ol element is the container for the entire Ordered List

 Req. compact, type, start

<li>

The li element is used for each line of the list

 Opt. type, value

John's Recommendation: Always use closing tags with optional tags.