Re: Validations..Help!!

From: Rayne Alburquerque <rayneal(at)home.com>
>I have a question about the <li> tags. Here is the code:
>
><ul>
><li>Item 1</li>
><li>
>    <ul>
>    <li>Item 1 sub</li>
>    </ul>
></li>
><li>Item 2</li>
></ul>
>
>Can anyone explain what is wrong with the code that would cause the
>validation error? It tells me that the inside <ul> tag is not valid
where
>placed. When taking out the end <li> tag for the nested list, It
validated
>correctly.
>If they are optional, shouldn't it work?

Yes, it should validate, but this could go back to what doc type you are
using and also to exactly what the error reads. Something similar
happens when using the </p>, which is also "optional", so therefore, I
always opt *not* to use the </p> nor the </li> tag.

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Cindy K. Stanley
Stanley Support Service

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