Re: Ordered Lists

From: Frank Boumphrey <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>
>I should also have mentioned that you version has the nested ol elements a
>children of li elements, unlike the original, so it should validate unlike
>the original.

"unlike the original" is not the case. The only thing I did w/ the original
document in question was simply highlight the </li>'s and delete them. I did
not add anything, nor restructure any original html.

--
Cindy K. Stanley

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Cindy Stanley, SSS WebWorks" <stanleysupport(at)prodigy.net>
>To: "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
>
>> Cindy Stanley wrote:
>> >> <li> is a singleton tag, requiring no closing. The end tag is
optional.
>> >> Remove all your </li> and the document will validate under your
>> > >transitional doctype.
>> >>but, it does (validate)... go figure.
>>
>> From: Frank Boumphrey <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>
>> >then the validator you are using is wrong.
>>
>> hmmm ... I don't think so, at least not in my opinion :)
>>
>>  >Try using the W3C validator written incidently by an HWG member!
>>
>> "Incidently", that is the only validator *this HWG member* uses. I would
>> have never mentioned it validated, if I hadn't checked w/ the W3C first.
>>
>> <http://www.ssswebworks.com/hwgoltest.htm>
>>
>> see for yourself

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