Re: Validations..Help!!

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?

Thanks,
Rayne
rayneal(at)home.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Donna M Smillie
To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Validations..Help!!


----- Original Message -----

> >Line 71, column 3:
> >   <br>
> >      ^
> >Error: start tag for "LI" omitted, but its declaration does not
permit
> this
>
> The <LI> element is a singleton tag, so maybe you have a closing end
tag
> </LI> at the end?

Sorry, had to come in on this - LI is one of those tags where the end
/LI tag is listed as optional in HTML 4.  So it's OK to have a /LI tag
at the end of the list item.  In fact, if you want to nest lists inside
lists it's advisable to use the corresponding /LI tags to keep
everything straight.

The validation error above must have been as a result of using a BR tag
inside a list (eg UL or OL) but outside of opening and closing LI /LI
tags.  Eg:

<ul>
<li>list item one</li>
<br>
<li>list item two</li>
</ul>

Instead, what you should do is:

<ul>
<li>list item one<br><br></li>
<li>list item two</li>
</ul>

Regards,
Donna

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