Video links | The Almshouse Association

Shopping cart | The Almshouse Association

Contact us | The Almshouse Association

The Almshouse Association

Royal Patrons | The Almshouse Association

Shop | The Almshouse Association

Resident vacancies | The Almshouse Association

Members login | The Almshouse Association

Case studies | The Almshouse Association

Trusteeship | The Almshouse Association

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Title / URL	Issues
Video links \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/video-links-old/	3
Shopping cart \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/shop/shopping-cart/	2
Contact us \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/contact-us/	2
The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/	2
Royal Patrons \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/royal-patrons/	2
Shop \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/shop/	2
Resident vacancies \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/resident-vacancies/	2
Members login \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/members-login/	2
Case studies \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/case-studies/	2
Trusteeship \| The Almshouse Associationwww.almshouses.org/become-a-trustee/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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