Campus Safety | www.asbury.edu

Accreditation | www.asbury.edu

Academics | www.asbury.edu

Undergraduate Students | Explore Asbury University

Leadership | www.asbury.edu

About | www.asbury.edu

Online Student Life & Engagement | Asbury University

Online Bachelor's Degree Programs | Asbury University

Events | www.asbury.edu

Asbury University Athletics | Asbury University

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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December 2025

November 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Campus Safety \| www.asbury.eduwww.asbury.edu/offices/campus-safety/	3
Accreditation \| www.asbury.eduwww.asbury.edu/about/accreditation/	2
Academics \| www.asbury.eduwww.asbury.edu/online/academics/	2
Undergraduate Students \| Explore Asbury Universitywww.asbury.edu/undergraduate/	2
Leadership \| www.asbury.eduwww.asbury.edu/about/leadership/	2
About \| www.asbury.eduwww.asbury.edu/about/	2
Online Student Life & Engagement \| Asbury Universitywww.asbury.edu/online/student-life/	2
Online Bachelor's Degree Programs \| Asbury Universitywww.asbury.edu/online/	2
Events \| www.asbury.eduwww.asbury.edu/events/	2
Asbury University Athletics \| Asbury Universitywww.asbury.edu/athletics/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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