Employment | City of Marion

404 - File Not Found | City of Marion

Memorials | City of Marion

Petitions | City of Marion

Maps | City of Marion

Mayor's Message | City of Marion

News | City of Marion

Wards | City of Marion

Things to do | City of Marion

Services we offer | City of Marion

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.

list-not-following-semantics

March 2026

February 2026

City of Marion

Title / URL	Issues
Employment \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/employment	1
404 - File Not Found \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/invented-url-for-404-page	1
Memorials \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/memorials	1
Petitions \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/petitions	1
Maps \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/maps	1
Mayor's Message \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/mayors-message	1
News \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/news	1
Wards \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/about-council/wards	1
Things to do \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/things-to-do	1
Services we offer \| City of Marionwww.marion.sa.gov.au/services-we-offer	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

City of Marion

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