Sporting Activities | Franklin Harbour District Council

Staff | Franklin Harbour District Council

Newsletter | Franklin Harbour District Council

Pets & Animal Management | Franklin Harbour District Council

Fire Prevention | Franklin Harbour District Council

Emergencies and Safety | Franklin Harbour District Council

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

District Council of Franklin Harbour

Title / URL	Issues
Sporting Activities \| Franklin Harbour District Councilwww.franklinharbour.sa.gov.au/community/general-information/sporting-activities	3
Staff \| Franklin Harbour District Councilwww.franklinharbour.sa.gov.au/your-council/staff	3
Newsletter \| Franklin Harbour District Councilwww.franklinharbour.sa.gov.au/community/newsletter	3
Pets & Animal Management \| Franklin Harbour District Councilwww.franklinharbour.sa.gov.au/services/pets-and-animal-management	3
Fire Prevention \| Franklin Harbour District Councilwww.franklinharbour.sa.gov.au/services/fire-prevention	3
Emergencies and Safety \| Franklin Harbour District Councilwww.franklinharbour.sa.gov.au/community/general-information/emergencies-and-safety	3

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

District Council of Franklin Harbour

Where this issue has occurred