Phone Directory

News

President's Message

EMCC Orientation Resources

Veterans

East Mississippi Community College

Student Support

Division of Nursing & Allied Sciences

Donation page

EMCC Transcripts

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

January 2025

December 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Phone Directorywww.eastms.edu/about/phone_directory.html	68
Newswww.eastms.edu/news/index.html	68
President's Messagewww.eastms.edu/about/president.html	68
EMCC Orientation Resourceswww.eastms.edu/journeyeastdocs/index.html	68
Veteranswww.eastms.edu/about/policies/veterans.html	68
East Mississippi Community Collegewww.eastms.edu/	68
Student Supportwww.eastms.edu/it/student-support.html	68
Division of Nursing & Allied Scienceswww.eastms.edu/programs/nursing-allied-health.html	68
Donation pagewww.eastms.edu/alumni/donations/index.html	68
EMCC Transcriptswww.eastms.edu/admissions/emcc-transcripts.html	68

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East Mississippi Community College

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