About Us | Eckerd College in Florida

Academics - Eckerd College

Newsroom | Eckerd College, Florida

Johnston-Ford Scholars Program - Eckerd College

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Peace Corps Prep - Eckerd College

Honors Program - Eckerd College

Tutors, Academic Coaches & Centers - Eckerd College

Admission & Aid - Admissions | Eckerd College

Office of the President | Eckerd College in Florida

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

December 2025

November 2025

Eckerd College

Title / URL	Issues
About Us \| Eckerd College in Floridawww.eckerd.edu/about/	1
Academics - Eckerd Collegewww.eckerd.edu/academics/	1
Newsroom \| Eckerd College, Floridawww.eckerd.edu/news/	1
Johnston-Ford Scholars Program - Eckerd Collegewww.eckerd.edu/ford/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.eckerd.edu/	1
Peace Corps Prep - Eckerd Collegewww.eckerd.edu/peacecorps/	1
Honors Program - Eckerd Collegewww.eckerd.edu/academics/honors/	1
Tutors, Academic Coaches & Centers - Eckerd Collegewww.eckerd.edu/academics/tutors/	1
Admission & Aid - Admissions \| Eckerd Collegewww.eckerd.edu/admissions/	1
Office of the President \| Eckerd College in Floridawww.eckerd.edu/president/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Eckerd College

Where this issue has occurred