Page Not Found | King's College

Access denied | King's College

Academic Distinctions | King's College

Life At King's | King's College

Financial Aid | King's College

Academics | King's College

King's Events | King's College

MyKing's | King's College

Self-Service | King's College

International Admission | King's College

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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Title / URL	Issues
Page Not Found \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	4
Access denied \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/node/1367	4
Academic Distinctions \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/academics/distinctions	4
Life At King's \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/life_at_kings	4
Financial Aid \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/admissions/financial_aid	4
Academics \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/academics	4
King's Events \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/events	4
MyKing's \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/mykings	4
Self-Service \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/mykings/self-service	4
International Admission \| King's Collegewww.kings.edu/international-admission	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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