Admission Counselors

Visit LWC

Undergraduate

Special Opportunities

Career Services

Writing Center

ISP homepage

Parking

Lindsey Wilson College

New Student Orientation

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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June 2025

May 2025

Title / URL	Issues
Admission Counselorswww.lindsey.edu/admissions/counselors/	100
Visit LWCwww.lindsey.edu/admissions/visit-LWC.cfm	56
Undergraduatewww.lindsey.edu/admissions/Undergraduate.cfm	46
Special Opportunitieswww.lindsey.edu/academics/Special-Opps.cfm	43
Career Serviceswww.lindsey.edu/academics/Career-Services.cfm	37
Writing Centerwww.lindsey.edu/academics/Writing-center.cfm	37
ISP homepagewww.lindsey.edu/admissions/ISP-homepage.cfm	36
Parkingwww.lindsey.edu/about-lwc/Parking.cfm	36
Lindsey Wilson Collegewww.lindsey.edu/	36
New Student Orientationwww.lindsey.edu/admissions/orientation.cfm	36

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