Services beginning with T | Oldham Council

News archive | Oldham Council

Services beginning with Z | Oldham Council

Report a problem with a park | About your query

Pollution | Oldham Council

Markets | Oldham Council

Services beginning with U | Oldham Council

Planning and building | Oldham Council

Find childcare | Oldham Council

Page not found | Oldham 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.

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February 2025

January 2025

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Services beginning with T \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/a_to_z/T	1
News archive \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/news/archive	1
Services beginning with Z \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/a_to_z/Z	1
Report a problem with a park \| About your querywww.oldham.gov.uk/xfp/form/1200	1
Pollution \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/info/200237/pollution	1
Markets \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/info/200278/markets	1
Services beginning with U \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/a_to_z/U	1
Planning and building \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/info/200199/planning_and_building	1
Find childcare \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/info/200503/find_childcare	1
Page not found \| Oldham Councilwww.oldham.gov.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred