Legacy Giving | Royal Shakespeare Company

About Shakespeare | Royal Shakespeare Company

Access at the RSC | Royal Shakespeare Company

Tours | Your visit | Royal Shakespeare Company

Restaurant, cafes and bars | Royal Shakespeare Company

Your visit | Stratford-upon-Avon | Royal Shakespeare Company

History & Collections | Royal Shakespeare Company | Royal Shakespeare Company

Research | Royal Shakespeare Company

Page Not Found | Royal Shakespeare Company

News, Features and Updates | Royal Shakespeare Company

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

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Title / URL	Issues
Legacy Giving \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/support/legacy-giving/	7
About Shakespeare \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare/	1
Access at the RSC \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/access/	1
Tours \| Your visit \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/tours	1
Restaurant, cafes and bars \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/restaurant-cafes-bars/	1
Your visit \| Stratford-upon-Avon \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/	1
History & Collections \| Royal Shakespeare Company \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/about-us/history	1
Research \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/learn/research	1
Page Not Found \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	1
News, Features and Updates \| Royal Shakespeare Companywww.rsc.org.uk/news/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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