Faculty – St. Bernard's

News – St. Bernard's

Accredited Online Ministry Degrees | Catholic Master Programs – St. Bernard’s - St. Bernard's

Job Postings - St. Bernard's

Past Events - St. Bernard's

Why St. Bernards? - St. Bernard's

Library - St. Bernard's

Building Rental - St. Bernard's

Admissions - St. Bernard's

Contact Us - St. Bernard's

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
Faculty – St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/faculty	2
News – St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/news	2
Accredited Online Ministry Degrees \| Catholic Master Programs – St. Bernard’s - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/	2
Job Postings - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/job-postings	2
Past Events - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/past-events	2
Why St. Bernards? - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/why-st-bernards	2
Library - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/library	2
Building Rental - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/building-rental	2
Admissions - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/admissions	2
Contact Us - St. Bernard'swww.stbernards.edu/contact-us	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Saint Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry

Where this issue has occurred