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How to Go Vegan | Guide to Going Vegan

Become a Member | The Vegan Society

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Vegan Statistics | Vegan Trends | The Vegan Movement

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Why go vegan? | The Vegan Society

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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
Vegan Events \| What’s On? \| Events Near Youwww.vegansociety.com/news/events	7
The Vegan Trademark \| Trusted Vegan Labelling \| Businesswww.vegansociety.com/the-vegan-trademark	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.vegansociety.com/	1
How to Go Vegan \| Guide to Going Veganwww.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/how-go-vegan	1
Become a Member \| The Vegan Societywww.vegansociety.com/get-involved/join	1
Get Involved \| Find out how you can Support The Vegan Societywww.vegansociety.com/get-involved	1
Vegan Statistics \| Vegan Trends \| The Vegan Movementwww.vegansociety.com/news/media/statistics	1
Vegan News \| What’s New? \| Stay up to Datewww.vegansociety.com/news	1
Why go vegan? \| The Vegan Societywww.vegansociety.com/go-vegan/why-go-vegan	1
Vegan Market Insights \| Vegan News \| Vegan Economywww.vegansociety.com/news/market-insights	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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