The Full Story | Xavier University of Louisiana

Experience Xavier | Xavier University of Louisiana

Financial Aid | Xavier University of Louisiana

Orientation | Xavier University of Louisiana

Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) | Xavier University of Louisiana

Online Resources | Xavier University of Louisiana

Graduate Programs | Xavier University of Louisiana

About | Xavier University of Louisiana

Admission & Aid | Xavier University of Louisiana

Page Error | Xavier University of Louisiana

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
	The Full Story \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/about/the-full-story.html	5
	Experience Xavier \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/expxula/index.html	5
	Financial Aid \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/financialaid/index.html	5
	Orientation \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/orientation/index.html	5
	Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/build/index.html	5
	Online Resources \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/onlineresources/index.html	5
	Graduate Programs \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/graduateschool/index.html	5
	About \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/about/index.html	5
	Admission & Aid \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/admissions/index.html	5
	Page Error \| Xavier University of Louisianawww.xula.edu/missing.html	5

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