Talon Marks

This blog is for the Cerritos College Talon Marks students and focuses on issues involved with the print and online editions, including learning of new skills.

Lists online

It is really great to see some of you incorporating bulleted lists online. It adds to the readability of stories, just like in print. But it is clear that it is time to learn the HTML code that will help your lists look more like the bulleted lists in the print edition.

Learning a few HTML basics is good for all the students in class to learn.

There are two types of "lists" that you may want to use online: ordered or numbered lists and unordered or bulleted lists.

In both cases you have to start with an HTML tag to start the list and then use a closing tag to end it when you are done. And in both cases the lists will be indented. If the item in the list spills over one line it will indent properly, just like we do with hanging indents in the print edition.

An ordered list looks like this:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   

An unordered list looks like this:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 3
  

To start an ordered or numbered list you use the tag <ol> at the beginning and end with </ol>. To create an unordered or bulleted list you start with <ul> at the beginning and end with </ul>.

Each item in the list must be designated with an <li> and end with an <li>. (Or you can take a shortcut and start each line with <li /> and skip the ending tag.)

posted by Rich Cameron @ 9:11 PM