Basic HTML – HTML Lists
February 26, 2011
There are three different types of lists that can be created with HTML: Ordered Lists, Unordered Lists, and Definition Lists. When to use which list largely depends on the content that’s being presented.
The Ordered List
<ul> <li>item<//li> <li>item<//li> <li>item<//li> </ul> |
The Unordered List
<ol> <li>item<//li> <li>item<//li> <li>item<//li> </ol> |
The Definition List
<dl> <dt>Item</dt> <dd>Description of Item</dd> <dt>Item</dt> <dd>Description of Item</dd> </dl> |
To see how these lists appear without any CSS applied, click here.
The appearance of the numbers and bullets can be styled with CSS, but that’s a different lesson.
In addition to the obvious, the site navigation items are really also just an unordered list. With a little bit of CSS (another different lesson), a vertical list can become a horizontal one.
