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Lists can help make content on a website easier to read

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 08/10/2009 - 8:31pm

Lists can help make content on a website easier to read. People tend to scan lists better than reading paragraphs. With content that has lots of paragraphs consider using lists to help people find information. Lists can be ordered (numbered) or unordered.

If the most of your post is an ordered (numbered) list then consider using the number of items as part of the title for the post.

Following are some example of HTML code used to generate lists

Example of an ordered (numbered) list

Using the following HTML code:

<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Blue</li>
<li>Green</li>
</ol>

Will produce:

  1. Red
  2. Blue
  3. Green

Example of an unordered list

Using the following HTML code:

<ul>
<li>Red<<li>
<li>Blue</li>
<li>Green</li>
</ul>

Will produce:

  • Red
  • Blue
  • Green

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