HOME > Lists

WEB DESIGN: BASICS


LISTS

Sometimes you need to display lists. HTML offers several ways. Here are just a few of them:

<OL></OL> — Ordered lists (1,2,3 or A, B, C, etc.)

The default ordered list starts with 1; but you can start with whatever you want using the START attribute.

Types of ordered lists:

<UL></UL> — Unordered lists (bulleted)

Types of bullets:

<DL></DL> — Definition Lists

 

EXAMPLE 1

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Lists</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" LINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#0000FF" ALINK="#00FF00">

<H4>UNORDERED LIST 1</H4>

<UL>
     <LI>red</LI>
     <LI>green</LI>
     <LI>blue</LI>
</UL>

<H4>UNORDERED LIST 2</H4>

<UL>
     <LI>red</LI>
     <LI>green</LI>
     <LI>blue</LI>
     <UL>
          <LI>cyan</LI>
          <LI>navy blue</LI>
          <LI>indigo</LI>
          <LI>turquoise</LI>
          <LI>royal blue</LI>
     </UL>
</UL>

<H4>UNORDERED LIST 3</H4>

<UL TYPE="square">
     <LI>red</LI>
     <LI>green</LI>
     <LI>blue</LI>
     <UL TYPE="square">
          <LI>cyan</LI>
          <LI>navy blue</LI>
          <LI>indigo</LI>
          <LI>turquoise</LI>
          <LI>royal blue</LI>
     </UL>
</UL>

<H4>ORDERED LIST 1</H4>

<OL>
     <LI>red</LI>
     <LI>green</LI>
     <LI>blue</LI>
</OL>

<H4>ORDERED LIST 2</H4>

<OL>
     <LI>red</LI>
     <LI>green</LI>
     <LI>blue</LI>
     <OL>
          <LI>cyan</LI>
          <LI>navy blue</LI>
          <LI>indigo</LI>
          <LI>turquoise</LI>
          <LI>royal blue</LI>
     </OL>
</OL>

<H4>ORDERED LIST 3</H4>

<OL TYPE="a" START="3">
     <LI>red</LI>
     <LI>green</LI>
     <LI>blue</LI>
     <OL TYPE="i" START="4">
          <LI>cyan</LI>
          <LI>navy blue</LI>
          <LI>indigo</LI>
          <LI>turquoise</LI>
          <LI>royal blue</LI>
     </OL>
</OL>

<H4>DEFINITION LIST</H4>

<DL>
     <DT>Lower cost</DT>
          <DD>The new version of this product costs significantly less than the previous one!</DD>
     <DT>Easier to use</DT>
          <DD>We've changed the product so that it's much easier to use!</DD>
     <DT>Safe for kids</DT>
          <DD>You can leave your kids alone in a room with this product and they won't get hurt (not a guarantee).</DD>
</DL>

</BODY>

</HTML>


WEB DESIGN: Basics • Last Modified: 5/1/02