Re: Small validation problem with validator.w3.org

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Eli wrote:

> I noticed that the validator, when it's validating XHTML 1.0
> transitional, seems to complain about nested unordered list tags (<ul>).
> I checked up on the HTML 4.01 specs, and it says that nested lists are
> allowed.  It doesn't mention anything about nesting 2 lists of the same
> type (nesting a <ul> inside a <ul>), but I'd assume that it should be
> valid.

You're probably nesting the lists incorrectly.  The following is invalid:

<ul>
  <ul>
    <li>...</li>
  </ul>
</ul>

A "ul" element cannot directly contain anything except "li" elements.  So
the above example should be

<ul>
  <li>
    <ul>
      <li>...</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
</ul>

-- 
Liam Quinn