What is a List?

A list is a list of items.

Types of Lists

In both the wiki syntax of wikidot and HTML there are two kinds of lists : unordered and ordered lists.

Unordered (Bullet) List

Wiki Syntax

* List Item 1
 * List Item 1a
 * List Item 1a
* List Item 2

Example

• List Item 1
  • List Item 1a
  • List Item 1a
• List Item 2

Generated HTML

<ul>
    <li>List Item 1
        <ul>
            <li>List Item 1a</li>
            <li>List Item 1a</li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>List Item 2</li>
</ul>

Ordered List

Wiki Syntax

# List Item 1
 # List Item 1a
 # List Item 1a
# List Item 2

Example

1. List Item 1
   1. List Item 1a
   2. List Item 1a
2. List Item 2

Generated HTML

<ol>
    <li>List Item 1
        <ol>
            <li>List Item 1a</li>
            <li>List Item 1a</li>
        </ol>
    </li>
    <li>List Item 2</li>
</ol>

Tips and Tricks

Lists can be broken up using the ( _) line break character.

Related Pages

• HTML
• Wiki Syntax