Bulleted List Tags with FONT Code


[2003.OCTOBER.09-18]



This page documents the most recent findings of 5 individuals who have researched the possibility of using the FONT code to control the size and color of "Bulleted List" symbols.



Links to Tyhart's and Blue Fox's "List" Tutorials are on the bottom of this page.


RESEARCH FINDINGS FOLLOW:


October 09, 2003

I'm trying to find out if the HTML for these tags is accepted by W3C and most major browsers. These tags do work for WebTV.

Jim Davis (a.k.a. - Lefty)
leftee1@webtv.net


Example: These tags ARE accepted by W3C and most major browsers.

Basic bulleted (Unordered) list tags...
<<>ul<>>
<<>li<>>Peaches
<<>li<>>Apples
<<>li<>>Oranges
<<>li<>>Bananas
<<>/li<>>
<<>/ul<>>


With WebTV, the FONT tag can be used to change the size of the Disk and also the color of the Disk.

I've been looking at numerous tutorials concerning bulleted lists and I haven't been able to find anything that can or cannot confirm that these tags are "legal".

Example:
<<>ul<>>
<<>font size="7" color="#ff0000"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Peaches
<<>font size="3" color="#0000ff"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Apples
<<>font size="1" color="#ff0000"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Oranges
<<>font size="5" color="#0000ff"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Bananas
<<>/li<>>
<<>/ul<>>




October 09, 2003

Research and feedback conducted by Tyhart
tyhart@webtv.net

And Posted in Tyhart's NG
news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart

The tags (font and the list elements) are certainly "legal", but I tested just those lines on your page in which you nest the <<>li<>> tag in font code, and BUSTED :-)
I used this validator which will validate sections of code. No need to install a page url for validation -
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/direct.html
As you can see below, the validator does not apprve of nesting <<>li<>> in font code. Whether it works on PCs I guess is another story. You show that it definitely works with webtv. A neat finding. Maybe you could visit the local library and check your page on a PC there.
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HTML Validation Results
Document Checked
Line 7, character 35:
.. size="7" color="#ff0000"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Peaches
Error: element LI not allowed here; check which elements this element may be contained within

Line 8, character 35:
.. size="3" color="#0000ff"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Apples
Error: element LI not allowed here; check which elements this element may be contained within

Line 9, character 35:
.. size="1" color="#ff0000"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Oranges
Error: element LI not allowed here; check which elements this element may be contained within

Line 10, character 35:
.. size="5" color="#0000ff"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Bananas
Error: element LI not allowed here; check which elements this element may be contained within

7 <<>font size="7" color="#ff0000"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Peaches
8 <<>font size="3" color="#0000ff"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Apples
9 <<>font size="1" color="#ff0000"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Oranges
10 <<>font size="5" color="#0000ff"<>><<>li<>><<>/font<>>Bananas


October 10, 2003

Research and feedback conducted by Tony
TALANE@webtv.net

And Posted in Tyhart's NG
news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart

"I just took a look at your unordered list page with the pc...On the Internet Explorer browser the disks are plain...on the Netscape browser I can see the different colored disks but there are no differences in size...on the Mozilla browser I can see both the colored disks and the different sized ones...just like on WebTV."
.....Tony


October 11, 2003

Research and feedback conducted by
Pwilliamandx@webtv.net (williamandx)

And Posted in Tyhart's NG
news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart

"Computer results using an iMac OS X version 10.2.8 are below. Internet Explorer 5.2 for Macintosh displays the colored disks along with your different sizes:
http://www.wtv-zone.com/wmx/IE_colored_bullets.jpg Netscape 7.1 for Macintosh also displays the colored disks with your different sizes but the disks appear to be a line break (<<>br<>>) above the text: http://www.wtv-zone.com/wmx/netscape_colored_bullets.jpg The Macintosh browser Safari 1.0 (v85.5) does not display the color or the size of your bullets---they just appear as plain bullets."


October 13, 2003

Research and feedback conducted by
sandy47@interactive.rogers.com (Sandy 47)

And Posted in Tyhart's NG
news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart

"It can also be done with css. You could use inline css if all the bullets were going to be the same, you could install a global style in the head of your document assigning classes to the various shapes, colors, and sizes, or you could save code on your webpage by using an external stylesheet to assign those same classes."
.....Sandy


October 14, 2003

Further research and feedback conducted by
tyhart@webtv.net

And Posted in Tyhart's NG
news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart

"We can also use the symbols with images, and the symbols and the images can be hotlinked. See my tute for the code."

http://www.transload.net/~tyhart/tytutes/lists.html


October 18, 2003

Additional research and feedback conducted by
leftee1@webtv.net (Lefty) a.k.a. Jim Davis

And Posted in Tyhart's NG
news:alt.discuss.clubs.private.tyhart

"When "hotlinking" the bulleted SYMBOLS, you can choose NOT to utilize the FONT code to specify a color, if you want the colors of the symbols to default to the "LINK color" and the "VISITED LINK color" that you specify in the BODY tag."
.....Lefty



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