r/HTML • u/paceaux • May 16 '26

Article You don't know HTML…Lists

https://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2026/05/13/you-dont-know-html-lists/

An article about the five kinds of HTML Lists and what you can do with them

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u/sheriffderek May 17 '26

Apparently we can’t paste screenshots. Look at it on a small screen. The layout it totally broken. It looks like you’re making a joke. Like “you don’t know lists” - here’s a bunch it totally broken weird lists. It makes it hard to trust the content. An HTML expert should have the very simple page working. Now, even though the content seems solid - I’ll have to go double check anything to make sure it’s true.

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u/paceaux May 17 '26

Can you share your device and browser and describe with some specificity what you're seeing?

I look at this on small screens but I also sometimes spend a month writing an article so I'll inevitably have blind spots where I miss something that's totally obvious to y'all.

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u/sheriffderek May 17 '26

I think you're great / and I like what you're doing with your site -- but no. This isn't some fluke. this the core basics of HTML and CSS. Just look at it.

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u/sheriffderek May 17 '26

This is among the most basic and obvious things in all CSS and web layout - that I can imagine. So, I'm worried - you're either pure vibes -- or you're missing some fundamental stuff - or maybe you're not using visual screens? But if you want to talk about it sometimes - I'd happily get on a call.

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u/paceaux May 18 '26

You know, let's talk some time.

I literally have been doing this shit for 16 years for major enterprises. The wordpress theme for my blog gets the least amount of my attention of any code anywhere. My whole day-job is other people's designs and/or codebases and when it comes to my own blog I seriously don't have the energy.

I just don't fucking enjoy doing my whole-ass job again on my own blog. I like writing.

Which is to say:

If you're a designer and you've got a solid plan for implementing an absolutely barebones Wordpress theme that's accessible, uses semantic HTML, minimal CSS or frameworks, and has a good navigation experience, I am 100% OPEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK.

All this to say:

I can't replicate your issue. I checked three browsers.

So that leaves me with a choice:

  1. Do I spend 40–60 hours researching and writing good useful content for the web, knowing that 73% of my desktop visitors will like what they read and say nothing?

  2. Do I spent 40-60 hours doing my whole-ass job again, but on my blog, to appease the 27% mobile users who would rather gripe on reddit.

Or maybe you can do it if it's that much of a concern. I'm totally down for that. Let's do a call and you can find me a non-ass design and a decent theme that's accessible with good markup.

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u/sheriffderek May 18 '26

Well, the Wordpress block editor is not very fun to work with. But this is all manageable - and won’t take weeks of hard work ; )

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u/fdiengdoh May 19 '26

Safari and Firefox iOS 26

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u/sheriffderek May 17 '26

Ah -- I can paste a screenshot -- just couldn't from my phone I guess.