Last modified: 2006-05-04 20:58:16 UTC
I don't have a screenshot to show what I'm talking about, because Microsoft seems to be corrupting my GIFS, so the description will have to be verbal for now. As everyone knows, in wikitext you use one asterisk (*) to do a first-order bullet, and two (**) to do a second-order bullet. However, MediaWiki seems to be having some rendering problems (at least in FireFox; IE doesn't seem to be affected). Specifically, if you begin a bulleted list with a second-order bullet, then knock it up to first-order, it will insert both a first and second order bullet at the beginning of the line. (See the table at the bottom of my sandbox page.) This is definitely a wiki problem, because entering the text using the equivalent HTML works perfectly.
Created attachment 1652 [details] This is a screenshot of my sandbox page. The left part of the table shows the incorrect formatting in wikitext, and the correct formatting in HTML. At the bottom is a screenshot from IE.
<ul> is not allowed inside <ul>, to be valid HTML it must be in a <li>. Please format your bullet lists in the correct order.
My issue is NOT with html formatting, my issue is with wiki formatting. I used the html example to demonstrate that the problem was sever-side, not client-side.
It produces valid HTML code; it's just that what you want isn't available in valid HTML. Instead, construct properly ordered lists that will look attractive.
Please see * a ** b * a ** b :* c The identation of ':*' differs from '**' but this is a CSS issue.
