# Nested list tags

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299>\
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**Created:** [March 30, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299 "2003-03-30T22:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299/1 "2003-03-30T22:44:03Z")

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My plan can be broken down into two phases, each of which would be implemented in a number of sequential steps:  
[List=a]  
[li]The First Phase[/li][ol]  
[li]The first step of phase A[/li][li]The second step of phase A[/li][li]The final step of phase A[/li][/ol]  
[li]The Second Phase[/li][ol]  
[li]The first step of phase B[/li][li]The second step of phase B[/li][li]The final step of phase B[/li][/ol]  
[/list]

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299/2 "2003-03-30T22:45:07Z")

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Hmmm… unless I messed up the coding, then you can’t nest list tags.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299/3 "2003-03-30T22:59:15Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*  
> \*\*My plan can be broken down into two phases, each of which would be implemented in a number of sequential steps:  
> [ul]  
> •The First Phase&nbsp&nbsp  
> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The first step of phase A  
> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The second step of phase A  
> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The final step of phase A  
> •The Second Phase  
> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The first step of phase B  
> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The second step of phase B  
> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The final step of phase B  
> [/ul]  
> \*\*

No, but you can fake it.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299/4 "2003-03-30T23:05:19Z")

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Could you post that again without enclosing in quote tags **Q.E.D.** ; I can’t see how you’ve coded it because the quote button does not facilitate nested quotes.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-list-tags/165299/5 "2003-03-30T23:12:04Z")

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[ul]  
•The First Phase  
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The first step of phase A  
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The second step of phase A  
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The final step of phase A  
•The Second Phase  
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The first step of phase B  
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The second step of phase B  
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp•The final step of phase B  
[/ul]

There you go. The [list] tags are just to indent the whole thing without going nuts with the HTML space code. The bullets are ALT+0149.