XHTML Basics - Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML - page 39

<dd> File Transfer Protocol is a protocol used to exchange
files between computers on the Internet. </dd>
<dt> HTTP </dt>
<dd> Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the protocol used for
exchanging text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia
files on the Web. </dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>

Save your file as definitionlist.html and test it in a browser. Your page should look
similar to the one shown in Figure 2.10 and to the solution in the student files
(Chapter2/definitionlist.html). Don't worry if the word wrap is a little different—the
important formatting is that each <dt> term should be on its own line and the corre-
sponding <dd> definition should be indented under it. Try resizing your browser win-
dow and notice how the word wrap on the definition text changes.

Ordered Lists

Ordered lists use a numbering or lettering system to organize the information contained
in the list. An ordered list can be organized by the use of numerals (the default), upper-
case letters, lowercase letters, uppercase Roman numerals, and lowercase Roman
numerals. See Figure 2.11 for a sample ordered list.

Figure 2.11
Sample ordered list

Ordered lists begin with an <ol> tag and end with an </ol> tag. Each list item begins
with an <li> tag and ends with an </li> tag. The type attribute can be used to
change the symbol used for ordering the list. For example, to create an ordered list
organized by uppercase letters, use <ol type="A"> . Table 2.2 documents the type
attribute and its values for ordered lists.

Table 2.2 type attributes for ordered lists

Attribute Value Symbol

type 1 Numerals (the default)

A Uppercase letters

a Lowercase letters

I Roman numerals

i Lowercase Roman numerals