Text and Lists

Headings, paragraphs, and the two kinds of list.

Most of the web is text. HTML gives that text a shape: headings announce sections, paragraphs hold prose, and lists group related items so a browser — or a screen reader — can tell where a set begins and ends.

<h1>Baking bread</h1>
<p>Four ingredients, one long wait.</p>

Headings run from <h1> down to <h6>. The number is a level, not a size: an <h2> is a subsection of the <h1> above it, and skipping straight from <h1> to <h4> leaves a gap that assistive tech reads as a missing section.

Note

Use one <h1> per page — the page's title. Everything else nests beneath it.

Choosing a list

Unordered lists for sets
<ul> is for items with no meaningful sequence — ingredients, tags, features. The browser marks each one with a bullet.
Ordered lists for sequences
<ol> is for steps that must happen in order. The browser numbers them for you, so inserting a step never means renumbering by hand.
List items go inside
Either way, every direct child is an <li>. A list can nest another full list inside an <li> to build sublevels.

Tip

Pick the list type by meaning, not by looks. If the order carries information, it is an <ol> — even if you later style away the numbers.

Question 1 of 2

You are writing installation steps that must happen in sequence. Which element?

<ul>Unordered list
<ol>Ordered list
<p>A single paragraph

Question 2 of 2

Which statements about headings are true? Select all that apply.

The number is a levelNot a font size
A page should have one <h1>The page title
Skipping levels is recommendedh1 straight to h4
Headings stop at <h3>No deeper levels exist

Try it yourself

Swap the <ul> for an <ol> and watch the bullets become numbers.

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Challenge

Build an ordered list with the id steps containing exactly three items.