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Re: no paragraphs in divs

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From: Dale Cruse
Date: Jul 24, 2015 2:45PM

Rather than a <div> or a <p> element, that context suggests to me three
<li> elements inside a <ul> wrapper. After all, that appears to be a list
of Unique Facts, right?

Dale

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello Listers,
> I would value your opinion on an aspect of a page design in our new site
> that we are building.
>
> Here is the link to a sample page:
> https://dev.sbctc.edu/our-colleges/explore-our-colleges/bellevue.aspx
>
> We have one of these sample pages for each of the 34 colleges in our
> community and technical college system in Washington State.
>
> You will notice that following the "Unique facts" heading are three items
> of text , each in a decorative div. I'm wondering about the fact that
> this text is not in a <p> tag. To me this seems wrong and that without the
> paragraph indicator, they are just run on sentences to a screen reader
> user. Am I correct? Does the lack of the <p> make facts less
> understandable?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
> www.sbctc.edu<;http://www.sbctc.edu/>;
>
> > > > >