> Thanks for the responses so far! Does this mean that today's standard is to > not break a list apart ever???
No, it means when using strict doctypes the attribute is not allowed. If you need both attribute and validation use a transitional doctype or you might try using HTML5, where the start-attribute is reintroduced: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-ol-element Cheers, jens -- Jens Brueckmann http://www.yalf.de ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************