Need multiple paragraphs within a numbered list

  • jmodesette

    (@jmodesette)


    6 years ago

    I am trying to create a post that has a numbered list, but under each number, there are often multiple paragraphs. In Word, I would use SHIFT + ENTER, but that doesn’t work in WordPress.

    How to I indent a block of text so it matches the previous numbered block?

    Secondly, how do I change the next numbered block to continue numbering where the last number left off, instead of restarting numbering at “1”.

    Thanks in advance!
    -jenn

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  • Joy

    (@joyously)

    You don’t say which editor you are using, but the HTML should look something like this:

    <ol>
  <li>
    <p>blah blabh</p>
    <p>blah blabh</p>
    <p>blah blabh</p>
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>another</p>
    <p>blah blabh</p>
  </li>
</ol>

    If you really have to, you can use <li value="4"> or <ol start="4"> if you need to have a particular number (in this case 4).

    • This reply was modified 6 years ago by Joy. Reason: oops, wrong attribute
    Thread Starter jmodesette

    (@jmodesette)

    Joy, thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I am working on a blog (for my boss) for the first time in 17 years. I may as well be starting from scratch…blogging has changed a bit in those 17 years.

    That said, I have no idea what editor I’m using. I’m dropping text into the WordPress template. I am pasting below the first three paragraphs to show you what I’m working with. How would I html code these paragraphs so that the first and last paragraphs are numbered 1 and 2, respectively, and so that the middle paragraph is intented like the other two, but not numbered?

    Thank you!

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