Carl

I viewed the "rendered" source fed to the browser, and (when comparing the markdown lists versus the html lists) the one difference is the <p> tag. My markdown lists are getting rendered with a <p> tag. My html lists are not. Here is the pertinent portion of the rendered code:

               <div class="articletext">
                  <h2>Unordered List Test</h2>
                  <h4>We will use both markdown and regular HTML tags in the following two unordered lists.</h4>
                  <p>The following list uses markdown to create the list items:</p>
                  <ul>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with asterisk. </p></li>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with asterisk. </p></li>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with asterisk. </p></li>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with asterisk. </p></li>
                  </ul>
                  <p>The following list uses html tags to create the list items:</p>
                  <ul>
                     <li>HTML with ul. </li>
                     <li>HTML with ul. </li>
                     <li>HTML with ul. </li>
                     <li>HTML with ul. </li>
                  </ul>
                  <h2>Ordered List Test</h2>
                  <h4>We will use both markdown and regular HTML tags in the following two ordered lists.</h4>
                  <p>The following list uses markdown to create the list items:</p>
                  <ol>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with numbers. </p></li>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with numbers. </p></li>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with numbers. </p></li>
                     <li><p>Markdwon with numbers. </p></li>
                  </ol>
                  <p>The following list uses html tags to create the list items:</p>
                  <ol>
                     <li>HTML with ol. </li>
                     <li>HTML with ol. </li>
                     <li>HTML with ol. </li>
                     <li>HTML with ol. </li>
                  </ol>
               </div>

I am currently searching my CSS file for what style settings would cause list bullets and list numbers (and font too) to be rendered differently when in a list PLUS in a <p> tag, versus not in a <p> tag. So far I am stumped. Somehow I am missing it.

Below is a copy of my current CSS file contents:

/* andreas01 - an open source xhtml/css website layout by Andreas Viklund  - http://andreasviklund.com - Free to use for any purpose as long as the proper credits are given to the original author.
Version: 2.0 (Jun 25, 2006)
Screen layout: */

/***** Body and main container *****/
#wrap {
background:#ffffff;
color:#303030;
margin:0 auto;
width:760px;
}

body {
 margin:0 auto;
 padding:0;
 background:#F1EBCE url('bg.gif') repeat-y top center;
 color:#303030;
 font-style:normal;
 font-variant:normal;
 font-weight:normal;
 font-size:76%;
 font-family:Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif
}

@font-face {
 font-family: "Libel Suit";
 src: url("http://www.dougjoseph.net/<<my vinetype folder>>/libelsuit.ttf")
}

body ul.section #nav_searchresults
{
   display:none;
}

/* GOOGLE ADSENSE STUFF */
/*this div spans across top of page, for the big leader ad*/
#googleheaderdiv {
width:100%;
color:#303030;
text-align:center;
background:#DFD2B0 url('googleheader.gif') repeat-y top center;
margin:0 auto;
padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:1px;
border-bottom:1px solid #AD8D5F;
}

/*these 2 divs are place holders (left & right ) for the 2 search options (site, web)*/
#googleblogsearchdiv {
clear:left;
float:left;
width:75%;
height:77px;
text-align:right;
text-valign:top;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
}

#googlewebsearchdiv {
clear:right;
float:right;
width:25%;
height:77px;
text-align:left;
text-valign:top;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
}

/***** Various tags *****/
a {
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:bold;
color:#286ea0;
background-color:inherit;
}

a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
color:#286ea0;
background-color:inherit;
}

a img {
border:0px none;
}

/***** Header *****/
#header {
margin:10px 0 0;
padding:0;
}

#headerleft {
clear:left;
float:left;
width:320px;
margin:0 auto;
padding-top:0;
}

#headerright {
clear:right;
float:center right;
width:380px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:0;
}

#headerimage {
background:#F1EBCE url('header.gif') repeat-y top center;
color:#303030;
margin:0 auto;
width:100%;
height:20px
}

#footerimage {
background:#F1EBCE url('footer.gif') repeat-y top center;
color:#303030;
margin:0 auto;
width:100%;
height:20px
}

#header h1 {
color:#4B0000;
background-color:inherit;
width:100%;
margin:8px 0 0 0;
font-size:2.2em;
}

#header h1 a{
color:#4B0000;
background-color:inherit;
text-decoration:none;
}

#header p {
color:#4B0000;
margin:0 0 2px 0;
font-size:1.1em;
font-weight:bold;
line-height:1.3em;
background-color:inherit;
}

#header p.normal {
color:#808080;
margin:0 0 17px 0;
font-weight:normal;
font-size:1em;
line-height:1.2em;
background-color:inherit;
}

#frontphoto {
border:0px none;; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:10px
}

/***** Left sidebar *****/
#secondary {
clear:left;
float:left;
width:99px;
margin:0 0 5px;
padding:0;
}

#secondary h2, #secondary h3 {
color:#4B0000;
background-color:inherit;
font-size:1.3em;
margin:0 0 5px;
padding:0;
}

#secondary div.announce {
clear:left;
margin:20px 0 5px;
padding:7px 5px;
width:95px;
font-size:0.9em;
background-color:#F1EBCE;
color:#4B0000;
border-left:4px solid #cccccc;
line-height:1.5em;
}

#secondary div.announce p {
margin:10px 0 0;
padding:0;
}

#secondary div.announce ul {
margin:10px 0 0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
}

#secondary div.announce li {
  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
  padding: 8px 0 5px 0;
}

/***** Main menu *****/
ul.section, ul.nav {
width:99px;
margin:0 0 20px 0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
float:left;
}

ul.section li, ul.nav li {
width:99px;
padding:0;
line-height:1.4em;
float: left;
margin-bottom:5px;
}

ul.section li a,
ul.nav li a {
background-color:#F1EBCE;
color:#4B0000;
font-weight:bold;
width:99px;
float:left;
padding:5px 1px 5px 5px;
border-left:4px solid #cccccc;
text-decoration:none;
}

ul.section li.sectionactive {
background-color:#eaeaea;
border-left:4px solid #286ea0;
color:#4B0000;
font-weight:bold;
width:99px;
margin-bottom:5px;
padding:5px 0 5px 5px;
}

ul.section li.sectionowner a {
background-color:#eaeaea;
}

ul.section li a:hover,
ul.nav li a:hover {
background-color:#eaeaea;
border-left:4px solid #286ea0;
color:#4B0000;
text-decoration:none;
}

ul.nav {
margin:0 0 20px 0;
padding: 0 0 0 4px;
font-size:0.9em;
float:left;
}

ul.nav li a {
padding:3px 0 3px 4px;
width: 99px;
}

p.navheading {
  margin: 0 0 5px 0;
  font-weight:bold;
  padding-left: 4px;
}

/***** Right sidebar *****/
#extras {
float:right;
width:109px;
margin:0;
padding:0;
line-height:1.4em;
}

#extras p {
font-size:0.8em;
font-weight:small;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
padding:0;
}

#extras ul {
font-size:0.9em;
margin:0 0 16px 0;
padding:0;
}

#extras li {
list-style:none;
line-height:1.2em;
margin:0 0 6px 0;
padding:0;
}

#extras ul ul {
margin:6px 0 0 10px;
padding:0;
}

#extras ul ul li {
margin: 0 0 4px 0;
}

#extras ul ul li a {
font-size:1.1em;
font-weight:normal;
}

#extras h2 {
color:#4B0000;
background-color:inherit;
font-size:1.2em;
margin:0 0 10px;
padding:0;
}

#extras h3 {
color:inherit;
background-color:inherit;
font-size:1.0em;
margin:0 0 10px;
padding:0;
}

#findboxdiv {
   margin-bottom: 1em;
}

#extratight {
margin:0;
padding:0;
line-height:0.2em;
}

#extratight {
font-size:0.2em;
margin:0 0 0 0;
padding:0;
}

/***** Main content *****/
div#content {
  margin:0 119px 5px 119px;
  border-left:1px solid #e0e0e0;
  border-right:1px solid #e0e0e0;
  padding:0 10px;
  line-height:1.7em;
}

div#contentwide {
margin:0 0 5px 150px;
border-left:1px solid #f0f0f0;
padding:0 0 0 10px;
line-height:1.7em;
}

#content h2, #contentwide h2 {
font-size:1.6em;
margin:0 0 10px;
}

#content h3, #contentwide h3 {
font-size:1.4em;
margin:0 0 8px;
}

#content img, #contentwide img {
border:0px none;
}

#content img.vipr {
  border: 0px none;
  background:#fff
}

#content li, #contentwide li {
margin:0;
padding:0 0 0 0;
}

#content ul ul, #contentwide ul ul, #content ol ol, #contentwide ol ol{
margin:0 0 0 16px;
padding:0;
}

#content p, #content pre {
  overflow: auto;
  font-family: "Libel Suit", serif;
  font-size: 13pt;
}

#content pre, #content code {
  font-size: 9pt;
}

#content pre {
  padding: .5em;
  background-color:#F1EBCE;
}

#content blockquote {
  margin:0;
  padding:4px;
}

#content blockquote p {
  padding:0;
  margin:0;
}

#content blockquote,
#content blockquote blockquote blockquote,
#content blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote {
  background-color:#F1EBCE;
}

#content blockquote blockquote,
#content blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote {
  background-color:#eaeaea;
}

span.commentsequence {
  font-weight:bold;
}

span.articlestats {
  list-style:none;
  text-align:left;
  font-size: .9em;
}

/* search results */

h1.searchresults {
  font-size: 135%;
}

h4.searchresults {
  font-size: 125%;
  margin:0;
}

ul.searchresults {
  margin: 0 0 3em 0;
  padding:0;
 
}

ul.searchresults li {
  list-style: none;
  margin:0;
}

ul.searchresults li ul.searchstats {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 90%;
  color: #777;
}

ul.searchresults ul.searchstats li {
  list-style: none;
  display: inline;
  padding: 0 4em;
}

.totalarthits {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #555;
}

/* comments */

div.commentdiv {
  padding:0px;
  background-color: #E1D2AF;
  width:500px;
}

div.commenthead {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #ADADAD;
  background-color: #DBDBDB;
  width:500px;
}

div.commentsequence {
  width:500px;
  float:left;
  font-size: 100%;
  color: #808080;
  padding-left: 5px;
  padding-right: 5px;
  padding-top: 2px;
  padding-bottom: 2px;
}

div.commentgravatar {
  width:90px;
  float:left;
  padding-left: 2px;
  padding-right: 2px;
  padding-top: 2px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
  background-color: #E1D2AF;
}

div.commentgravatar img {
padding:5px;
display:inline;
background:#DBDBDB;
color:#303030;
border:4px solid #f0f0f0;
}

div.commentbody {
  width:395px;
  float:left;
  background-color: #F1EBCE;
  padding-left: 8px;
  padding-right: 3px;
  padding-top: 3px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}

/* administrative input */

form.admincontent ul
{
  list-style: none;
}

form#frmadmincontent ul,
form#frmcomment ul,
form#frmlogin ul {
  margin:0;
  border:0px none;
}

form#frmadmincontent ul li,
form#frmcomment ul li,
form#frmlogin ul li
{
  list-style: none;
  display:inline;
  padding:0;
}

form#frmadmincontent select {
  width: 15.5em;
}

input,
textarea {
  border: 1px solid #286ea0;
  padding-left: 0px;
}

.logform {
  width: 15em;
}

textarea.logform {
  font: inherit;
  width: 37em;
  height: 25em;
}

.required {
  border-left: 3px solid #8e0508;
}

p.required {
  font-style: italic;
  padding-left: 4px;
}

.notrequired {
  border-left: 3px solid #C0C0C0;
}

/* comment admin */

div.wbacks {
  background-color:#F1EBCE;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  margin: 5px 0;
}

form#frmadmincontent ul li ul.wbadmin li {
  background:#eaeaea;
  display:block;
  color:#286ea0;
  font-size: 90%;
  font-weight:bold;
}

/***** Footer *****/
#footer {
clear:both;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px 0 20px;
border-top:4px solid #f0f0f0;
width:760px;
text-align:center;
color:#808080;
background:#ffffff;
font-size:0.9em;
}

#footer a {
color:#808080;
background-color:inherit;
text-decoration:none;
}

#footer a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
}

/***** Various classes *****/
.left {
margin:3px 10px 2px 0;
float:left;
}

.right {
margin:2px 0 2px 10px;
float:right;
}

.textright {
text-align:right;
}

.center {
text-align:center;
}

.small {
font-size:0.8em;
}

.bold {
font-weight:bold;
}

.hide {
display:none;
}

/* breadcrumbs */

div#breadcrumbsdiv {
  background:#ffffff url('front.jpg') no-repeat top center;
  width:100%;
  height:142px;
  color:#EEE2D4;
  text-align:right;
  padding:0 0 0 0;
  margin-left:0;
  margin-right:10px;
}

p.subscribe {
  padding-top: 10px;
  padding-right: 10px;
  color:#EEE2D4;
}

a.subscribe {
  padding: 10px;
}

ul.breadcrumbs {
  margin: 0;
  margin-left: 5px;
  padding: 5px;
  display:inline;
  color: #EEE2D4;
  }

span.breadcrumbsintro {
  }

li.breadcrumbs,
li.breadcrumbsfinal {
  display: inline;
  padding:0;
  margin: 0;
  }

li.breadcrumbs a,
li.breadcrumbs a:link {
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration:none;
  border-bottom: 1px dashed #EEE2D4;
  }

li.breadcrumbs a:visited {
  color: #EEE2D4;
  border-bottom: 1px dashed #EEE2D4;
}

li.breadcrumbs a:hover {
  color: #ffffff;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE2D4;
}

li.breadcrumbs a:active {
  color: #ffffff;
  border-bottom: 0px none;
}

li.breadcrumbsfinal {
  font-weight:bold;
}

/* find box addons */

#submitfind {
  display:none;
}