<ol start=”7”>

In the above example the list would begin at 7, then continue to 8, and so on. Likewise, if we were creating an alphabetical list, it would start from the seventh letter of the alphabet, so in this case the list would start at ‘G’ and continue on to H and onwards.

Description lists

Description lists, also referred to as ‘definition lists’ in older versions of HTML, are used to list terms alongside their definitions. A definition list is made up of three tags: the surrounding <dl> tag which defines your description list; a <dt> tag for the term/name; and lastly a <dd> tag for the definition. The structure of the list is very similar to the previous two lists, but for a definition list we simply write the <dt> tag (term) first, followed by the <dd> tag (definition) and then move on to the next <dt> tag and <dd> tag pairs. As we can see below: