Extra space between list items (li) - valid method needed

This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional! says the w3c validator

[followgreg]

Hi,

I was checking my pages with the HTML validator at [validator.w3.org...] and it keeps telling me my page is not ok because of :

Line 54, column 8: document type does not allow element "BR" here; assuming missing "LI" start-tag

<br><BR>
Line 56, column 8: document type does not allow element "BR" here; assuming missing "LI" start-tag

<br><BR>

OR Line 66, column 12: document type does not allow element "STRONG" here; assuming missing "LI" start-tag

<strong>I love beef dip at quiznoz</strong>

MY pages look ok, so i don't know what to do?
How to give more room after each </li> tag if not using <br>?

And another question, do i really have to put all my <li> tags between <ul> tags?

Are those issues a problem for SEO?

I know this is some questions, so thanks be advance if someone answers.

[rick2004hunter]

I was looking through your question

insted of BR tag try with <P></P> this should help you

[janevok]

you could also try keeping your html tags in lowercase, this has removed errors for me in the past.

it could also make no difference at all.

[encyclo]

I guess you're doing something like this:

<ul>
<li>text</li>
<br>
<li>text</li>
</ul>

To answer your questions: yes, you should always use a

<ul>

around a list. To control the space between list items, you can use CSS. For example:

li {
margin:5px 0;
}

You can also use CSS to remove the margins on the

<ul>

element.

[sonjay]

In your stylesheet:

li { margin-bottom:12px; }

No extra <br>'s, no extra <p>'s -- and if you have a lot of lists on your site, think of all the typing (and possible typos) you'll be missing out on.

(Edited to add: Whoops! Encyclo beat me to it.)

[ronin]

And another question, do i really have to put all my <li> tags between <ul> tags?

Yes.

<un-ordered list>
<list item>foo</list item>
<list item>foo</list item>
<list item>foo</list item>
</un-ordered list>

How else did you want to do it?

[tedster]

Down and dirty (but valid) you can also do this:

<ul>
<li>text<br>&nbsp;</li>
<li>text</li>
</ul>

[followgreg]

Hey guys Thanks a lot for your answers.

I actually used a bit of all your tips and found out something that fits what i wanted to do.

This part of the forum rocks! ;-)