Have you ever wanted to add fancy bullet points to your unordered lists in your(x)HTML but never knew how? The truth is, it’s actually really easy to achieve. All you need to do is add a CSS class to your unordered list and then use your CSS to add your chosen image as the bullet points. In this post I’ll walk you through this step by step. First lets take a quick look at the list we’re going to be creating:

• This is the first list item
• This is the second list item
• and this is the third list item

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When I create a new xHTML/HTML page I like to start with a template where I can then fill in the blanks. My basic template will include the doctype for the document, the basic document tags (html, head, body, title etc), a link to my external stylesheet, and finally a ‘wrapper’ div in the body which makes things easier when specifying a width for you page or centering the layout. This is the basic framework for any xHTML document, and is the bare minimum you should start with.
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