threaded discussion

[yahn]

Should posts in a threaded discussion be wrapped in a list or a div? At first, I thought it should be a list, but, now that I think about it, it seems like the threaded-ness takes away from the list and it should actually be a div.

What do you think?

[bals28mjk]

Sitepoint has threads in <div>s. I doubt your users or search engines will care.

[RyanReese]

It doesn't matter. Semantically divs are divisions on the page, as such a post.

[yahn]

I know a post is a division, but a list item is certain type of division. I feel like embedded lists is a more semantic way to describe threaded discussions than simple divisions. I feel like if the article tag were available that the articles should still be wrapped in lists.

What do you think?

[oddz]

ol – Posts are conceptually a list of related ordered info.

[yahn]

ol – Posts are conceptually a list of related ordered info.

I have to agree with this. However, I have to bring up the question: why does virtually every forum/blog software mark up comments/replies as divs?

[Stomme poes]

Maybe it was easier to do endless nested divs hell than endless nested lists + removing bullets hell? Or more likely, nobody thought of the semantics like that and didn't consider using lists?

Mostly it would add more markup, since you'd still want divs (so you could have any children inside), so you'd be taking the divs and wrapping li's around them and then ol's.

[AutisticCuckoo]

Mostly it would add more markup, since you'd still want divs (so you could have any children inside), so you'd be taking the divs and wrapping li's around them and then ol's.

Why? A li can have the same content as a div, so <li><div>...</div></li> would just add unnecessary bloat compared to <li>...</li>.

[Stomme poes]

hm, you're right, that's true. Brain fart.