HTML nested lists in blog posts not working

[Zach DuFran]

I am typing a blog post and have created a simple nested list in my post to show some taxonomy. The formatting is not showing up correctly in the preview of the post. I have pasted the same snippet into an html validator and it appears correct and passes validation. What could be wrong?

Here's the snippet:

<ul>
<li><b>Noctuoidea</b> (2514 observations; 318 species)
  <ul>
  <li>Erebidae (1259 observations; 131 species)</li>
  <li>Noctuidae (1027 observations; 157 species)</li>
  </ul>
</li>
<li><b>Pyraloidea</b> (948 observations; 139 species)
  <ul>
  <li>Crambidae (685 observations; 98 species)</li>
  <li>Pyralidae (239 observations; 41 species)</li>
  </ul>
</li>
<li><b>Geometroidea</b> (663 observations; 89 species)
  <ul>
  <li>Geometridae (661 observations; 88 species)</li>
  </ul>
</li>
<li><b>Bombycoidea</b> (518 observations; 46 species)
  <ul>
  <li>Sphingidae (363 observations; 32 species)</li>
  <li>Saturniidae (153 observations; 13 species)</li>
  </ul>
</li>
</ul>

It appears as:

I have tested this in multiple browsers (Chrome and Edge) and it appears the same in both.

[bonifacio barrio hijosa]

I think is missing a first <li>, like:

<li>

<ul>
<li><b>Noctuoidea</b> (2514 observations; 318 species)

...

and about the dots not aligned, maybe is a question of css, don't know really.

best,

bonfacio barrio hijosa

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[Zach DuFran]

HTML lists begin with either <ul> or <ol> depending on whether you want an unordered list (dots) or ordered list (numbers).

https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists.asp

Zach

[Patrick Leary]

In this case you'll want to change your "Formatting" option from Simple, which is best when not using custom HTML, to None, which will mostly leave your HTML alone so it will format correctly

[Zach DuFran]

Thanks Patrick! That works for me.

[Bryan Milstead]

Hi, we are having the same problem and it looks like you have the solution.  The only problem is I can't find were to change the formatting option.  Can you help?  Thanks.