[oli]

Is it bad to have a ul and separate list within another list, like a menu tree sort of thing ?

[smallbeer]

nope.

loads of examples here...
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic2/

[Brown]

as long as your second list is a list associated with the first item in the initial list. otherwise, you'll be wanting the old dl, dt, dd.

[oli]

hmm,

it goes like this :

- electronic media
- people
     - persons name
     - persons name
     - persons name
     - persons name
- work
- services

then on another page, like this :

- electronic media
- people
- work
     - client name
     - client name
     - client name
     - client name
- services

etc etc

[oli]

should have checked the link first, doh.
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic2/vertical07.htm

[roto]

Oli, don't know your constraints on what you're working on, but this one's a bit simpler, and IMO, cooler:

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic2/vertical02.htm

[oli]

The style of it wasnt the problem, just wanted to know if Im allowed a list within a list , semantics and all that bollox

[centaur]

I saw the title of this thread and had to have a look! I was trying to crack a problem of lists within lists just recently. I was trying to achieve a numbered list with the decimal style.
My only problem was the document was a legal terms and conditions page.. so you had for example a number 2, followed by 2.1, 2.2 etc.

Apparently this is possible with CSS2 and a 'counter' function... but it all got far too complex, so I ended giving up, and coding the whole thing manually with indented paragraphs. Maybe one day CSS2 will be standard for all browsers? and cars that run on water, etc, etc