How do I make tags in a use letters

Question

I want my WP site to have a ordered list instead of listing with numbers it will list with letters.

I have applied attributes to the OL and it doesn\'t work. It i

Answer 1

Use the list-style-type CSS property on the <ol> tag.

Eg.

ol {
    list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}

See here for the full list of options: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_list-style-type.asp

Answer 2

You should be able to use the type attribute like this.

<ol type="a">
    <li>Apples</li>
    <li>Bananas</li>
    <li>Oranges</li>
</ol>