How do I make <li> tags in a <ol> 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 is most likeley just a syntax error. I copied and pasted from some forum but it didn't work on my WP site.

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