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Styling ordered list numbers
ol { counter-reset:li; /* Initiate a counter */ margin-left:0; /* Remove the default left margin */ padding-left:0; /* Remove the default left padding */}ol > li { position:relative; /* Create a positioning context */ margin:0 0 6px 2em; /* Give each list item a left margin to make room for the numbers */ padding:4px 8px; /* Add some spacing around the content */ list-style:none; /* Disable the normal item numbering */ border-top:2px solid #666; background:#f6f6f6;}ol > li:before { content:counter(li); /* Use the counter as content */ counter-increment:li; /* Increment the counter by 1 */ /* Position and style the number */ position:absolute; top:-2px; left:-2em; -moz-box-sizing:border-box; -webkit-box-sizing:border-box; box-sizing:border-box; width:2em; /* Some space between the number and the content in browsers that support generated content but not positioning it (Camino 2 is one example) */ margin-right:8px; padding:4px; border-top:2px solid #666; color:#fff; background:#666; font-weight:bold; font-family:"Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; text-align:center;}li ol,li ul {margin-top:6px;}ol ol li:last-child {margin-bottom:0;}
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