A client of mine has a huge list of testimonials (more than 50), and rather than counting down the list, it was appropriate to number them backwards so the latest testimonial (in this case, #51) is at the top of the list and numbered #51 rather than #1 (which wouldn’t make much sense).

The End Result: Reversed Order for the Ordered List

End Result: Reversed Order for the Ordered List

Here’s what the html code looks like:

<li value="51">Andrew Martin</li>
<li value="50">Carlene Sykes</li>
<li value="49">Lee Clifford</li>
<li value="48">Debrah Breedt</li>
<li value="47">Gina Sterling</li>

Because this testimonial page uses PHP I was able to do this dynamically in the code in 3 steps:

1. Set the start value by counting the total number of testimonials:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM testimonials");
$testimonial_number = mysql_num_rows($result);

2. Then set the li value with this variable

<li value="$testimonial_number">$student_name</li>

3. Finally, subtract 1 from the counter

$testimonial_number--;

Clever huh?

I made this change because it makes the website just a little bit easier to use and a little more intuitive, and because I care.

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Cheers,

Sheldon.

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