Having Trouble Mixing bullets and numbers

[Mark Phillips]

I want to make an outline like this:
1. Step one
   This is how you do step one.
   *  Do this
   *  Do this
      * Do this
      * Do this
2. Step 2
   This is how you do step two.
   *  Do this
   *  Do this
      * Do this
      * Do this

But, the numbers always start at 1. The bullets and indents work out ok. I read in the Text Formatting Rules that I can mix and match bullets and numbers. I tried:

#Step one
%%%This is how you do step one.
*Do this
*Do this
**Do this
**Do this
#Step 2
%%%This is how you do step two.
*Do this
*Do this
**Do this
**Do this

But Step 2 has a 1 as the number.

Thanks!
Mark

[Geoffrey T. Dairiki]

There are two  reasons it's not working for you:

#Step One.

is a top level list item.  (Since you have one #).  This start an ordered list <ol>.

*Do this

is another top level list item.  (One *.)  This ends the ordered list and starts an unordered list (<ul>).

#Step 2

(Closes the <ul>, and starts a fresh <ol>.  So numbers start again at 1.)

The other problem is the newline between '#Step one' and '%%%This is how...'.  Each list item has to be contained on a single line.

This will do what you want:

#Step one %%%This is how you do step one.
**Do this
**Do this
***Do this
***Do this
#Step 2%%%This is how you do step two.
**Do this
**Do this
***Do this
***Do this

(I just tested it at: http://phpwiki.sf.net/phpwiki/SandBox.  If you look quick, it'll still be there.)

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks!

Mark