Question

The li tag in the ul is not indented for some reason. is there something i am missing?

Answer 1

Line 1 of your CSS file is the issue.

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

With that declaration you are setting the margin and padding of your list item to 0; as a result it does not appear indented.

To solve the issue, you should include some default styles for your elements. As an example, with my stylesheets the first line will be the CSS reset, followed by some generic styles for various elements.

/*CSS Reset*/
html,body,div,span,applet,object,iframe,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p,blockquote,pre,a,abbr,acronym,address,big,cite,code,del,dfn,em,img,ins,kbd,q,s,samp,small,strike,strong,sub,sup,tt,var,b,u,i,center,dl,dt,dd,ol,ul,li,fieldset,form,label,legend,table,caption,tbody,tfoot,thead,tr,th,td,article,aside,canvas,details,embed,figure,figcaption,footer,header,hgroup,menu,nav,output,ruby,section,summary,time,mark,audio,video{margin:0;padding:0;border:0;font-size:100%;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline}/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,menu,nav,section{display:block}body{line-height:1}ol,ul{list-style:none}blockquote,q{quotes:none}blockquote:before,blockquote:after,q:before,q:after{content:'';content:none}table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0}
/*Generic Styles*/
ul{list-style:disc;margin:1em 0 1em 3em}
li{margin:.3em 0}