Im using the following script to access a list in my web page:

var nav = document.getElementById ('nav');
alert (nav.childNodes[0].nodeValue);

Currently the alert is completely blank, but I was hoping to be able to get information on each <li> so that I can then edit them (e.g. css properties).

I was thinking the script I currently have would output what is contained in the <li>, which is

<a href="contact.php">contact</a>

Does anyone know what Im doing wrong?

Thanks.

innerHTML is what is inside the element

nodeValue will only return the contents if it is a text node, if it is an element it will be null.