Alan -
Thanks for the clarification. I didn't know that you had to (were suppose
to) surround text tags with the blockquote - but now I know!
One follow-on:
As you could see on the like I provided, I've inserted a bunch of <br>s
within the quote in order to control the line breaks of each quote. Just a
design thing. Is this really a "no, no" or would this be permissable?
Cole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Trick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] Blockquote or Q?
> In writing (like not-web writing) there is a thing were quotes that are
> just are just a few lines are written in the normal flow of the text;
> however, if a quote is more than 3-4 lines it is separate and indented
> (about .5' on each side, but it depends on whose rules you use).
>
> Anyways that is what blockquote was meant to refer to. I your situation
> I would use
>
> <div id='sidebar'>
> <blockquote>
> <p>I am seldom attracted to books of this genre.<p>
> <p>This author was recommended by a friend, and I couldn't put it
> down!</p>
> </blockquote>
> <cite>
> — Cole Kuryakin<br>
> San Francisco
> </cite>
> </div>
>
> The only issue with the blockquote is that it can't contain plain text,
> it has to be in a <p> or something, but if you don't like the extra
> margin the <p> gives, you can just do
>
> blockquote p{margin:0}
>
> in the css
>
> Alan
>
> Lea de Groot wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:40:53 +0800, Cole Kuryakin - x7m wrote:
> >
> >>So, semantically speaking, should I be using Blockquote or Q tags?
> >
> >
> > Blockquote, I beleive - you're correct in that q is meant for inline
> > eg
> > <p>some text <q>what he said</q> more text.</p>
> >
> > I normally start my css file with
> > * {
> > margin: 0;
> > padding: 0;
> > }
> > anyway which would already have stripped the blockquote indenting :)
> >
> > Lea
> > ~ looking for a perm. position in Brisbane. Contact me for CV.
>
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