----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CSS-D" <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:07 PM Subject: [css-d] Can't put “ in a blockquote?
> <blockquote> > “I found the teaching of exceptionally high > standard.” > </blockquote> > ... and so on for 36 quotes. > > When I try to validate the page, I get the following error for each > blockquote: > > /Line x, Column y/: character data is not allowed here. > > | “*;*some quoted text.R| > > You have used character data somewhere it is not permitted to appear. > Mistakes that can cause this error include: > > * putting text directly in the body of the document without wrapping > it in a container element (such as a <p>aragraph</p>), or > * forgetting to quote an attribute value (where characters such as > "%" and "/" are common, but cannot appear without surrounding > quotes), or > > I don't understand why that is an error. Isn't a <blockquote> a > container just like a <p> is? Or am I missing something really simple > (again). > > Peter > Peter: You may need to wrap each block in a <p>...</p> or <div> ... </div>, <blockquote> <p>“I found the teaching of exceptionally high standard.”</p> </blockquote> Try that, and post a link if you can. Regards, Peter www.fatpawdesign.com developing in: WinXP/SP2 + FF3.0.3 at 1024x768 and 1280x1024 checking in: IE8.0beta/O9.61/Av11.6/Cr0.2/Orca1.1 In God we trust, all else bring data... ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
