Blockquote is one of those tags that was badly misused for styling purposes. Now it can only be used within a block level element, namely p. I like to use the q tag because it introduces quote marks in Firefox.
I can't see what value it now has. Being a block quote you would assume it is a block element but if it requires a container it just seems to be an unnecessary layer. Wouldn't it be better to simply encase a quote in a p and give a class 'blockquote'? On 4 April 2010 03:39, T. R. Valentine <trvalent...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apparently, <blockquote></blockquote> cannot be used alone. It > produces 'character data is not allowed here'. What does it need? > > Also, can the <blockquote> tag have a class assigned to it? > > TIA > > -- > T. R. Valentine > Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. > 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food > and clothes.' -- Erasmus > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > -- Chris Price 0777 629 0227 follow me at http://twitter.com/hypergossip_uk and http://facebook.com/chris.t.price ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************