Re: [WSG] Blockquote or Q?

[Alan Trick]

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
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