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. > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************