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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Allow me to back up my fellows here. First, [b]blockquote[/b] is not deprecated. It's still very much in use, and very useful. I use it often. The reason it is not deprecated is because it fulfills a very specific purpose: In the semantic web, 'blockquote' means something that cannot be defined by 'p' or 'h1' or any other html tag. It is, by definition, quoting something in a block of text. It [i]means something[/i] when even just reading the rendered code. Think of looking at semantic XHTML as if you are reading a newspaper article. [quote] Headline: The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz Sub-headline: February 14 2007 Sub-sub-headline: Written by twItch^ Content: I just met the Wizard of Oz, and he isn't nearly as powerful as people thought he was. In fact, not only did I miss out on being attacked by flying monkeys to keep me from seeing him (the presence of which would imply that someone [i]else[/i] thinks he's important), but when I did finally meet him, this is what he said: Multi-line quotation: I'm sorry, who are you? I've been awfully busy these past few months. Working on my memoirs, you know. I've got this fabulous bowl of cherries back behind this here curtain that I believe sums up my work pretty effectively. Do you want a cherry? [/quote] That's what your rendered XHTML can say. Headers. Content. Block quotations. Emphasis (even in text- & speech-browsers these are rendered). The semantic format of XHTML exists to make the information easily retrievable, and available. The reason that the font tag, for example, is deprecated is because it has no semantic value. The same with the b and i tags. They are merely for style, all of which can be defined in stylesheets, which seperate the style metaphor from the content (content must remain semantic). I hope that gives you a little more broad reasoning behind XHTML and CSS, and the relationship between them. I could write more, but I fear I'd lose my focus and end up talking about bunny rabbits. -[url=http://www.brokenhattrick.com]steve[/url] Loading...
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