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Hiroki
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: NZ
Insane since: Dec 2002

IP logged posted posted 01-07-2003 02:50 Edit Quote

Hi, guys. How are ya? Well, do you use <blockquoto> to indent text? My tutor said to me that it was "hack". How do you indent your text? Css?

Hiroki Kozai

Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

IP logged posted posted 01-07-2003 03:05 Edit Quote

If the text you wish to indent actually is a quotation, then you should certainly use <blockquote>.

If it is not a quotation, then you should use the "margin" properties of CSS.

If, for some reason, you can't use CSS, and your text isn't actually a quotation; then you can indent it using <blockquote>, and it'll be a "hack," something that works even though it isn't exactly right.

In a perfect world, every HTML tag will explain what's inside it. A <p> tag will always have only a single paragraph in it, for example. A <cite> tag will contain the title of a work. A <blockqutoe> tag will contain a long quotation.

That way, other programs can use those tags as a way of getting information about the data in your document. And, just as important, your document will make sense to anyone who reads the source code.

Slime
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Massachusetts, USA
Insane since: Mar 2000

IP logged posted posted 01-07-2003 04:41 Edit Quote

That's right - indentation is a presentational aspect of the page, and hence should be handled with CSS.



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