Hi all,

I'm converting my pages from HTML to XHTML and I have some questions:

- When quoting something using <blockquote>, do I need to put my text
inside a paragraph? E.g. <blockquote><p>Text</p></blockquote>
- What's the XHTML equivalent of <hr noshade>?
- Are there any common tag attributes that must be set explicitly in
order to avoid the tags appearing differently on various browsers? E.g.
someone suggested that I use this for the <p> tag:

p {
margin: 1em 0;
}

Since Opera uses a different margin setting than other browsers.

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:20:02 +0100, Dario D. <darioNOSPAM@dariodjuric.com>
wrote:

First: do you have a good reason? XHTML is nice and all, but usually not
necessary unless your aim is to eventually learn XML.

Yes.

<hr style="height:0px;border-top:2px solid #808080;text-align:center;" />

This is a myth. Opera handles margin values exactly the same as other
browsers. What Opera *does* do differently is refrain from applying these
default margins to empty <p> tags. Only someone planning on using <p></p>
as spacers like so:

<p></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>

.... would bother setting a property like margin:1em 0; for <p> tags.

Grey

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"Dario D." <darioNOSPAM@dariodjuric.com> wrote in message
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Think about the semantics and you can't go too far wrong.

Use the <p> tag ONLY for paragraphs and ALWAYS for paragraphs.

With regards to "common tag attributes" There are several, even the margins
around <hx> can vary. My advice would be to allow the design to be able to
handle the defaults in any browser and enable the user to change the size
without your site falling apart. Remember your style sheet is only a
suggestion to the rendering engine, it can be over-ridden.

Good luck,
Mak.
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GreyWyvern wrote:

Yes, exactly my aim.

A while back (you might remember), I had a problem with a right-aligned
screenshot box appearing differently on Opera. Setting the <p> margin
explicitly fixed the problem.

Anyway, thanks for your help.


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GreyWyvern <SP_bhuisman@greywyvern.com_AM> wrote in
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This also seems to validate: <hr noshade="noshade" />

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Dario D. wrote:
Why?

What is to be gained?

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On 23 Feb 2004 22:36:06 GMT, Louis Somers
<removethis.info@nospam.xmlssoftware.com> wrote:

AFAIK, that validates in XHTML Transitional, but not in XHTML Strict.

Grey

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