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CSS Cites & Blockquotes

2:03p.m., Tue 15 Aug 2006

Semantic markup for quotes. I've always used <blockquote> and nothing else. But for inline quotes, like referring to Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree or President "Ich bin eine Berliner" Kennedy, I prefer the <q> tag. Glitchy, but still prefereable.

www.mezzoblue.com/downloads/markupguide/

And, while on the subject of glitchy CSS, I started using this site, which is a lovely, exhaustive list of CSS glitches and workarounds: www.positioniseverything.net

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