[thelist] Proper markup of extended quotes

Kevin Smith k.smith at tatnet.com
Mon Dec 23 13:36:13 CST 2002


On 2002-12-23 05:02 -0500, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:

> Once again, it seems that I'm forced to make the decision between proper
> markup or having it work in IE.

> Can anyone suggest a middle road?

If you do decide to add cruft to appease IE, use a construct like this,
rather than polluting the content of the BLOCKQUOTE:

<blockquote cite="http://example.com">
 Lorem ipsum blah blah blah...
</blockquote>

<cite><a href="http://example.com">Article Name</a> by Author Name</cite>

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