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d a v e Posts: 4071 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 16:36:31 according to the html 4 specs i'm supposed to: (from here http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#edef-BLOCKQUOTE ) "Note. We recommend that style sheet implementations provide a mechanism for inserting quotation marks before and after a quotation delimited by BLOCKQUOTE in a manner appropriate to the current language context and the degree of nesting of quotations." er how?? oops jumped the gun a bit there: found the answer: blockquote p:before { content: open-quote;} blockquote p:after { content: close-quote;} _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 16:45:14 Careful, check before and after in IE6. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4071 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 16:50:54 well of course i didn't expect it to be supported in IE! if i put them in it flags them up as mistakes and of course it supposed to be indicated by the browser... i have specified a different colour for blockquotes so at least in IE it looks different. shT, not sure what to do now :( i bet most of the intended audience is on IE too (as is the client) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design* (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 17:10:51 Well I would say wait for IE7 but apparently they haven't fixed it in that either. Are these static blockquotes? Can you just type " front and back? If not then you could try this http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/ sometimes you just gotta hack. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4071 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 17:20:34 could do but then it won't validate, which is obvisously less of a problem than not seeing them in IE. not sure then but i think i get two sets of quotes in firefox like so ""blockquote"". _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 17:28:19 That figures. Go for the hack. I've had to bite the bullet and stick one in some code today to get round IE6 ignoring max-width. That one is fixed in IE7 but as IE7 only works in XP, all those still using Win 2K, 98, ME and 95 can't upgrade so I gave in. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 17:34:30 STOP! Had a better idea, don't know why I didn't think of it before, I used it on a site ages ago. Do a background image for the blockquote with some graphic stylised quotation marks. Thumbnail Image Attachment (1) _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


Nicole Posts: 2830 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 18:31:44 Gosh Jaybee... I was looking for large quote images to put around the testimonials on my site back when I was doing it. Never did find any, or just forgot! Thanks for that! Nicole _____________________________ (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/3/2006 18:36:08 Strangely enough there are picture tubes for making quotes of different shapes and sizes in PSP. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Nicole)


Tailslide Posts: 6003 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/4/2006 3:17:17 That's what I use on my homepage - quotemarks attached to both the blockquote and the cite to do both start and end ones - This was the method that made all the accessibility types like Mike happy. _____________________________ "My strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it" Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Blood, Sweat & Rust - A Land Rover restoration project (in reply to jaybee)


d a v e Posts: 4071 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/4/2006 9:39:31 that's exactly what i did have but the client didn't like them :( _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to Tailslide)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/4/2006 12:08:57 Well try slapping the client round the ear with some wet celery! It doesn't have to be a pic like that, you could make a pic of " and just position the text carefully. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/4/2006 12:10:57 Oh and Nicole, if you can't find tubes for your graphics package just use text with a thick coloured line, type 66 or 99 in a suitable font, then fill in the holes. [edit] how very odd, all the Google Ads at the top of the page were in Japanese!. Gone now. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14145 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/4/2006 16:17:17 Just found this...... _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


Nicole Posts: 2830 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: quotation marks in blockquote - 9/4/2006 19:09:03 I couldn't find many Jaybee, and think I'll use your 66 and 99 idea. Brilliant idea!!! Thanks _____________________________ (in reply to jaybee)

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