Converting from HTML to XHTML

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.DeleteThis@dariodjuric.com>
wrote:

 > Hi all,
 >
 > I'm converting my pages from HTML to XHTML and I have some questions:

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

 > - When quoting something using <blockquote>, do I need to put my text
 > inside a paragraph? E.g. <blockquote><p>Text</p></blockquote>

Yes.

 > - What's the XHTML equivalent of <hr noshade>?

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

 > - 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.

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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