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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 09/30/76 11:52
mouse@house.spam wrote:
> I require some HTML which will draw a rectangular box with some small
> text in it (e.g. an email message which is being quoted apart from
> the rest of the text). The box should have a thin black boundary, and
> a light grey background to make the text distinctive from what it
> outside the box.
>
> I would guess that a <TABLE> would have to be used with one entry and
> some form of table entry background colour selection would be
> necessary. Can people offer wise words on the tags and design choices
> for such an element? Or are there examples on the web which come to
> mind, so I can steal their code? Thank you.
Sounds like the perfect use of a <blockquote>. I've used it on a number
of pages, including this one:
http://k75s.home.att.net/tips.html
Styling in the CSS. Pick your own colors:
http://k75s.home.att.net/style/shag.css
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