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Adding a blockquote
Let's get a
<blockquote>
into Tony's online journal.
Open your “journal.html” file and locate the July 14th
entry. Rework the paragraph to look like this:
1
T
o in
sert
the
<blo
ckqu
ote>
eleme
nt,
we n
eed
to e
nd t
his
para
grap
h fir
st.
<h2>
July 14, 2012
</h2>
<p>
I saw some Burma Shave style signs on the
side of the road today:
</p>
<blockquote>
Passing cars,
When you can't see,
May get you,
A glimpse,
Of eternity.
</blockquote>
<p>
I definitely won't be passing any cars.
</p>
Next we pu
t the Burma Sh
ave text in th
e
<blockquote
> element.
Time for another test drive. Open “journal.html” in your browser
and take a look at the results of your work:
2
<blockq
uote> creates
a
separa
te block (like <
p>
does),
plus it indents
the
text a
bit to make i
t
look m
ore like a quot
e.
Just w
hat we wanted
…
