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Thread #19980   Message #544822
Posted By: Mark Clark
07-Sep-01 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: HTML practice thread
Subject: RE: HTML practice thread
Ah yes... quotation marks. Here on Mudcat we can simply type the double quote symbol in simple text posting and it will be displayed as we intend. Sometimes, like in the middle of a hyperlink tag, it's best to enter a double quote by using it's HTML name, &quot. That way it won't be confused with the " symbol used to deliniate the URL in the HREF attribute of the anchor (<a...></a>) tag.

The HTML name &quot produces two small vertical tick marks, not a real set of typesetter's quotation marks. Often, when I wish to place quotes around some text in a post, I'll use the HTML names &ldquo and &rdquo which produce “proper” quotation marks more in keeping with the Roman font.

Cheers,

      - Mark