So I am hosting a site from my home server, and I would like the main page to be an area for updates about the site. I am providing these updates in a blog-style format, using this code: -
<form><fieldset>
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<legend>December 15, 2009</legend>
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<p>This is an update. Lorem ipsum, etc. etc. and so on.</p>
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--goatboy
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</fieldset></form>
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Now, while this layout looks exactly like what I want, it does not make sense to format it within a set of <form> tags. Is there a way to achieve the same style - a line around the content with the legend text interrupting the line - without using the <form> tag? Ideally, I'd like to just use <div> and <legend>, but something tells me that is not possible.
I'm entirely open to CSS, but I'd prefer staying away from images, javascript, and PHP. It's not that I don't like them or understand them, I just think it's easier to stick with what I have.
ADD: I have searched this forum and Google, but I'm not entirely sure what it's called, so my searches haven't turned up anything relevant.
Thanks in advance,
goatboy
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Ideally, I'd like to just use <div> and <legend>, but something tells me that is not possible.
that one is called DTD. <legend> must only be used as child element of <fieldset>, which itself is only allowed inside <form>.
I’d propose a div with a border and a label bearing the text. use position: relative and a negative top value to shift the text onto the border.
Here's one example of what you can do with a div. Replacing the div with a p has the same effect: -
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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<html>
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<head>
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<title></title>
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<style type="text/css">
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div{border:1px solid;padding:10px}
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span{display:inline:block;position:relative;top:-20px;background-color:#fff;}
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</style>
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<body>
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<div><span>Some stuff.</span>More stuff</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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Dormilich 8,658
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I'm sure that's what he meant, but changing it made no difference (at least in Firefox). Either way, that's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
Dormilich 8,658
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I think it doesn’t matter, if the display is inline or inline-block.
Yeah, the inline-block thing wasn't necessary.
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