How to get a nice box or background around a section of text or an image within a post

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C.H.O.M.P (the Random Ranterer) asked this question within two other posts inside topics of a different headings--How do I get a nice box (with a different color of background) around my text or images within a post?

After a little digging I believe this link has the answer to that question in spades. Truly awesome information. Thanks for asking the question Chomp. I may use this myself.

I just found this link that I believe is the correct answer to your question:

http://www.squidoo.com/html-backgrounds-

Use it inside the blockquote html (use < and > around the word blockquote and /blockquote to end it) to indent it within the post.