What is the proper way to indent text in xhtml?

[Zoid]

Two different sources gave me two different answers. I want to make sure is is xhtml compliant.

 

[webmasterdan]

<dl>
<dd>This paragraph is indented.</dd>
</dl>

 

[adamblan]

xhtml has nothing to do with it, other than providing the DOM for your css & js to style. Indentation (& every other style) should be managed with a linkd/imported css document. If you just want to indent the first line of each paragraph, you'll need js to select p:firstChild and apply the css rule to that...

 

[prateekshaweb]

you can use style="padding-left: 20px" attribute...and then validate it via
http://validator.w3.org/