text area troubles Options

[mutedscream00]

im using scroll boxes on my site because i am putting a layout code in a box... but there is a </textarea> in the comment box code that is messing up my site. i want the code to stay w/in the box.. How do i fix this?

this part of the code that is in the text box

CODE

<div class="CONTENT" style="position: absolute; background-color:transparent; left: 280px;  top:300px; width:100px; height:50px; overflow: visible;"><center>

<center><form method="post" action="http://comments.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.ConfirmComment"><input type="hidden" name="friendID" value="XXXXXXXX"><textarea name="f_comments" cols="20" rows="3">What is your aperture?</textarea><br><br><input type="submit" value="Shoot"> <input type="reset" value="Ruin"></form><br><style type="text/css">textarea {background-color:transparent; background-image:url(transparent); border-width:1px; border-style:solid; border-color: ffffff; color: ffffff; font-family:Verdana;} input {background-color: 000000; border-width:1px; border-style:solid; border-color: ffffff; color: ffffff; font-family:Verdana;}</style><br></center>

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</div>

[YourSuperior]

Try this for the </textarea>:

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&lt;/textarea&gt;