blockquotes
It’s a judgment call on your part when to use blockquotes, but in general, use them for any quoted material you’re blogging that goes beyond a sentence or two.
EXAMPLES
Johnson said:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis mi. Donec nunc leo, vestibulum sit amet, pretium dictum, auctor vitae, mi. Nunc non libero id sem mattis volutpat. Aenean vel dolor et dui egestas bibendum.
But Wales said:
Vestibulum volutpat, pede vel faucibus laoreet, magna leo fermentum enim, molestie vulputate sem tortor vitae lectus. Curabitur eu ante vitae magna pulvinar porta. Nullam accumsan. Proin porttitor mattis arcu. Proin blandit ornare risus. Suspendisse iaculis velit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
Curabitur cursus tortor eget est nonummy scelerisque. Sed aliquet mi et nisi. Aliquam velit sapien, vestibulum eget, scelerisque at, pulvinar in, erat. Nunc nisl tellus, euismod ut, elementum in, dictum sed, purus.
Yeah. I know, right? They can never agree on anything.
HOW TO CODE BLOCKQUOTES
SINGLE PARAGRAPHS #
Note the spacing and placement of HTML tags. It is very important.
Johnson said:
<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis mi. Donec nunc leo, vestibulum sit amet, pretium dictum, auctor vitae, mi. Nunc non libero id sem mattis volutpat. Aenean vel dolor et dui egestas bibendum.</p></blockquote>
But Wales said:
See how there is one line break before and after the blockquoted material? You need those there, otherwise the formatting goes to seed.
TWO OR MORE GRAFS #
Note the spacing and placement of HTML tags. It is very important. Also note that though there are two paragraphs here, all the text and coding runs together without line breaks between the two grafs. To break the paragraphs in what will appear on the site, you have to hard-code in <p> and </p> tags.But Wales said:
<blockquote><p>Vestibulum volutpat, pede vel faucibus laoreet, magna leo fermentum enim, molestie vulputate sem tortor vitae lectus. Curabitur eu ante vitae magna pulvinar porta. Nullam accumsan. Proin porttitor mattis arcu. Proin blandit ornare risus. Suspendisse iaculis velit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</p><p>Curabitur cursus tortor eget est nonummy scelerisque. Sed aliquet mi et nisi. Aliquam velit sapien, vestibulum eget, scelerisque at, pulvinar in, erat. Nunc nisl tellus, euismod ut, elementum in, dictum sed, purus.</p></blockquote>
Yeah. I know, right? They can never agree on anything.
See how there is one line break before and after the blockquoted material? You need those there, otherwise the formatting goes to seed.
