Template:Quote box: Difference between revisions

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{{Quote box
|quote=Example of an important quote}}

to create a box with a quote like this:

Example of an important quote

You can adjust the other parameters like this:


{{Quote box
|margin=2.5em
|width=100px
|align=left
|quote=Example of an important quote
|source=Clinton the CAT}}

Example of an important quote

- Clinton the CAT

This creates a box containing a blockquote accoring to the parameters or defaults

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
margin	`margin`	Margin to leave around the box. Suggested values `1em, 10px etc`	Unknown	optional
align	`align`	Alignment of the box Suggested values `left,right,center etc.` Default auto	Unknown	optional
width	`width`	Width of the box Default 80% Example 100px, 40%, etc	Unknown	optional
quote	`quote`	The quote to include in the box	Unknown	required
source	`source`	The name of the source & reference to include in the box	Unknown	optional

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 <includeonly>
   <div class="quote-box" style="margin: {{{margin|1em}}} {{{align|auto}}}; width: {{{width|80%}}}; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #aaa; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black">
-      <blockquote style="margin: 0;">{{{quote|}}}</blockquote>{{#if:{{{source|}}}}} <small>'''{{{source|}}}'''</small>
+      <blockquote style="margin: 0;">{{{quote|}}}</blockquote>{{#if:{{{source|}}}| <small>'''- {{{source|}}}'''}}</small>
   </div>
 </includeonly>
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 |width=100px
 |align=left
-|quote=Example of an important quote}}
+|quote=Example of an important quote
+|source=Clinton the CAT}}
 </nowiki>
 </pre>
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 |width=100px
 |align=left
-|quote=Example of an important quote}}
+|quote=Example of an important quote
+|source=Clinton the CAT}}
 [[Category:Styling templates]]
 == Template Data ==
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 		},
          "source": {
-			"description": "The name of the source & [[Template:Cite web|reference]] to include in the box",
+			"description": "The name of the source & reference to include in the box",
 			"required": false
 		}