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layout: post
title: a post with custom blockquotes
date: 2023-05-12 15:53:00-0400
description: an example of a blog post with custom blockquotes
categories: sample-posts
related_posts: true
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This post shows how to add custom styles for blockquotes. Based on jekyll-gitbook implementation.
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We decided to support the same custom blockquotes as in jekyll-gitbook, which are also found in a lot of other sites’ styles. The styles definitions can be found on the _sass/_typograms.scss file, more specifically:
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```scss
/* Tips, warnings, and dangers */
.post .post-content blockquote {
&.block-tip {
border-color: var(–global-tip-block);
background-color: var(–global-tip-block-bg);
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p {
color: var(–global-tip-block-text);
}
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h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
color: var(–global-tip-block-title);
}
}
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&.block-warning {
border-color: var(–global-warning-block);
background-color: var(–global-warning-block-bg);
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p {
color: var(–global-warning-block-text);
}
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h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
color: var(–global-warning-block-title);
}
}
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&.block-danger {
border-color: var(–global-danger-block);
background-color: var(–global-danger-block-bg);
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p {
color: var(–global-danger-block-text);
}
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h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
color: var(–global-danger-block-title);
}
}
}
```
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A regular blockquote can be used as following:
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```markdown
> This is a regular blockquote
> and it can be used as usual
```
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> This is a regular blockquote
> and it can be used as usual
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These custom styles can be used by adding the specific class to the blockquote, as follows:
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```markdown
> ##### TIP
>
> A tip can be used when you want to give advice
> related to a certain content.
{: .block-tip }
```
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> ##### TIP
>
> A tip can be used when you want to give advice
> related to a certain content.
{: .block-tip }
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```markdown
> ##### WARNING
>
> This is a warning, and thus should
> be used when you want to warn the user
{: .block-warning }
```
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> ##### WARNING
>
> This is a warning, and thus should
> be used when you want to warn the user
{: .block-warning }
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```markdown
> ##### DANGER
>
> This is a danger zone, and thus should
> be used carefully
{: .block-danger }
```
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> ##### DANGER
>
> This is a danger zone, and thus should
> be used carefully
{: .block-danger }
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