BB Code Enhancements - Quote It! Emphasize a quote to draw attention

What does this do?
This allows you to add an extra quote to your news/stories/blogs/etc/ anywhere that bbcode is used practically (although not 100% tested, but it does quote as that has been tested) and emphasize and make stand out an area (left or right depending on how you set it up). You've probably all seen news stories where there was a little quote - even in a magazine that stood out and immediately you read it - something interesting. This gives you the ability to do just that.

Any issues?
None really, aside from the fact that you really wouldn't want to use this if you don't have the need to. For example, if you only have one paragraph of text, it will not look right. Also, based on the <style> it will push the quote down and may appear in the signature area. I would only use this if you have a lot of text - see screenshots/examples.


Step 1:
Upload quoteit.png to http://www.yoursite.com/forums/image...or/quoteit.png
Quoteit.png is a famfamfam silk icon - it is a free icon and if you wish, you can use something else. If you use a different image or different location, edit the Button image in the BBCode.

Step 2:
Upload your quote.png/quote2.png image to your website and put the location in the replacement area (see <blockquote> tag line for details). I created quote.png/quote2.png for this use only - please do not claim it as your own.

Step 3:
Add New BBCode:

Title: Quote It!

BB Code Tag Name: quoteit

Replacement:

<style type="text/css">
blockquote {
	color: #AA0;
	display: block;
	padding: 2px 20px 2px;
	font-size: 110%;
	width: 350px;
}
img.floatLeft { 
    float: left; 
    margin: 3px; 
}
blockquote.floatLeft { 
    float: left; 
    margin: 4px; 
}
blockquote.floatRight { 
    float: right; 
    margin: 4px; 
}
</style>
<blockquote class="floatLeft"><p><span><img class="floatLeft" src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/quote.png" alt="" /></span>{param}</p></blockquote>

Example: [quoteit]This is quotable Text![/quoteit]

Description: This allows you to quote a certain part of a news story and emphasize it.

Use {option}: No

Button Image: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/image...or/quoteit.png

Remove Tag If Empty: Yes

Disable BB Code: No

Disable Smilies: No

Disable Word Wrapping: No


Note:
If you want your quote on right side, change:

<blockquote class="floatLeft">

to

<blockquote class="floatRight">

Also, if you want to change the color of the quoted text, just look for this:

<style type="text/css">
blockquote {
	color: #AA0;

and change the #AA0; to whatever color you want.

Temporary Demo (may only last a week or two):
http://www.christianboards.org/forum...74&postcount=1

[rapidphim]

@Spank: nice idea...

@David: how am I going to move the quotation image to the right of the quote instead of the left?

[davidw]

Just a stab, but try this:
In your CSS, change this:

img.floatLeft {
float: left;

to

img.floatRight {
float: right;

and then change this part:

<blockquote class="floatLeft"><p><span><img class="floatLeft"

to

<blockquote class="floatLeft"><p><span><img class="floatRight"

I'm at work so I don't have time to test this.

[rapidphim]

Thanks David. It worked perfectly.

[davidw]

Glad you like it.

[SuperDave71]

Did you ever get a chance to fix the:

However, where it says this... id="{$editorid}_cmd_quoteit" - it isn't working (of course not) - but I've not found a way yet to make it work - possibly this afternoon if I have time.

Thank you!

[karlm]

I haven't installed this yet, but it does look nice! If it works, and I see no reason why it wouldn't, on vbadvanced (and possibly on vbdrupal - as I use both), I'm sure I'll be investigating the option of installing...

Nice work!

[davidw]

Originally Posted by SuperDave71

Did you ever get a chance to fix the:




Thank you!

No, I didn't - sometimes I need a little nudge

Originally Posted by karlm

I haven't installed this yet, but it does look nice! If it works, and I see no reason why it wouldn't, on vbadvanced (and possibly on vbdrupal - as I use both), I'm sure I'll be investigating the option of installing...

Nice work!

I've heard it does work on vbadvanced - but I've not heard any feedback on vbdrupal. It should work wherever bbcode works.

[SuperDave71]

Nudge....nudge...nudge..

lol

Thanks in advance,

Dave

[karlm]

This is nice, but doesn't work within an[indent] tag. (Just an observation, not a complaint).

[davidw]

Ok, figured it out - almost tried to use javascript, but that was going overboard. Find where you want the quick reply button and put this snippet of code in there. I don't know why I didn't use this before. I was having a bald moment.

<td><div class="imagebutton" id="{$editorid}_cmd_wrap0_quoteit"><img src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/editor/quoteit.png" alt="Wrap QUOTEIT tags around selected text" width="16" height="16" border="0" /></div></td>