BB Code Enhancements - GTQuotes - custom quote box as seen on vbulletin.org

Now you can have the same bbcode_quote template modification as seen on vbulletin.org.

Why GTQuotes - A Custom bbcode_quote Template Modification?

• Uses the <cite> element to markup the names of referenced quotes.
• Uses the <blockquote> element for quoting paragraphs of text.
• Less code.

1.0.0 VERSION (download gtquotes.zip)

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Instructions:

1. Download gtquotes.zip
2. Upload q.gif to your images/misc folder. (NOTE: I supplied a few quote gifs for you to choose from. Just upload the one that you will use.)
3. Go to ADMINCP / STYLE MANAGER / MAIN CSS
   1. FIND "Additional CSS" table
   2. ENTER custom CSS after your defined CSS: (NOTE: You may need to change image URL.)
4. Go to ADMINCP / STYLE MANAGER / Edit Templates
   1. REPLACE bbcode_quote TEMPLATE

Frequently Asked Questions

Q) What exactly does this modification do?
A) Once implemented, this modification will change the way quotes appear to the reader - similar to how it is here on vbulletin.org.

Not sure what this is suppose to do. Can you provide a screenshot?

Q) Why don't you have a border around the quote?
A) It defeats the purpose as to why I created it. It was created because there's a difference in how the QUOTE and other (ie. PHP, HTML, CODE) bbcodes are displayed. For example, the default QUOTE bbcode is displayed with a 100% width whereas the others are a fixed width. To me, this wasn't consistent with the overall design. It looked fine by itself but in combination with others it just didn't flow. At least not for me.

Q) Why don't you use an endquote?
A) It just doesn't look right when using multiple quotes. It's actually a bit confusing.

Q) Why does my quote image not display?
A)

1. Make sure you uploaded the image.
2. Check custom CSS and:
   1. check that the location of the image is correct (default : /forums/images/misc/q.gif)
   2. check that the name of image is correct (default : q.gif)

History:

• Feb 12th 2008 - GTQuotes - A Custom bbcode_quote Template Modification release

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[alfaowner]

Installed on 3.8.2 with no problems at all!

[bluej]

Originally Posted by mikkitine

Just thought I might provide additional quote images.

Attached are .png versions of the quote image. These can be used on any background and you won't see any white bits hanging off them.

All you need to do is change

.quote{
  margin:15px 10px;
  background: url(forums/images/misc/q.gif) 0 0 no-repeat;
  padding-left:25px}
blockquote.bq{
  font: italic 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
  border-left:3px solid #ccc; 
  margin:0px;
  padding:0 5px}

To

.quote{
  margin:15px 10px;
  background: url(forums/images/misc/b-q.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
  padding-left:25px}
blockquote.bq{
  font: italic 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
  border-left:3px solid #ccc; 
  margin:0px;
  padding:0 5px}

Before placing it in additional css. If you want to use the white quote image change the file name to "w-q.png". Oh, and don't forget to upload the images, hehehe.

thanks for the images

thanks for a great mod, works great on 3.8.4 PL1

[afed]

thank s for the code, works on 4x as well

[ngocol]

thanks just installed on my 4.1.4