Template:Imagequote2

[edit] Template documentation

[edit] Usage

{{Imagequote|{{{1}}}}}

{{{1}}} = Text of blockquote

[edit] Purpose and example

This template is a more refined version of the {{imagequote}} design. Whereas that template uses the <blockquote> HTML code, calls for two variables, and requires a fixed-size image width, this method is much more adaptive and requires only one variable (the text of the blockquote).

imagequote2 creates a proper blockquote when a left-aligned image would otherwise eliminate the left margin of the quoted text. A standard blockquote (or a template such as {{bquote}}) next to a left-aligned image, as with this code:

[[Image:William Hogarth 017.jpg|thumb|left|180px]]
Paragraph above
<blockquote>Blockquote text</blockquote>
Paragraph below

Produces this result:

Paragraph above

Blockquote text

Paragraph below

Notice that the blockquote does not have a proper left margin. Notice also that this problem does not exist with right-aligned images. The reason for the vanishing left-side margin are somewhat technical and boring (it has to do with CSS and the defaults of the MediaWiki software). When we use the {{Imagequote2}} template, however, the proper left margin is added to the left side of the blockquote. Thus, the code:

[[Image:William Hogarth 017.jpg|thumb|left|180px]]
Paragraph above
{{Imagequote2|Blockquote text}}
Paragraph below

Produces:

Paragraph above

Paragraph below