Okay, this one is short & sweet. Earlier today I was tinkering with one of my Pages and used the code that gets inserted when you add an image to your Page to create a pull quote. Preferring to use the more semantically correct blockquote tag, I decided to do some more tinkering. Below is what I came up with.

Depending on the length of the quote and the individual words, some pull quotes will look better than others, so if you know a little CSS you can further adjust it to your liking. I wouldn’t go too crazy though. (Mostly because I don’t want Charles to be pissed at me for encouraging you guys to experiment, heh—I can hear it now, “Damn it, CL! See what you started?? Now I’m going to have to…”)

UPDATE: You can get the code from my pastebin Directions are included in a comment. Thanks to our host, Charles, there’s now a new & improved (easier) way to create pull quotes. Read how to do it here.

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“This is your pull quote text. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…”

—Author’s Name

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