---
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
tags: formatting blockquotes
categories: sample-posts
giscus_comments: true
related_posts: true
---
This post shows how to add custom styles for blockquotes. Based on [jekyll-gitbook](https://github.com/sighingnow/jekyll-gitbook) implementation.

We decided to support the same custom blockquotes as in [jekyll-gitbook](https://sighingnow.github.io/jekyll-gitbook/jekyll/2022-06-30-tips_warnings_dangers.html), which are also found in a lot of other sites' styles. The styles definitions can be found on the [_base.scss](https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/blob/master/_sass/_base.scss) file, more specifically:

```scss
/* Tips, warnings, and dangers */
.post .post-content blockquote {
    &.block-tip {
    border-color: var(--global-tip-block);
    background-color: var(--global-tip-block-bg);

    p {
      color: var(--global-tip-block-text);
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
      color: var(--global-tip-block-title);
    }
  }

  &.block-warning {
    border-color: var(--global-warning-block);
    background-color: var(--global-warning-block-bg);

    p {
      color: var(--global-warning-block-text);
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
      color: var(--global-warning-block-title);
    }
  }

  &.block-danger {
    border-color: var(--global-danger-block);
    background-color: var(--global-danger-block-bg);

    p {
      color: var(--global-danger-block-text);
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
      color: var(--global-danger-block-title);
    }
  }
}
```

A regular blockquote can be used as following:

```markdown
> This is a regular blockquote
> and it can be used as usual
```

> This is a regular blockquote
> and it can be used as usual

These custom styles can be used by adding the specific class to the blockquote, as follows:

```markdown
> ##### TIP
>
> A tip can be used when you want to give advice
> related to a certain content.
{: .block-tip }
```

> ##### TIP
>
> A tip can be used when you want to give advice
> related to a certain content.
{: .block-tip }

```markdown
> ##### WARNING
>
> This is a warning, and thus should
> be used when you want to warn the user
{: .block-warning }
```

> ##### WARNING
>
> This is a warning, and thus should
> be used when you want to warn the user
{: .block-warning }

```markdown
> ##### DANGER
>
> This is a danger zone, and thus should
> be used carefully
{: .block-danger }
```

> ##### DANGER
>
> This is a danger zone, and thus should
> be used carefully
{: .block-danger }
