Template:Cquote/doc
Usage
The first parameter takes the quote itself, the fourth the author, and the fifth the work being quoted. The second parameter defines the size of the quote mark and the third is not used.
See {{quote}} for single quote marks.
Basic example
{{cquote|The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.}}
gives the following result:
| “ | The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs. | ” |
Using other parameters
There are five automatic parameter that can be used with this template. The first parameter is the quotation, as seen in the example above.
Define the origin and source:
The 4th and 5th parameters define the author and source of the quote respectively.
{{cquote|The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.|||Louis de Bernières|Birds Without Wings}}
gives the following result:
| “ | The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs. | ” |
Control size of quote:
The second parameter defines the size of the quotation marks.
{{cquote|The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.|60px||Louis de Bernières|Birds Without Wings}}
gives the following result (default font size for the quote mark is 30px; other options are 10, 20, 40, 50 or 60px):
| “ | The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs. | ” |
—60px | ||
Control size of quote with a 'size', 'quotewidth' or 'width' parameter:
These three parameters can be defined in any location in the template. In the following example they are tagged onto the end.
{{cquote|The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs.|||Louis de Bernières|Birds Without Wings|size=40px}}
gives the following result :
| “ | The ink of the learned is equal in merit to the blood of the martyrs. | ” |
For the record
As used here in citizendium there is no 3rd parameter defined in the template. Possibly this is due to it having been imported from a different location and subsequently modified. Also there is no obvious reason for using 'size', 'quotewidth' or 'width' parameters at citizendium. This might be a remnant of an ancestor version being used in conjunction with other more complex templates.
The third parameter was used for the desired height; See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cquote