Amazing Examples To Customize Blockquote Style In Blogger/Blogspot

A blockquote is a quotation in a article or post, that stands out from the main text as a paragraph, or block of text. Using CSS, we can give a more professional look to our site or blog by adding a different style, background, color or font to our quotes.

This tutorial will show you how to customize blockquotes style in Blogger along with showing you 6 beautiful examples of customized blockquotes style.

blockquote blogger
How to add quotes to a Blogger post

How to Add Stylish Blockquotes In Blogger

In order to customize the blockquotes style in Blogger, you need to access the HTML of your template and add some code inside the head section. You would need to choose one of the styles suggested below and copy the code which is immediately after.
Step 1. From Blogger's Dashboard > go to Template > Edit HTML


Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and press the CTRL + F keys to search for this tag:
</head>

Step 3. Just above the </head> tag, copy and paste the code of the style that you would like to use:


Style 1


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<style>
.post blockquote {
overflow:auto;width:250px;height:260px;
font-family: "Consolas", "Courier New", Courier, mono, serif;
color:#ffffff;
margin : 15px 35px 15px 15px;
padding : 5px 8px 15px 165px;
clear : both;
list-style-type : none; word-wrap:break-word;
background : url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2DLSJAmYP76mMHjCh3wx1TytGYtDRWJsn7O6phoUoCbf2yQvudWtMou5gDqOLpZEkt3cHTpnvuGjJASaW0JpPdxSff-2Eadp6yPeFRgArMyNBj9QD0vS77xpOgsXgX9dSxJ_H2Z4x9c9/s1600/teacher.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
-webkit-transition:all .3s ease-in-out;-moz-transition:all .3s ease-in-out;-o-transition-duration:all .3s ease-in-out;transition:all .3s ease-in-out;
}
.post blockquote:hover{
background : url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNZy-3icjx1M-s6kMBXipo0f8tJ3Zr7WJ1fZ3rQghHRLvlWoZtVs53mHlrvu63XGtamSZwga92lknxKkgbJMZXttCpsdxX3InprdCwY9xS2DPjxqgWJ13LCcuVFmPWPcHWGm40sBoSh8a/s1600/hover+html+teacher.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color:#F1F1F1;
}
</style>

Style 2

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<style>
.post blockquote {
overflow:auto;width:400px;height:auto;
font-family: "Consolas", "Courier New", Courier, mono, serif;
margin : 15px 35px 15px 15px;
padding : 2px 10px 5px 60px;
line-height:1.7em;
clear : both;
color:#000;
list-style-type : none;
background : #F5F3F3 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1xyf-TheocoDI4M00wVSnDjmParEDR0hsiK1bxuCmstU307v2SgdnlE9ELU6cm8w4DqsqJPlEG6EF6rrBG36uK8NDOKBeIcclBaAJ69zWcPkO7giyAKqrt76e-mIB3G9llKngv7wkguZR/s1600/notepad1.gif) repeat-y top left;
border : 1px solid #ccc;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px  rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
-moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px  rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
box-shadow: 0px 0px 20px  rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
</style>

Style 3

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<style>
.post blockquote {
 display:block;
  background: #fff;
  padding: 15px 20px 15px 45px;
  margin: 0 0 20px;
  position: relative;
    font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: #446578;
  text-align: justify;
  border-left: 15px solid #EBF2F8;
  border-right: 1px dotted #EBF2F8;
    -moz-box-shadow: -1px 2px 5px #ccc;
  -webkit-box-shadow: -1px 2px 5px #ccc;
  box-shadow: -1px 2px 5px #ccc;
}
.post blockquote:before{
  content: "\201C";
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 60px;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #8DACC0;
  position: absolute;
  left: 10px;
  top:5px;
}
.post blockquote:after{
  content: "";
}
.post blockquote a{
  text-decoration: none;
  background: #eee;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 0 3px;
  color: #c76c0c;
}
.post blockquote a:hover{
 color: #666;
}
</style>

Style 4

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<style>
.post blockquote {
padding:10px 15px;
margin: 5px 15px;
border: 1px solid #E1E1E1;
background-color: #F6F6F6;
font-size: 15px;
font-family: Times;
}
.post blockquote:before {
content: "\201C";
color: #F13937;
font-family: Times;
font-size:50px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height:0px;
vertical-align:middle;
}
.post blockquote:after {
content: "\201D";
color: #F13937;
font-family: Times;
font-size:50px;
font-weight: bold;
line-height:0px;
vertical-align:middle;
padding:15px 0px 0px 5px;
}
</style>
Style 5

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<style>
.post blockquote {
background: linear-gradient(#B8DB29, #5A8F00) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 30px 15px 5px;
padding: 15px 30px;
position: relative;
font: 1.6em/1.4 Cambria,Georgia,sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
}
.post blockquote:after {
border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) #B5D928;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 50px 0px 0px 20px;
top: -50px;
content: "";
display: block;
left: 50px;
position: absolute;
width: 0;
}
</style>
Style 6
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<style>
.post blockquote {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
border: 10px solid #FC8E42;
border-radius: 240px 240px 240px 240px;
color: #333333;
margin: 1em 140px 80px;
padding: 70px 70px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
font: 1.5em/1.4 Cambria,Georgia,sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
}
.post blockquote:before {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
border: 10px solid #FFBD54;
border-radius: 50px 50px 50px 50px;
bottom: -40px;
content: "";
display: block;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
right: 100px;
width: 50px;
z-index: 10;
}
.post blockquote:after {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
border: 10px solid #5A8F00;
border-radius: 25px 25px 25px 25px;
bottom: -60px;
content: "";
display: block;
height: 25px;
position: absolute;
right: 50px;
width: 25px;
z-index: 10;
}
</style>
Step 4. Click on the Save template button to save the changes. And you're done!

I hope that you found this tutorial helpful in learning how to customize blockquotes style in Blogger. If you have any questions or suggestions, then please feel free to leave a comment below.

A Simple Related Posts Widget For Blogger

In the last tutorial, we have seen how to add the Related Posts widget that would show related posts with thumbnails from the same category, based on the given labels, which would appear just at the end of your blog posts. However, maybe some of you would prefer the simple version of this related posts widget that will display only the posts titles.

simple related posts widget

If you want to add it, follow the next steps below:

How to add Related Posts Widget to Blogger

Step 1. Go to Template > hit the 'Edit HTML' button and click anywhere inside the code area.

Step 2. Press the CTRL + F keys and type the following tag inside the search box (hit Enter to find it):
</head>
Step 3. Just above the </head> tag, paste the following style:
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'><style type='text/css'>
#related-posts {
    margin: 15px 5px;
}

#related-posts h2 {
    font-size: 27px;
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 1px 0px 2px #888;
    margin-bottom: 0.75em;
}

#related-posts a {
    font-size: 13px;
    color: #888;
    text-transform: capitalize;
}

#related-posts a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #555;
}

#related-posts ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0 0 0px 0;
    padding: 0px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000;
}

#related-posts ul {
    list-style-type: none;
    background: #f9f9f9;
    border-left: 5px solid #f2f2f2;
}

#related-posts li {
    padding: 10px;
    line-height: 1.4;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #E2E2E2;
}

#related-posts li:hover {
    background: #F4F4F4;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var relatedpoststitle=&quot;Related Posts&quot;;
</script>
<script src='http://helplogger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/related_posts.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</b:if>

Customization:

To change the size (27px) and color (#fff) of 'Related Posts' title, change the values in red. For the related post link color, replace the #888 value in green.
To change the background color, replace the #f9f9f9 hex color in red (you can use this Color code generator to pick your favorite color). For the background color on mouseover, change the #F4F4F4 value in red.

Step 4. Now find (CTRL + F) this line below (there will be two lines like this, you should stop at the second one):
<div class='post-footer'>
Step 5. Just above it, paste the code below:
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'><div id='related-posts'> <b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'> <b:if cond='data:label.isLast != &quot;true&quot;'> </b:if> <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'> <script expr:src='&quot;/feeds/posts/default/-/&quot; + data:label.name + &quot;?alt=json-in-script&amp;callback=related_results_labels&amp;max-results=6&quot;' type='text/javascript'/></b:if></b:loop>
<script type='text/javascript'> var maxresults=5; removeRelatedDuplicates(); printRelatedLabels(&quot;<data:post.url/>&quot;); </script><a style="font-size: 9px; color: #CECECE; float: right;" href="http://helplogger.blogspot.com/2012/04/simple-related-posts-widget-for-blogger.html" rel="nofollow" >Simple Related Posts Widget</a></div></b:if>
Note: To change the number of maximum related posts for each label, change the "5" parameter from max-results=5

Step 6. Save the Template and visit your blog > click on any of your posts to see this simple related posts widget in action. Enjoy!