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Quote Blocks

Quote blocks on the frontend.

A specialized version of Dirigible Blocks that features a quote alongside an image.

Usage

On first glance, Quote Blocks looks a lot like Dirigible Blocks. It behaves in much the same way where appearance and layout is concerned. The quote itself has all the same fields as the Small Quote and Large Quote with an additional Image field.

The rightmost block is the same as the Large Quote, in both behavior and appearance. The citation Name is displayed with an <h4> tag. The Title is displayed with the <small> tag.

Change the featured image by clicking on it.

To change the featured image, click on it in the editor to bring up your media library.

Add a headshot to the Quote Blocks in the block editor.

To add a Headshot, click on the headshot icon to open your media library. If you don’t add a headshot, the Name and Title will appear centered underneath the quote on the frontend.

Options

Quote Blocks has a simplified version of the options included in Dirigible Blocks. You can set these when Quote Blocks is focused.

Quote blocks options.

Text Size

Small sets the quote to standard paragraph size, while Medium and Large set the text to scale with window size (2vw and 3.8vw respectively).

Image Alignment

Allows you to make sure the focal point of your Featured Image stays in view.

Block Width

Blocks can be set to one of three widths in the editor: Default, Wide, or Full. Blocks will interact with adjacent blocks differently depending on their width.

Adjusting Block Width

The block width setting is found in your block context bar, which will show up above the current block that you have selected. A block that supports the block widths will show its current width icon in the context bar, and clicking it will allow you to change the width.

If you have the Top Toolbar setting selected, the block context bar will always show at the top of your page, not at the top of your block.

Default Width

The default width of your content is determined by the value set in your Customizer. You can find this setting under Styles » Widths » Content Width. This is the default width of most text-based content and most blog pages. We recommend keeping this set so that your content retains maximum readability, which most studies agree is around 50-60 characters per line.

Wide Width

Wide width content will take up 75% of the available width on the page or the default content width set on your site—whichever is larger. In effect, this makes content take up more of the available screen real estate. When used in conjunction with other wide width blocks, you can shape your webpages in many different ways.

Full Width

Full width content will always take up 100% of the available width on the page. When placed next to default or wide width content, margin will be applied to the full width block to give it some room to breath. When two full width blocks are placed next to each other, however, they will suction together and form a cohesive unit with no margin in between them.

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Swap Blocks

Change the order of the blocks on desktop.

The Swap Blocks setting is used to change the order of the blocks on desktop and not on mobile.

This is an important distinction and can be used to control the flow of your website on mobile, giving your users the best mobile experience possible.

Even if Swap Blocks is enabled, displaying your media on the righthand side on desktop, the media block will still appear above your content on mobile.

Mobile swap blocks example.

Example mobile stacking.

The same blocks viewed on desktop. In this example, the second Blocks group has Swap Blocks enabled.

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Reverse Print

Toggling reverse print will flip the colors from your standard palette to white, which increases contrast and readability when text is placed on dark backgrounds.

You’ll find the reverse print toggle in the block sidebar. Enabling reverse print will affect the block its enabled on as well as everything inside of it. If the block contains Inner Blocks, reverse print will cascade to all descendants.

We recommend using reverse print whenever a block has a dark background and using white text would increase its contrast. While you can set text color on core blocks like Headings and Paragraphs, we strongly recommend using the block-level reverse print instead. This way, you’ll be able to quickly toggle all the content if you change the background color in the future. All Inner Blocks will respect the reverse print setting, even those without color settings themselves.

To read more about contrast requirements on the web, visit here.

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Background Color

Choose any color from your palette to create a background.

Choosing a Background Color

You can choose a color from the block sidebar that will fill your block with a background color. The color options presented here will be colors from your site’s color palette, which you can edit in the Customizer. When using a dark background color, be sure to toggle the Reverse Print option to make sure your text remains legible.

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