Blockquotes vs. Backticks

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  designsimply · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 2:19 am

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  Blockquotes vs. backticks. Should they be differentiated more than this?

  Here is an example of a blockquote:

  Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
  All mimsy were the borogoves,
  And the mome raths outgrabe.

  Here is an example of code inside backticks:

  if(preg_match("/[a-zA-Z0-9_-.+]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z]+/", $foobar) > 0)
  		echo 'yay!';

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 3:13 am

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  That looks fine to me.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 3:20 am

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  I like blockquotes to be set in a bit, separates the text better visually for me.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 7, 2010 at 3:27 am

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  Both look clear and legible.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 4:07 am

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  I think the indent on the blockquotes would be a good idea. Doesn’t have to be too much. A left margin of about 20px seems to look good.

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  designsimply · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 4:14 am

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  Thanks for the feedback. I think the shading without an extra left margin is good for the forums, but I agree with auxclass about blockquotes being indented on a blog in general.

  :)

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 4:21 am

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  I missed the slight shading on my monitor, had to go back and look again to see that there was some shading. Visually was not set apart. I would vote for a slight indent even in the Forums.

  Thanx

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 7, 2010 at 4:24 am

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  Yes, I agree. The blockquote with the shading is distinct from the backticks in the forums.

  On blogs, an indent for blockquotes make them more easily recognizable as different from the rest of a post.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jul 7, 2010 at 4:30 am

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  I missed the slight shading on my monitor,

  Indents in these forums would make them look more complicated. Perhaps just a little darker shading.
  And perhaps a little darker border around the backticks.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 5:00 am

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  I am really, really lazy and always use backticks because one keystroke is way easier than 12.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2010 at 5:30 am

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  what Tess said goes gor me too > https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blockquotes-vs-backticks?replies=10#post-483106