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  alessa24 · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm

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  Hi, I just got a new blog on wordpress.com, previously I was self hosted.

  I love, love, love the Twenty Eleven theme, but I’m a bit confused about the quote post format… how does it work? If someone could enlighten me that would be fabulous. Thanks!

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  justjennifer · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 3:37 pm

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  Does this help at all?

  If you have a post that’s almost entirely a quote the Quote Format will make those quotes stand out.

  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 3:40 pm

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  If you select the Quote format and set some text as a blockquote, it wil be more prominent than regular (larger size, no indenting).

  Twenty Eleven also features even more prominent “pull” quotes – see here:

  The workings of Twenty Eleven / Duster

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  alessa24 · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 3:43 pm

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  justjennifer – I’d already read that and found it a bit ambiguous, especially when I selected quote format and the text didn’t.. well… anything.

  panaghiotisadam – thanks so much. :)

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 11, 2011 at 3:54 pm

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  You’re welcome. In case it’s not clear, selecting the quote format will only affect the text you’ve set as a blockquote by selecting it and clicking the bq tool in the visual editor, or by using this in the HTML editor:

  <blockquote>
  PARAGRAPH(S) HERE
  </blockquote>

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  alwayswellwithin · Member · Jun 16, 2011 at 5:22 am

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  Thanks, Panos. It wasn’t clear from the instructions whether you need to select block quote or whether it happens automatically. Thanks for the clarity.