In Their Own Words
Grinnellians all bring their own voice to the community, and quotes let you capture and share their voices.
Full-featured WYSIWYG editors let you add quotes using two icons:
- Quote Embed: For text only quotes.
- Quote Wide Embed: For text and images.
Note: Story: Feature and Story feature a quote field which is slightly different from these but also allows for a quote and image.
Methods of Adding Quotes
You can enter small (horizontal) or large (full) quote embeds using Quote Embed.
- Small quotes:
- contain a quote and source
- can be floated to the right or left
- are designed for relatively short quotes embedded within other content
- Large quotes:
- contain a quote and source
- expand the full width of the component
- are designed for larger quotes and block quotes
To add a Quote Embed:
- Click on the Quote Embed icon.
- In Quote, enter the text of your quote. Do not include quotation marks at the beginning or end. Drupal will add those automatically.
- In Source, enter the source of the quote. For example, the name of the person quoted or the article the quote is from.
- Click Add Quote.
- Under Display As, select either:
- Full: Displays the quote across the width of the content.
- Horizontal: Displays the quote as a small text box floated to the right or the left of content.
- Under Alignment, select one of the options. Float left or right will allow content below the quote to wrap on the other side.
- Click Save.
To enter a large quote with an image use Quote Wide Embed.
To add a Quote Wide Embed:
- Prepare your image. The ideal image is 500 pixels square or slightly larger. Images will be cropped and resized if larger.
- Click on Quote Wide Embed.
- Click Browse to find and select your image.
- Click Open.
- Add Alt Text.
- In Quote, enter the text of your quote. Do not include quotation marks at the beginning or end. Drupal will add those automatically.
- In Source, enter the source of the quote. For example, the name of the person quoted or the article the quote is from.
- Click Add Quote.
- Click Save.
When you add a quote using Quote Embed or Quote Wide Embed, Drupal creates a media record. You won't be able to edit it directly at that point.
To edit a quote:
- CTRL+click or double-click on the quote from the WYSIWYG editor. The Embed media dialog box appears.
- Click on the link in Selected entity. The media record will appear.
- Edit the quote.
- Click Save.
Alternately:
- Click Media in the black Admin bar.
- Search for your quote. Select “Quote Embed” or “Quote Wide Embed” in Provider to narrow your results.
- Click Edit in the Operations column.
- Edit the quote.
- Click Save.
To remove a quote, right-click it and select Cut.
Using Story and Story: Feature, you can add a quote, image, source, and link to more content in a way that catches people's attention.
The combo is designed for times when you want to tell a rich, detailed story about a Grinnellian and feature the person on other pages with a link to the larger story.
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