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What is a blockqoute tag?

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Quick practical follow-ups to and — extra tips that help quotes behave well across browsers, assistive tech, and search engines.

Many layout "problems" come from CSS resets or frameworks that remove the browser's default spacing. Inspect the computed style in developer tools when a quote looks unstyled. For consistent visuals, give quoted blocks a class and style that instead of relying on defaults. Example CSS (apply to a wrapper or utility class):

.code
.quote {
border-left: 3px solid #ccc;
padding-left: 1em;
margin: 0 0 1em 0;
color: #333;
font-style: italic;
}

For nested quotation marks and language-specific quotes, the CSS quotes property plus open-quote/close-quote pseudo content is useful; it handles nesting without hardcoding characters (CSS quotes).

When attribution is required, wrap the quoted content and its source together so screen readers and bots can associate them. A common pattern is a figure container with an explicit caption that contains a cite for the work title. Example structure (placeholder used for the quoted element itself):

.code
<figure class="quote-block">
<!-- quoted text element goes here -->
<figcaption>— Author, <cite>Source Title</cite></figcaption>
</figure>

Short inline quotations are a different semantic case (see the q element for inline use) — use the correct element for the job (q element). For testimonials or review excerpts, mark them up with structured data so search engines can recognize them (for example, schema.org/Review).

Final caution: avoid using quote markup purely for visual indentation. Maintain semantic markup, include clear attribution, and add a small CSS rule or wrapper when presentation needs to be controlled.

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The <blockquote> element specifies a section that is quoted from another source. You can also include the cite attribute to specify the source of the quotation.

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If you have a long quotation, a testimonial, or a section of copy from another source, you should mark it up as a blockquote element. It is recommended that content within blockquote elements be contained in other elements, such as paragraphs, headings, or lists.
It is a block-level element.

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