Collis from FreelanceSwitch introduced me to this fantastic little plugin. I first noticed it when he let me know my new post had been made live and I saw these really cool pull quotes.
After I got a little over-excited I investigated to find the plugin he had used and installed it on my own blog.
How the plugin works, and the clever thing that makes this so special, is rather than just being a CSS trick it uses Javascript to style your text allowing you to have the quote pulled from the main content without showing duplicate text in your RSS feed.
The default styles do not look half as nice as the custom pull quote Collis edited but there is still a small selection to choose from.
If the Javascript does not cause any problems I think it will be a great way to break up text and make our content even more skimmable and inviting.
Absolutely love this plugin.. always wanted the newspaper like quotes to use on my blogs and this surely does seem the perfect option…
Thanks to Collis and you for this Chris.. will surely be trying this one out.. hopefully it will be compatible with most browsers (the javascript part)
Looks great EXCEPT… many people don't allow javascript to be displayed. That's one of the issues I'm having actually. Trying to implement a few ideas that are normally javascript driven some other way because I know people will potentially miss them.
Until I read more about what are the key quotes to be placed into the boxes (what to pull out) by reading more newspapers and magazines, this plugin site will remain in my bookmark list.
Hey, thanks for the mention — glad you like the plugin.
I think that site you mentioned is the _first_ I've seen to take advantage of the ability to make custom pull-quote styles.
A commenter said: "Looks great EXCEPT… many people don’t allow javascript to be displayed."
That's correct, which is _why_ I used JavaScript. This function is purely cosmetic, so if it doesn't run — no harm, no foul. But because it's JavaScript, it doesn't duplicate content when JavaScript is unavailable (as, say, a PHP solution might), which keeps your feeds clean, among other things.
This _could_ be implemented with PHP, and add content directly into the post. I chose JS instead for those reasons.
This is a very nice plugin, it looks great, very professional! I will use it on my new food blog, thanks a lot!
It surprises me that there is a plugin written to create a pull quote. Though I try to minimize on the use of Javascript, this plugin seems to be a good bet.
Thanks for the lead. Checking it now…
The quote clearly look more neat and stand out from the content. Where do you donwload this plug-in, Chris?
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