This post shows how to add custom styles for blockquotes. Based on jekyll-gitbook implementation.

We decided to support the same custom blockquotes as in jekyll-gitbook, which are also found in a lot of other sites’ styles. The styles definitions can be found on the _base.scss file, more specifically:

/* Notes, warnings, and error */
.post .post-content blockquote {
  &.block-note {
    border-color: $bq-note-color;
    background-color: $bq-note-color-bg;

    p {
      color: $bq-note-color-text;
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
      color: $bq-note-color-title;
    }
  }

  &.block-warning {
    border-color: $bq-warning-color;
    background-color: $bq-warning-color-bg;

    p {
      color: $bq-warning-color-text;
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
      color: $bq-warning-color-title;
    }
  }

  &.block-error {
    border-color: $bq-error-color;
    background-color: $bq-error-color-bg;

    p {
      color: $bq-error-color-text;
    }

    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
      color: $bq-error-color-title;
    }
  }
}

A regular blockquote can be used as following:

> This is a regular blockquote
> and it can be used as usual

This is a regular blockquote and it can be used as usual

These custom styles can be used by adding the specific class to the blockquote, as follows:

> ##### NOTE
>
> A note can be used when you want to give advice
> related to a certain content.
{: .block-note }
NOTE

A note can be used when you want to give advice related to a certain content.

> ##### WARNING
>
> This is a warning, and thus should
> be used when you want to warn the user
{: .block-warning }
WARNING

This is a warning, and thus should be used when you want to warn the user

> ##### ERROR
>
> This is an error, and thus should
> be used carefully
{: .block-error }
ERROR

This is an error, and thus should be used carefully