Title: Blockquote & URL generating plugins
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Blockquote & URL generating plugins

 *  [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-038-url-generating-plugins/)
 * My only quarrel with the default WP blockquote feature is that if you display
   an image on the left side of the post you will not see the blockquote line (which
   also displays on the left). That in turn destroys the reader’s ability to see
   that the passage is a quotation. You can see an example of this with the first
   image in this post:
    [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/12/yossi-beilin-has-seen-the-future-and-he-is-marwan-barghouti/](http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/12/yossi-beilin-has-seen-the-future-and-he-is-marwan-barghouti/)
 * I’d like to find a blockquote feature that will be visible regardless of whether
   an image is displayed on the left side. If there’s a way to use css to get the
   current blockquote tags to display even with a left oriented image, that’d work
   fine for me. Say, when the image is on the left, the blockquote line would move
   to the right. Or a new plugin would be fine as well.
 * Also, I was wondering if there’s a quicker & easier URL generating plugin that
   the default Link tag. For example, I believe that Wikipedia uses a [] system 
   which doesn’t require using tags at all. That system seems quicker & easier to
   use than all the mouse clicks involved currently in creating a URL.
 * Pls. let me know if you have solutions to either issue which you like.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-038-url-generating-plugins/#post-293352)
 * That’s a theme issue, not a core WP issue. Have you contacted the developer of
   your theme?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-038-url-generating-plugins/#post-293354)
 * As for easier linking, try:
 * [http://www.semiologic.com/software/smart-link/](http://www.semiologic.com/software/smart-link/)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Posts_Formatting](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Posts_Formatting)
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-038-url-generating-plugins/#post-293359)
 * Thanks for that information & the suggestions. Since I didn’t realize it was 
   a theme issue I haven’t contacted her. Though I once wrote her an e mail on a
   diff. subject which she never responsed to…but I’ll try again.
 *  Thread Starter [richards1052](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richards1052/)
 * (@richards1052)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-038-url-generating-plugins/#post-293367)
 * Macmanx: I’m sorry to admit this, but I’ve been through Denis’ FAQ pg. & looked
   through the WP forum for specific directions on how you create the smart link&
   not found anything helpful.
 * He writes the following:
    `[Semiologic->http://www.semiologic.com] returns <a
   href="http://www.semiologic.com">Semiologic</a>`
 * Is there a specific keystroke you use to get the –> character? Or is there supposed
   to be a tag for it in the interface (I don’t see one). I’m also assuming there
   is no Smart Link link within the interface for configuring the plugin since I
   don’t see one. Or am I wrong about that?
 * Maybe there’s a forum post here which explains these things & I didn’t find it.
   If so, I’d be glad to find out.
 * **UPDATE**: Duh…I didn’t realize it’d be as simple as these characters ‘->’. 
   Sorry for not getting it till now.

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