Title: Blockquote problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Blockquote problem

 *  [wrkreads](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrkreads/)
 * (@wrkreads)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-problem-1/)
 * I have a customized blockquote css set up for my blog, but the first paragraph
   is different from the rest of the paragraphs.
 * example: [http://sarahtest.pwacanada.com/2012/07/incarceron/](http://sarahtest.pwacanada.com/2012/07/incarceron/)
 * I am trying to get all the text the purple colour, but with the spacing of the
   second paragraph.
 * I a using Mantra theme with a custom child. My child theme has the css:
 * blockquote {
    border:3px dotted #34717c; padding:8px; background-color: #eeeeee;
   quotes:none; font-style: italic 14px; margin:6px; clear:none; color: #4F3449;
   line-height:1.3em; }
 * Thanks for the assistance.

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 *  [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
 * (@crondeau)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-problem-1/#post-2896475)
 * The problem with the code is that WordPress messes things up when using blockquotes.
   If you look at the source code, the first sentence is missing the opening p tag.
 * I would try adding the following to your css.
 *     ```
       blockquote p {
        color: #4F3449;
       }
       ```
   
 * That should make the second sentence the same.

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 * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blockquote-problem-1/#post-2896475)
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