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Create at least 1 quote block first

Got to your admin/settings/quotes

Quotes is quite quirky to install. But at least it requires a Quote Block to be created. Then after creating 1, you will see the settings for that 1 block.

Note that 1 quote block can be configured differently from another quote block.

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Home » administer » settings
quotes

* overview
* configure blocks
* add block

You can define any number of blocks that will each display either a randomly-selected quote or the most-recent quote. The quotes displayed in each block can be restricted to certain node IDs, roles, users, or categories. Each block has a name that is used only for identification on the block administration page and a title that is shown when the block is displayed. The block title can contain the variable %title which will be replaced by the selected quote's title.

Namesort icon Title Filters Operations
Tips Tips - %title user configure delete

(I named it `Tips')

*Click `Configure' and you will see as followd:

Home » administer » settings » quotes

configure quote block

Name: *
Enter a unique name for this block. This will identify the block on the block administration page.

Block title:
Enter the title that will be used for this block when displayed. If desired, you can include the string %title which will be replaced by the title of the quote being displayed in the block.

Type: *
Random
Most recent

Node filter:
To restrict this block to display only certain quotes based on node IDs, enter the IDs here separated by commas, spaces, or returns.

Role filter:
To restrict this block to display only quotes submitted by users in specific roles, select the roles here.

User filter:
To restrict this block to display only quotes submitted by specific users, select the users here.

Category filter:
To restrict this block to display only quotes in specific categories, select the categories here.

You mean Quotes.module - or some packaged Quotes for mass import? Cant help with that :)

Maybe search `Book of Quotes'

Quotes.module is always available from Drupal download

*I said it was quirky to install - actually it is easy, only that when you want to have separate types of Quotes, you will need to add
at least 1 Vocabulary - just for Quotes
And then add terms

And go back to admin/settings/quotes and `Configure blocks' - you will see where a quote should appear in quote type block

Example: History - American / Asian / African ... if the quote is only Asian, then choose in the category for that block titled `Asian' to appear only in `Asian' category

*Note that the title of each block and a category (term) can be exactly the same
*And block title can have like : Asian - %title (auto title display for each quote)

Thanks, Muslimin,

I'll check out those options.

What I'm really trying to do is find a middle road between Quotes and Daily. To be honest, I thought it was gonna be quite straightforward! :)

The thing that seems most lacking in Quotes is that the block doesn't link to the node. It would be great if the title, linked to the quote node, so that folk could comment on it. Then, perhaps 'daily' could be an option alongside 'recent' and 'random', so that a quote is refreshed each day, not each time someone visits the site.

At the moment, I am doing this via the Daily module, with a block that displays the latest post from the 'daily quote' category. It's not ideal, though.