Quote Slider

A rotating carousel of testimonial quotes from our database.

Understanding the Quote Slider component

Example of the "Quote Slider" component

The Quote Slider displays a set of testimonial quotes in a single rotating carousel. One quote shows at a time, complete with the person's name, role, and affiliation, and the slider cycles through the rest. Visitors can also move between quotes using the left and right arrows or the dots beneath the quote.

The quotes themselves are not written inside this component. Instead, you choose from quotes that already exist in our testimonial database (more on that below). This keeps testimonials consistent across the site and lets you reuse the same quote in more than one place.

When to use the Quote Slider

The Quote Slider works well when you want to feature one or more voices in a compact, eye-catching space. 

Good use cases include:

  • Highlighting student, alumni, faculty, or staff testimonials
  • Adding social proof to a site homepage, custom landing page, or program page
  • Rotating through several short quotes without taking up much vertical space
  • Showcasing outcomes or experiences tied to a specific program or department


Avoid using the Quote Slider for a single fixed testimonial. If you only have one quote you want visible at all times, the Blockquote component is usually a better fit, since it keeps one quotation in place without rotation. If the quotation is long and needs to be read in full, or needs to sit inline within a passage of body text, a Text component will read more clearly than a rotating slider.

Need a new quote, or do not see the one you want?

The quotes available in the slider are created and managed by Marketing Communications. If the testimonial you are looking for is not in the list, reach out to Marketing Communications to have a new one built or added.

Adding and Modifying the Quote Slider

Quotes (required)
This is where you choose which testimonials appear in the slider. Each row is a search field. Start typing in a field to look up an existing quote from the testimonial database, then select the one you want. You can add as few as one quote, or as many as six. Use the drag handle on the left of each row to reorder the quotes, which changes the order they rotate through.

Quote Style (required)
Sets the color treatment of the slider. Choose White or Bright Blue to suit the look of the surrounding page. White is the default.

Supported Content Types:

  • Sites,
  • custom landing pages,
  • academic programs,
  • and academic departments.
Looking for an example?

The Quote Slider is not available on standard Pages. To see how it looks and behaves, view a live example on the Content Demo.