Answer

A blockquote can contain paragraph tags, but a paragraph should not contain blockquote tags. Having invalid HTML code results in display issues, so you need to adjust how you are entering your text in the Entry Body field.

• The Convert Breaks Formatting option will insert <p> and <br /> tags automatically depending on where you have line breaks in your entry text. When using this option, you should put a blank line in the entry text between the paragraphs and the blockquote:

  Here is the first paragraph.
  
  <blockquote>Here is the blockquote.</blockquote>
  
  Here is the second paragraph.

  That will format the paragraph tags automatically, but will not put paragraph tags around the blockquote tags.

• If you want paragraphs inside the blockquote itself, compose your text this way to ensure that Convert Breaks Formatting is applied correctly:

  <blockquote><p>Here is the blockquote.</p><p>A new paragraph.</p></blockquote>

  without any line spacing.

• If you're not using Convert Breaks Formatting, make sure that when composing your text, you always use the proper opening and closing <p> tags on the preceding and following paragraphs:

  <p>Here is the first paragraph.</p>
  
  <blockquote>Here is the blockquote.</blockquote>
  
  <p>Here is the second paragraph.</p>

Following the guidelines above will ensure that your HTML is valid and gives you the desired results when viewed on the page.