Adding a Read more Button on every excerpt

I tried this in my function.php But didnt work

// Replaces the excerpt "more" text by a link
function new_excerpt_more($more) {
       global $post;
	return ' <a class="moretag btn btn-primary" href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> Read the full article ?</a>';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

In content.php / content-featured.php locate:

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

After it, add:

<a id="more-button" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read more</a>

Or something similar. And apply a css class/btn style to the link.

#more-button { padding: 0 10px; background: red; }

Thanks so much.

I have done it and the button is showing now. But I would need some help to to get the button styled.

Can you check these two links link and link1

There are buttons in the second page, Can I get the Read More Styled like that?

Hi Paul, if you check the theme documentation (Theme Options > Help dropdown) under the section “CSS”, there is a bit there about how to use Firebug. By learning that you can easily inspect and apply any styling as you wish to the button.

Thank you so much for this.

Firebug made my life easy.

hello,
well add “read more” we must think of first-time visitors, who do not know that you can click on the image or dots to read more.
helping a lady for an association, I need to “read more” sinom it will be lost.
I already had to create a page explaining the operation of the site, for example

Manual Site
-To read the entire post, you either click on the title or on the phrase “read the rest of the post …”.
-Know that you can click on the pictures to view full size.
-Click “Close” to return to the post.

I hope this will be in the original theme in a future release.