'Continue Reading': suggested options don't solve the problem

  • Resolved ferns

    (@ferns)


    8 years, 3 months ago

    I read others’ questions about the ‘Continue Reading’ link and the ideas to either rename it or remove it altogether.

    I decided to remove it as it’s too confusing when I’m (mostly) showing full posts. BUT when I removed it I naively thought there might be some inelegant default ‘read more’ prompt that would show on the few posts where it’s needed instead. But it’s not replaced with anything, so then there’s no way for the reader to know there is more, and no way for them to get there if they did.

    So my issue is that whether I leave it or rename it or remove it, there is actually no way for a reader to tell if there is more or not.

    Is there any way to remove the button and just have the bog standard ‘read more’ functionality available? I suspect not, but I really wanted to ask anyway.

    Thanks

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  • Hi there, please use this

    .entry-utils .read-more{
   display:none;
}

    inside your custom css box.

    Then open your functions.php file and paste this in the end

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

    Try installing the WP Editor plugin to enhance the default editor and then navigate to the /themes/olsen-light/ folder to find the file.

    Dont forget under Customize->Layout Options to check “Display the excerpt instead of the content.”

    Let me know if this works!

    Thread Starter ferns

    (@ferns)

    Thanks for that, it DID work if I was only showing excerpts (but if I was showing excerpts, the original ‘Continue Reading’ link would have worked also).

    So the problem I have is that I want to show full posts 90% of the time. But some of them are really long, so I’m manually inserting a <!--more--> tag in those posts, and it’s just for those exceptions that I need a ‘read more’ link to appear for the reader.

    Hi there,
    you can edit content-entry.php and replace
    the_content( '' );

    with this

    the_content( 'Read More' );

    then Display under Customize->Layout Options the full content.

    Please remove the previous code from your functions.php since it is not needed!

    Thread Starter ferns

    (@ferns)

    You’re a gem, thank you so much! ??

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