Separate “Read more” from “php the_content”

link?

I don’t have a link at the moment, just doing some testing and research.

Basically, is there a php string in WP to call the “read more button”, which is separated from the get_content string?

E.g. this:

<?php the_content('Read more &raquo;'); ?>

Becomes:

<?php the_content(); ?> and this <?php ('Read more &raquo;'); ?>

yes, it’s possible to do that. but i need to see your theme and your codes. until then i cannot tell you anything about the way you can do it.

nah, this is probably what you want.

Peter

@kiano.ro: I posted the code, I’m basically looking to separate the two, there isn’t more to it, it’s not theme specific.

Is there a code which resembles <?php ('Read more &raquo;'); ?> (without the “get_content” part)?

In your new div, but within the same loop, put:
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>Read More</a>

@jrav001: Thanks for the tip, it works, however, it always displays the “Read more” button, even if read more isn’t used in the post.

You can add code to the string….
<?php the_content('<div>Read more &raquo;</div>'); ?>

If you’re trying to end the content DIV and start a new one, then you could use..

<?php the_content('</div><div>Read more &raquo;'); ?>

The first closing DIV will close the current DIV (the one the content is in i assume), then open a new, which would be closed by the contents regular closing tag..

So rather then having..

<div>
some content
<div> more </div>
</div>

you’d end up with..

<div>
some content
</div><div> more
</div>

..is that what you mean?

@t31os_

Yep, that’s exactly what I mean. I solved it partially by doing this:

<?php the_content(''); ?>

And then this, in a separate div:

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read more</a>

However, a new problem emerges: the “Read more” button will always be present, linking to the post, whether <!--more--> is specified in the post or not.

bump

Example:

<?php if( strpos( $post->post_content , "<!--more-->" ) != false ) { ?>
	<div>
		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read more</a>
	</div>
	<?php } ?>

To add to the above, the reasoning for using $post->post_content over get_the_content is simple.

With get_the_content, the data has already had the shortcodes processed, therefore <!--more--> will not exist, the same does not ring true for $post->post_content.

ghaib please mark your thread as resolved if the information supplied was sufficient.

Thanks t31os_

worked for me ??

jrav001 nearly had it but use span with display:block; not div otherwise code will not validate ;)…

PHP:

<?php the_content('<span class="more">Read More &raquo; </span>'); ?>

CSS:

.more {
  display:block;
  margin-top:10px;
  text-align:right;
}