Using Summary Listing in Blogs
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WHen using the summary setting in a blog, is it possible to:
1) have a summary text field that would show instead of the copy from the article so the text can be more descriptive and promotional of the article itself?
2) Have a copy line or button at the bottom of each listing that would read “Read More…” instead of just a non clickable elipse. I understand that the title is clickable for the article to go to the full text but it isn’t as clear as a Read More link would be after each listing.
Richard,
You can do that. The theme is set up to show an excerpt of each post. If you’ll edit a post and look right below the main content box you’ll find a spot where you can custom craft an excerpt. The text you place there will appear in the list view for each post. It’s also possible to add in a read more link. Here’s how:
- Go to the Appearance section in your WordPress control panel and select Edit.
- From the list of files on your right, choose archive.php
- Find this line:
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
and right below that paste this:
- Save your changes.
That will add in a read more link below the excerpt. If you have any questions, just let me know.
Bill
Addeded fine, but right on top of the next Headline, so I tried to add a space and put a horozontal rule under that to separate the articles as follows:
<?php the_excerpt();?>
“>Read More … <HR><HR />
<?php the_tags(‘<p class=”post-meta”>Tags: ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘</p>’); ?
That added a line after the Read More but no horizontal line. Close but no banana as they say. For a non coder anyway. Suggestions?
Rick
Instead of a HR, you could just add in a border via CSS. That would make it easier to style and position too. If you need help, just leave a link to your blog page and I’ll take a quick look for you.
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