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1. 

   Derker
   Member

   I feel Like I am missing the boat on this one... All i want to do is change the text in the WP <--more--> quicktag from 'Read More >>' to something else and I am having the darndest time trying to figure out where to put the following code:

   <?php the_content('Read on...'); ?>

   I have tried putting it in:
   wp's index.php
   thematic's index.php
   my child theme's functions.php
   I even tried putting in content-extensions.php

   all to no avail...
   Any thoughts, insights, leads mucho appreciado

   thx,
   Derk

   Posted 13 years ago #
2. 

   Chris
   Moderator

   Hi Derk,

   this is an example for your child theme's functions.php to filter the "Read More" text:

   function my_more_text($content) {
   	$content = ' ... continue reading the story called "' . get_the_title('', '', false).'" ';
   	return $content;
   }
   add_filter('more_text', 'my_more_text');

   Chris

   Posted 13 years ago #
3. 

   Derker
   Member

   Thanks Chris! Worked liked a charm...

   Posted 13 years ago #
4. 

   Cheryl
   Member

   Related question. . .I'm using the Commune child theme. We love everything about the "Read More" except the location - would like it to show up at the end of the excerpt (rather than starting a new paragraph down below) - where the [...] would be if it weren't an excerpt. Think it would tighten up the spacing on the front page of posts. Possible? Thanks!

   Posted 13 years ago #
5. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Here is one way to go about it:

   You could swap the ellipse out for "Read More" and then hide the original "Read More"
   In your Commune functions.php add:
   

   function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
      return str_replace('[...]', '<a class="excerpt-link green-read-more" href="'.get_permalink().'">Read More &raquo;</a>', $text);
   }
   add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');

   and in style.css add:

   .green-read-more {display: none}
   .excerpt-link.green-read-more  {display:inline-block}

   -Gene

   Posted 13 years ago #
6. 

   Cheryl
   Member

   Hi -
   That works if there's no manual excerpt or "more" tag... but if we use either of those, the Green Read More doesn't show up (and we'd like it to). Below is the code in the Commune Main Index Template (index.php) - there's a reason I used the NOOB question for this ;-) My guess is somewhere in here lies the path to nirvana. Appreciate the help!

   <div class="entry-content">
   <?php //the_content(''.__('Read More <span class="meta-nav">»</span>', 'thematic').'');
   the_excerpt();
   ?>
   " class="green-read-more" title="Read More">
   <?php echo __('Read More <span class="meta-nav">»</span>', 'thematic'); ?>

   Posted 13 years ago #
7. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Sorry, I see that caveat now. You could try this alternative. In style.css add:

   .blog #content .entry-content {padding-bottom: 18px;}
   .blog .entry-content p {display: inline; margin-right:5px;}
   .blog .green-read-more {display: inline-block; }

   and remove the previous function and add this instead to remove the [...]

   function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
      return str_replace('[...]', '', $text);
   }
   add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');

   -Gene

   Posted 13 years ago #
8. 

   Cheryl
   Member

   Nirvana! Thank you so much! It's beautiful!
   Next stop for me is also having it appear in the right place for the category pages.. right now, it's not there at all, just pulls excerpts. I'm playing with it now, have added the alternative css you provided (without the .blog) but with paged .p1 into the "homepage unpaged" section and also in the general content section. No luck so far but I'm still at it. Thank you for your assistance and I totally understand if you have better things to do ;-) Have a great day!

   Posted 13 years ago #
9. 

   em hr
   Moderator

   Change the styles to:

   .blog #content .entry-content, .category .entry-content{padding-bottom: 18px;}
   .blog .entry-content p, .category .entry-content p {display: inline; margin-right:5px;}
   .blog .green-read-more, .category .green-read-more {display: inline-block; }

   and find this line in Commune's category.php
   

   <?php the_excerpt(''.__('Read More <span class="meta-nav">&raquo;</span>', 'thematic').'') ?>

   and replace it with this:
   

   <?php the_excerpt() ?>
   <p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="green-read-more" title="Read More"><?php echo  __('Read More <span class="meta-nav">&raquo;</span>', 'thematic'); ?> </a></p>

   Give that a try

   Posted 13 years ago #
10. 

    Cheryl
    Member

    Double Nirvana! If you are ever near Boulder - coffee's on me!
    Thank you again,
    Cheryl

    Posted 13 years ago #

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