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1. zugu
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   When I create a new post and break it with the <!--more--> tag, the "Continue reading" message appears under the truncated post when I view the homepage.

   However, I want to change the "Continue reading" text to something else, so instead of <!--more--> I use <!--more My text here -->. Now here's the problem: when I view the homepage, the post is truncated where the <!--more --> tag was inserted (expected behavior), however my custom text is missing (unexpected behavior)! There's not even the default "Continue reading" text, instead, the number of comments is displayed.

   I read some articles on the Codex, but all instructions say that I should be able to see the truncated post and the custom <!--more--> text under it. So something is definitely wrong.

   I'm using a freshly installed Wordpress 2.8.1.

2. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More

3. zugu
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   As I said before, the Codex has already proven its uselessness.

4. esmi
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Then you're not reading it properly. However, if the above doesn't suit you try:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content

   And note the use of the $more_link_text parameter. That's where you set you own custom link text.

5. samboll
   moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Codex has already proven its uselessness.

   really? you can solve your problem easily with that documentation - esmi gave you more options
   codex useless? really?

6. spstieng
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Please remember that on the home page ( is_home() == TRUE ), the <!--more--> tag is ignored unless you turn it on again using the following code: (...)

   Why is the more tag ignored on is_home ?

7. esmi
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Where does it say that? Perhaps it means if the front page is set to display a WordPress Page as opposed to list of recent posts?

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