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1. jannhowell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   I am trying to display automatic post excerpts on the main index with a link leading to the entire post. When I use <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <span class="custom_read_more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read Entry → </a></span> it displays two "read more" links on posts that have <!--more--> in the content area.

   What I'm looking for is something like:

   if: <?php the_content('Read More'); ?>
   then: <?php the_content(); ?>
   else: <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <span class="custom_read_more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read Entry → </a></span>

   I know that's not actual code, just needed to illustrate what I'm looking for.

   If this is possible, please help. Thanks in advance!

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   the first line checks for the code of a more link in the content, and then acts accordingly:

   <?php if(strpos(get_the_content(),'#more-')) {
   the_content('Read More');
   } else {
   the_excerpt(); ?> <span class="custom_read_more"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read Entry → </a></span>
   <?php }; ?>

3. jannhowell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   tried the code above, but still duplicates the "read more" link on posts with <!-- more -->

   :(

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   a link to your site mioght help to illustrate your problem.

   and or the name of your theme.

   there might be some code in functions.php that appends the 'read-more' to excerpts.

   check the docu:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt#Make_the_.22read_more.22_link_to_the_post

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More

   also, it might help if you could paste the full code of your template into a http://wordpress.pastebin.com/ and post the link to it here.

5. jannhowell
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you were right about the functions.php, it works fine now.

   Thanks!

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