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How to do an "extended entry"?? (5 posts)

  1. lostwithsawyer
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    I love the function of an "LJ-Cut" in LiveJournal and was wondering how I could do that in WordPress?

    I originally thought it had to do with anchor tags but I don't necessarily want the rest of the entry shown, only when someone clicks the link and then it shows the rest of it... (for example, for spoilers of tv/movies, etc.)

    Please help! Thanks!

  2. jonlandrum
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    There are two ways that I know of. You can either have your index show the_excerpt instead of the_content, or you can get the plugin Evermore, which truncates the post to the first paragraph, revealing the remainder of the post on the single.php page.

  3. Chris_K
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    As you hover your mouse over those nifty little buttons on top of the editor, watch for the one that says it is "more"

    Experiment with it. I think you'll be pleased.

  4. jonlandrum
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Or, a third way is to use the <!--more--> tag wherever you want the post to stop. That way is probably the easiest.

    Edit: dang it. Too slow. :o)

  5. lostwithsawyer
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    oooh that <more> tag is actually what my friend might've used! (he's not online so I couldn't ask him.. lol) but thanks everybody for your help!! :D

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