Removing red read more block links on Hero theme

Hello and thanks for the reply!

Found the loop.php

<?php /* If there are no posts to display, such as an empty archive page */ ?>
<?php if ( ! have_posts() ) : ?>
		<h1><?php _e( 'Not Found', 'Hero' ); ?></h1>
		<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'Hero' ); ?></p>
		<?php get_search_form(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<!--loop starts here-->

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

			<div class="post-head">

			<h1><a>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'Hero' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php if ( get_the_title() == '' ) { _e( '(No title)', 'Hero' ); } else { the_title(); } ?></a></h1>

			</div><!--post-heading end-->

			<div class="meta-data">

			<?php Hero_posted_on(); ?> in <?php the_category(', '); ?> | <?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'Hero' ), __( '1 Comment', 'Hero' ), __( '% Comments', 'Hero' ) ); ?>

			</div><!--meta data end-->
			<div class="clear"></div>

<div class="post-entry">

	<?php if ( is_archive() || is_search() ) :  ?>

			<?php the_content( __( '<span class="read-more">Read More</span>', 'Hero' ) ); ?>
			<div class="clear"></div>
			<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '' . __( 'Pages:', 'Hero' ), 'after' => '' ) ); ?>

	<?php else : ?>

 	<?php if ( function_exists("has_post_thumbnail") && has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(array(620,240), array("class" => "alignleft post_thumbnail")); } ?>

			<?php the_content( __( '<span class="read-more">Read More</span>', 'Hero' ) ); ?>
			<div class="clear"></div>
			<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '' . __( 'Pages:', 'Hero' ), 'after' => '' ) ); ?>
	<?php endif; ?>

	<!--clear float--><div class="clear"></div>

				</div><!--post-entry end-->

		<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>

</div> <!--post end-->

<?php endwhile; // End the loop. Whew. ?>

<!--pagination-->
	<div class="navigation">
		<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link( __( '← Older posts', 'Hero' ) ); ?></div>
		<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts →', 'Hero' ) ); ?></div>
	</div>

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not able to customize anything with this theme…can anyone please give me some suggestions. Ready to throw in the towel.

@andrew nevins

I would stick to my own thread but it does not seem to help…so I figured out how to search for similar threads..thanks.

thought that is what this forum is for.

WOW…I thought paying for 2 years of hosting through Godaddy and using your WP service would at least account for something.