Posted 4 years ago #
I'm new to WordPress so be gentile...
On post "listing" pages, only part of the post shows up (a summary) and it ends with a [...]
That seems fairly non-intuative to me, so I'd guess other people that don't know how WordPress blogs "work" will also be confused.
I'd like to replace the [...] with something more obvious like [more...] that is a link to the full post (like the title is).
I've looked but have not found a plugin to do that.
So How would I accomplish this?
i believe the easiest solution would be to edit the index.php in your theme directory, because it is hard-coded in there.
Start with a look at Customizing_the_Read_More
Not to contradict HS - but the [...] appears at the end of the excerpts, when the multipost template files (archive.php, category.php etc.) have the_excerpt template tag instead of the_content.
You can replace the tag and use the resources suggested above or you can use a plugin like the_excerpt_reloaded
No worries moshu. I linked that page as it begins with discussion about the_content vs the_excerpt.
Posted 4 years ago #
Start with a look at Customizing_the_Read_More
So I've read that page a few times now, and unless I'm missing something, or just completly retarded, I don't see how I would use that to replace the [...] bit with something else that is actually linked to the full post, unless I manually include that <!...more...> tag in my post.
However, that the_excerpt_reloaded totally kicks ass!
Now I can get images, etc. in my excerpts and everything! Whee!!!
Thanks folks!
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