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1. michaeloc
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi I have been struggling to get a solution to this.

   I have set up a 2011 child theme and added several custom post types.

   I would like each entry to show a summary with a read more link, which links to the full entry on it's own page

   in content.php I can see that it is using the following code, can anyone advise how I can edit the code to display an excerpt and readmore link when it's on an index page and a the full content when on it's own page

   ' <div class="entry-content">
   <?php the_content(); ?>
   <?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><span>' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</span>', 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
   </div><!-- .entry-content -->'

2. ChristiNi
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi michaeloc,

   The easiest way to do that in Twenty Eleven is to add the <!--more--> tag in your post where you want the excerpt to end and a "Continue reading" link to be placed:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More

   Hope this helps!

3. michaeloc
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi Christi,

   thanks I think I will go with the easier of the two (add the <!--more--> tag in post)

   This works for posts in the default blog but not for custom posts type entries.

   I used a page template to display the list of posts in my custom post types page and I think this is causing the problem

4. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More#How_to_use_Read_More_in_Pages

   <?php
   global $more;
   $more = 0;
   ?>
   //The code must be inserted ahead of the call to the content
   
   <?php the_content('Continue Reading'); ?>

   Use this to enable it on page templates

5. michaeloc
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   thanks for the code voodoo

   is there a way to have the linked page open at the top of the page rather than open from where the continue reading link

   see link to site

   http://www.ndgtest.com/kinlay/special-offers/

6. michaeloc
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Hi again vodoo

   I checked the codex and found a function that removes the jump link so you can ignore last question thanks.

   BTW I really appreciate both contributions to this thread thanks

7. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Glad you got it figured out!

8. ChristiNi
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   You're welcome michaeloc,

   If you have time, please mark this as resolved and give us the details the function you found that removes the jump link.

   Thanks!

9. michaeloc
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks Christi here's that function

   // sends readmore link to top of page
   
   function remove_more_jump_link($link) {
   $offset = strpos($link, '#more-');
   if ($offset) {
   $end = strpos($link, '"',$offset);
   }
   if ($end) {
   $link = substr_replace($link, '', $offset, $end-$offset);
   }
   return $link;
   }
   add_filter('the_content_more_link', 'remove_more_jump_link');

10. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Thanks for returning and providing your solution to help future readers!

11. ChristiNi
    Member
    Posted 5 months ago #

    Yes, thank you michaeloc!

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