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1. a_johnson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   My theme doesn't support the more tag. Which plugin would I use to add that functionality to the theme?

   Thanks.

2. s_ha_dum (was apljdi)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Are you sure? The 'more' function is core WP. At any rate, if the theme doesn't support it, the better-- maybe only-- solution might be a theme edit rather than a plugin. Why do you say the 'lite' theme doesn't support the function? Sorry, I don't have time to download it and look at its source right now.

3. a_johnson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   When I put the more tag in from the menu bar at the top, nothing happens. I have read other places that some themes do not support this tag. I assume I have one of the ones that don't.

   FYI, what I do is have a blog post of some length, place a more tag like so: <!--more--> in between paragraphs and it is invisible. If I use the visual mode, it shows up as text, complete with brackets.

   Never is there any kind of link to view more of the post. This is the F8 Lite theme, specifically.

4. s_ha_dum (was apljdi)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ok. I grabbed the theme and took a look. In the theme's index.php look for 'the_excerpt()' and replace it with 'the_content()' and the more tag should work.

5. a_johnson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I made the change as you suggested. However, nothing is different. I remembered just now that I changed the theme to have one post per page, the original theme was many posts per page. I tried to look for the thread here where I asked about how to make that change but can't find it.

   At this point I think I probably broke the theme when I made that change but don't know how to fix it.

6. s_ha_dum (was apljdi)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   At one post per page the 'more' function may not work at all. Its really meant for multiple listings of posts, though you can force it. Did you physically alter the theme to make it show one post per page or did you change the settings in wp_admin->Settings->Reading?

7. a_johnson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   "Did you physically alter the theme to make it show one post per page or did you change the settings in wp_admin->Settings->Reading?"

   I don't remember. I just followed whatever advice I was given. I assume that since it shows 1 post per page in reading that I did change it in there. I do remember changing something in a theme file but can't remember what or if it was related to this.

   I am assuming the more function is to truncate long posts on the same page and that is how I am trying to use it. I'll dig through your link. Thank you.

8. s_ha_dum (was apljdi)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Right, the 'more' tag allows you to choose where to break the post. Its actually the the_content function, and filters it calls, that does the work.

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