hi
start with index.php
find the_content(' ....... ')
replace it with the_excerpt()
you may want to do the same in
category.php and archive.php
Alright so I changed the code in
index.php from the_content(‘…….’)
to
<?php the_excerpt(‘Read the rest of this entry »’); ?>
It worked but the excerpt post is not showing the “Read the rest of this entry” How can I get the “Read the rest of this entry to show under the excerpt? Looks like I don’t have the category.php but two archive.php files. One is archive.php the other archives.php I did the change in the archives.php but did not see any change.
Roy
(@gangleri)
You can use the more button when writing a post or find yourself an excerpt plugin such as Excerpt Editor.
Can you tell me more about using the more button when adding a new post? Do I just copy the code into the html view or is there a hidden trick to this?
Roy
(@gangleri)
In the visual editor the button simply says more in the html editor it is an icon. Just hover over the buttons and you’ll find it.
[edit] there you go:
deanlee.cn/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/image6.png
This is not wrong
<?php the_excerpt('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
but has no effect – the excerpt is only the_excerpt();
You can use the More tag if you prefer as Gangleri is suggesting – its a matter of preference.
If you want to use the_excerpt and have a read more link at the end, here is some code to put in the theme file functions.php that will do so:
function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
return str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read more...</a>', $text); }
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');
I have done as suggested above but it is still not working. Below is the code from my functions.php Anyone see anything different that I should change?
<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Sidebar left',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</li>',
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widgettitle">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Sidebar right',
'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</li>',
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widgettitle">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
));
function excerpt_ellipse($text) {
return str_replace('[...]', ' <a href="'.get_permalink().'">Read more...</a>', $text); }
add_filter('the_excerpt', 'excerpt_ellipse');
?>
the code I posted only works with the_excerpt() – if you are using the more tag and the_content() it won’t do a thing.
