Excerpt/teaser option for posts

  • rastamad

    (@rastamad)


    18 years, 10 months ago

    I can’t figure out how to make the excerpt/teaser option for our blog posts work. I tried putting the comment <!–more–> after the text of the post that I only want displayed on the blog in the HTML code but it didn’t work out. How should I do this?

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  • Michael Bishop

    (@miklb)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    You say you put the quicktag <!–more–> in the html code- you mean in the index.php template?
    It’s intended to go directly in the post while you are writing.
    I believe there are some plugins that will also handle the duty as well.

    Thread Starter rastamad

    (@rastamad)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    Not the index.php template. I mean the html code of the post. But I also did the same thing in the post but got the same result. Would you know of any plugin I can use?

    Thread Starter rastamad

    (@rastamad)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    I am using a GUI version of quicktags. It doesn’t have a button for the comment tag <!–more–>. Any suggestions?

    Michael Bishop

    (@miklb)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    Hand code it in when you are writing your post. Some suggest it be on its own line as
    blah blah blah
    <!--more-->
    Blah Blah...

    Thread Starter rastamad

    (@rastamad)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    It still won’t work when I am using the WYSIWYG editor in lieu of quicktags. The comment tag only works when I am using quicktags.

    Michael Bishop

    (@miklb)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    You can type the tag in the post is the point I was making. No need for any editors or buttons.

    hoover

    (@hoover)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    When you want to enter the <!–more–> tay, you need to do so when viewing the code. Don’t enter it into the HTML editor when in WYSIWYG mode.

    Bennett McElwee

    (@bennettmcelwee)

    18 years, 9 months ago

    There are a number of plugins that automatically create the teaser. My Evermore WordPress plugin is one; that page also lists a lot of other plugins that do similar things. If you use one of these plugins then you may never need to manually add <!--more--> to your posts.

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