Hey Bowoolley!
You can use the use_excerpt attribute on our shortcodes and that will output the shortened testimonial with a link to the single full version of the testimonial.
Does that do what you are looking for?
Best,
Richard
Hi – it should work, sounds like the right solution, but for some reason adding use_excerpt doesn’t seem to do anything. This is the shortcode I’m using; do you see any problems?
testimonials count=’100′ orderby=’title’ order=’asc’ show_thumbs=’1′ paginate=’1′ testimonials_per_page=’10’ use_excerpt=’1′
I’d love to get this to work, in all other ways it’s perfect!
Have you tried inserting the Read More tag into the Testimonial text, via the editor?
It could be that is needed, and that it is not auto-excerpting the testimonials.
I’ve tried a bunch of things, but none of the changes take effect. I’m offline for a couple of days, but will get back to it this weekend. Thanks so far… 🙂
Hi – finally have a little time to work on the site again. What I’m really looking for is an option to link either the title, author, or content to the post itself so people can comment on it. I still can’t seem to get the “read more” to work, but it’s not exactly what I’d like in any case.
I don’t really have the skills to easily create this option myself; do you suppose it’s something that could be included in the plugin at some point?
Just thought I’d clarify: It would be marvelous to have shortcode options when outputting the list on a page, like:
“client_with_link” that would let the visitor click to see all testimonials (or quotes, in my case) by that client/author, or
“testimonial_with_link” that would link the content of the outputted item to the individual testimonial (quote in my case) for commenting.
I don’t use the “title” field, as quotes are usually just text+author.
I don’t know if this would be useful for actual testimonials, but it sure would be great for anyone using the plugin for a collection of items like quotes! And it would make the plugin multi-purpose as well.
Hey Bowoolley!
Thanks for the suggestions! We are always looking for features to include, and will keep these in mind. Hopefully, we get what you are looking for!
Best,
Richard
