Title: Read more link problem
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Read more link problem
* Resolved [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/)
* Hi guys,
* I’m creating a website for a friend and we’re almost there, there’s just one
big problems i need to solve.
* Here’s the website:
[http://www.melaniemendelewitsch.com/](http://www.melaniemendelewitsch.com/)
* I’m using the Oneengine theme, and i’ve deleted some stuff to make it more simple.
* Now what i did is transform the “categories” into some kind of pages where all
the posts that belongs to this category appears, like so:
[](http://www.melaniemendelewitsch.com/topics/dailybeast)
* Now my problem is that if you click on “Read More” at the bottom of a post, it
takes you back to the homepage.
* NOT GOOD ! NOT GOOD AT ALL!
* what i’d like is for the read more link to take me to either a page with the
entire post or to another website.
And of course the read more of each post
should take me somewhere else.
* Any idea ?
Please i really need your help on this. Thanks !!
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* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5814964)
* P.S: sorry about the whole 2nd part of the post being a link, dunno what happened
there….
* [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
* (@bernbe01)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815025)
* is there an example of this you can link me too please?
* [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
* (@bernbe01)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815026)
* nm i found one –> the big link you posted took me there
* when you were customizing the theme, did you happen to edit the raw php files
for the theme at all? if yes, which did you edit?
* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815029)
* [http://www.melaniemendelewitsch.com/topics/dailybeast](http://www.melaniemendelewitsch.com/topics/dailybeast)
* This is the category page i mislinked before.
* I didn’t really edit anything, i just removed the parts i didn’t want, like the
header, footer, sidebar and menu.
* i also edited some of the css but just to change colors, width and details like
that.
* [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
* (@bernbe01)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815033)
* how did you remove the parts in question? were you editing theme files directly?
it looks like some theme files got changed based on that page you sent me
* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815037)
* yeah i edited category.php, header.php, footer.php and i think single.php too.
* I removed or replaced part of the code there.
* [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
* (@bernbe01)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815058)
* Backup your categories.php file first
* Try uploading the clean categories.php file
* If that works then examine the differences between your version and the clean
one
* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815070)
* I did what you said, and still, the “read more” and the title both takes me back
to the homepage.
* [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
* (@kmessinger)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815072)
* Never modify WordPress core files. It will all go away when you update. You should
reinstall WordPress and use a child theme to make change. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
* As far as I can tell you are using a commercial theme. Your support would be
here at [https://www.enginethemes.com/themes/oneengine/](https://www.enginethemes.com/themes/oneengine/)
* > If you use a commercial theme or plugin and need support, please go to their
> official support channel. In order to be good stewards of the WordPress community,
> and encourage innovation and progress, we feel it’s important to direct people
> to those official locations. Doing this will provide the developer with the
> income they need to make WordPress awesome.
> Forum volunteers are also not given access to commercial products, so they
> would not know why your commercial theme or plugin is not working properly.
> This is one other reason why volunteers forward you to the commercial product’s
> vendors. The vendors are responsible for supporting their commercial product.
* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815075)
* It’s a free engine, not supported.
* Also i made changes to the theme’s files not to the wordpress core’s file.
* I think the problem is since by default all the posts should appear in the home
page, this is why it redirects me to my home page.
The answer would probably
be to change that behavior, but i don t know how.
* I think the problem/solution lies somewhere in these lines:
* ```
```
* [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
* (@bernbe01)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815076)
* is that code contained within the_loop?
* not not, per [the codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_permalink)
you’ll need to get it inside of that
* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815081)
* mmm… ok.
* Another viable solution would be to just remove the read more entirely and make
the title not be a link.
* Would you know how to do that please ?
* [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
* (@bernbe01)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815084)
* replace the code you provided with this and the title will no longer be linked
and the read more will be removed
* ```
```
* Thread Starter [Ollam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollam/)
* (@ollam)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815086)
* Thanks a lot for your help 🙂
* [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
* (@kmessinger)
* [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-link-problem-2/#post-5815112)
* If the theme is not from [https://wordpress.org/themes/](https://wordpress.org/themes/)
it is not supported here but the good news is sometimes someone is online who
is familiar with your theme. You can also put the theme name in the tags list
which might help someone find you.
* Even modifying theme files you should try to use a child theme. A theme upgrade
will wipe out all your customization. The functions file in the child theme is
a great tool for modifying what loads and doesn’t load.
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