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* Can anyone help me fix that code. I would like to trim the content to certain amount of words. Then, whenever someone click the readmore, it will brings me to another page which shows the whole content. * any advise ? * [it’s for this page](http://ocklaw.com/new/news/) * I am using post to post the content, I do not know what I would name the page that shows the whole content. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * (@davy_yg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616095) * Additional information: * ```... read more >
``` * Is there any way to place the post page-name or title in the href ? page-name is better I think, so whenever people click the a href it will expand the post content. * [Gary Darling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garydarling/) * (@garydarling) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616108) * [This tells you everything](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content) you need to know about read more. * Thread Starter [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * (@davy_yg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616254) * I’ve tried adding this: * and it still does not show me the read more. and also where to place the link name ? * Thanks. * [Gary Darling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garydarling/) * (@garydarling) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616257) * Just to make sure we are on the same page, are you expecting the ‘read more’ to show on the single post page? Because it won’t – it only shows on pages that show multiple posts, like a listing of all your latest posts, or a category page. * When you create a post you can insert a <–more–> link so that when that post shows on a category or archive page, you only see the text above the more link. But when you visit the post itself you see all of the text, unless you are using a pagination plugin. * Thread Starter [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * (@davy_yg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616258) * Yea, it’s for this page: [Page News](http://ocklaw.com/new/news/) * Is this the correct syntax to show the read more next to content ? * First, I still do not see the read more. Second, where to place the link address? * [Gary Darling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garydarling/) * (@garydarling) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616284) * Are you using the code inside The Loop? It will only work there, reason I ask is that your content appears to be static, as though you hand-crafted the page rather than let WordPress show the posts thru a standard loop query. You have to use The Loop. * Once you have it inside the loop, the_content gets the id of the post and converts it to a hyperlink, then shows the default ‘more’ text unless you override it inside the parens. So, * `` results in **(more…)** `` results in **Read more** `` results in **“Continue reading ACTUAL POST TITLE”** * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616286) * Are you adding a `` link somewhere within your Post Content? * Thread Starter [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * (@davy_yg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616307) * Yes, I do have loop: ** The read more does not display correctly. * [About – News](http://ocklaw.com/new/news/) * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616310) * Are you adding a `` link somewhere within your **Post Content**? * Thread Starter [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * (@davy_yg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616311) * Hmm.. nope. I do not see any of that sign. What is it for by the way ? * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616312) * > Hmm.. nope. I do not see any of that sign. What is it for by the way ? * That is the comment that **you have to add** to your Post Content, in order to invoke the “read more” link. * Thread Starter [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * (@davy_yg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616327) * ok, I’ll try this: *
* and it still does not show me the read more. * [Ming Sheu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msheu/) * (@msheu) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616328) * needs to go into the actual post content when you write the blog post. * It does not go in the php template file. * [Gary Darling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garydarling/) * (@garydarling) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616329) * In your html Post editor there is a **more** button, click that when the cursor is where you want the link. * [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/#post-2616335) * > ok, I’ll try this: > ``` > > > ``` > > and it still does not show me the read more. * That’s your **template file**. You need to put the `` tag in your actual **Post Content**. * For example: * > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce auctor sollicitudin > lacus vel condimentum. Vivamus vitae lectus venenatis sapien auctor commodo. > Fusce vel purus tellus. Donec porta porta eros quis aliquet. Sed a sagittis > odio. Proin fringilla gravida urna, et rutrum dolor blandit euismod. Donec > tincidunt justo sed est consectetur hendrerit. Proin ut imperdiet velit. Cras > mollis nunc et nulla imperdiet nec mollis urna lobortis. > `` > Nullam ut lacus vitae arcu condimentum sollicitudin ac ac eros. Quisque accumsan > auctor erat, eget venenatis nisl lacinia id. Suspendisse eget magna turpis. > Aenean rhoncus, mauris nec ullamcorper bibendum, ligula diam blandit diam, > vel rhoncus purus sapien non mi. Aenean a convallis arcu. Phasellus non est > mollis eros lobortis vestibulum consequat ac arcu. Fusce justo urna, ultrices > ut varius a, eleifend ac justo. Sed ornare rhoncus turpis sed accumsan. Curabitur > dignissim, justo id facilisis elementum, mauris orci convallis augue, non scelerisque > lacus dolor et lorem. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Phasellus laoreet imperdiet > odio, ac tristique sem dictum et. Proin mattis, eros in dignissim dignissim, > nibh tortor congue nibh, at lacinia erat elit vitae diam. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘content’ is closed to new replies. * 19 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [davy_yg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davy_yg/) * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-8/page/2/#post-2616368) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics