[Resolved] Post Excerpt

[mohamedhassan]

Hi GP team,

When I write a post excerpt to show on my home page blog, It doesn’t end by read more.

Also, how do I use writing features like bold, adding links, and bullet points and so on?

Regards,
Mohamed

[David]

Hi there,

you can use the PHP snippets provided here to add the Read More to a manual excerpt:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/activating-read-custom-excerpt/

The Manual Excerpt metabox does accept HTML.
Best thing to do is to write your excerpt in the main content, switch to the Text view ( not visual ) and copy out the HTML and paste that into your excerpt.

[mohamedhassan]

Then, how to make the color of read more button changeable upon clicking?

And how do we make the width of the button to be in full width?

[David]

Making the button full width will force the button below the content, you can try this CSS to see the effect:

.read-more-button-container a {
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

The readmore button colors match those you set in Customizer > Colors > Buttons.

[mohamedhassan]

Thank you!

[David]

Glad to be of help

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