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Read More button "bug"
5 replies · Started by Scott on December 7, 2017
Tom,
I really love your GeneratePress theme. I'm learning how to use it on a website for a School Bond issue.
I would like to use hand crafted "excerpts" in the blog post page. I and the other team members will craft the excerpts manually to generate interest.
However, when I do so, the "Read More" button that I really like disappears. It only shows up on posts where I don't define a hand crafted excerpt and let the theme grab the first X characters from the post.
It seems to me if I choose to use the "Read More" button that this button should show up whether I use a hand crafted excerpt or not. Can this be fixed in a future update?
- Scott
Hi Scott,
This has actually been brought up a couple times now and we are looking into it.
Here is the interim solution: https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/how-to-display-read-more-when-using-the-excerpt-field/#post-297608
Thanks for letting me know you are looking into it for a future update. I'm not too keen on editing even a child theme's functions.php file.
Instead I've added a plugin called "Read More Excerpt Link" and added some CSS to make it look like a button:
/* create what looks like a Read More button */
.read-more-link {background-color:#222; padding:.5rem 1rem; color:white !important; border-radius:1rem;}
.read-more-link:hover {background-color:#999;}
Let me know when you've added it to the theme and I'll pull the CSS and plugin out.
Thanks again,
Scott
Thanks for sharing your solution!
Hi Leo,
i have the same problem with the Read More Button.
I am using the version GP Premium 1.7.7.
Is the Problem nit fixed?
Best Regards
Marcel
Hi there,
its not a bug but the way that WordPress handles excerpts. To use the readmore link with manual excerpts follow Tom's instructions here:
