Tasha
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Hi All,
I have a wordpress blog (www.tangyjuice.com) that I designed through Artisteer. I am having some trouble creating the "After the Jump" links. Wordpress has a 'more' tag that you can enter right into the post but, it doesn't seem to work with my template.
So, my question is, does anyone know how would I modify my template so that I can use the 'more' function and create my "After the Jump" link?
Thanks so much,
Tasha
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Garry
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Excerpts show up on WordPress through two methods. One, by replacing the template tag the_content() with the_excerpt(). Then the explicit excerpt you have entered in the Administration > Write > Post SubPanel will appear, or the first 55 words of the post's content. Users can then click on the title to continue reading more as you have enticed them with your summary introduction.
The most commonly used method is to keep the_content() template tag and insert a quicktag called more into your post at your desired "cut-off" point.
The quicktags are the little buttons found above the editing window in your Administration > Write > Post SubPanel. They include bold, italic, links, and others, and the famous more. Put your cursor where you want to end the excerpted content of your post and click the more quicktag button. It will insert a code at that point that looks like this:
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Tasha
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Hi Gary,
Thanks so much for your response. I did see the "more" quicktag and I inserted it into the post, followed by the text I wanted placed "after the jump" however, when I preview the post, it all looks like one long post. There's no "after the jump" link.
Any advice? I'd really like to use the more quicktag because I'm new to PHP and would prefer not to manually change codes cause I'd probably screw up my entire template.
 Can you please help?
Thanks
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yourwebpros
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Hell Tasha,
I went through this same problem. The only way I could get it to work was to paste the text before where you put the "more" tag into the Excerpt field that is located directly below you post writing area.
Depending on what version of wordpress your using the Excerpt field box might be loacted at the very bottom of the page. (Its on the same page where your editing your post).
Hope that work
Your Web Pros - Alex
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yourwebpros
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Sorry!! That is supposed to be "hello Tasha" at the beginning of my previous post.
Your Web Pros - Alex
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Tasha
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Hi Alex,
Thanks for the tip (LOL by the way...)
I tried posting the teaser text in the excerpt field but it doesn't seem to work. When I preview the post, only the text in the post window is shown. The text in the excerpt window doesn't appear in the post at all. I even tried adding the "more" tag to the post window and the excerpt window with no luck. My template doesn't seem to recognize the "more" tag at all.
Anything else I can try?
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Andreas
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Tasha, this won't work but you can use the plugin "WP Limit Posts Automatically" which can be found here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-limit-posts-automatically/
There are several options possible which are very usefull for your blog.
Regards,
Andreas
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yourwebpros
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Hello Tasha,
I just tried adding the "more" break to a Artisteer template I made and it worked but when it didn't the below worked.
Lets try this, for an example am going to have three paragraphs in your post. Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3.
It should look somthing like this.
MAIN POST EDITOR:
Paragraph 1
<!--more-->
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
EXCERPT FIELD
Paragraph 1
Not only did add paragraph 1 to the excerpt field but I also used the "more" code.
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