Pages and Read more link

  • Have created a site https://www.test.gigajobs.com.au

    am struggling with the concept of the read More link within the homebox for a page. Its seem that the readmore link is displayed at the end of the page

    </div>
    <div class=”homeBox”>
    <h2><?php echo $box2->post_title?></h2>
    <?php echo apply_filters(‘the_content’, $box2->post_content);?>
    “>Read more »

    How do i set it so it is displayed after 5 lines within the homepage homebox and when read more is selected the whole page is displayed

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  • The ‘Read More’ link is usually a shortcode embedded in the text of a post or page. Edit the page, position the cursor where you want the link, and click the icon in the editor bar to place the shortcode.

    Thread Starter gigajobs

    (@gigajobs)

    Have tried the shortcode and still doesn’t work. When selecting readmore in the pages editor it is not displayed within the page

    Can you post a link to a page where the readmore shortcode has been inserted, but does not show on the page?

    Thread Starter gigajobs

    (@gigajobs)

    https://www.test.gigajobs.com.au/?page_id=15

    OK – the readmore link is ignored on single pages. After all, a single page is meant to display the entire post, not a ‘teaser’ for the post.

    If you have long posts that you want to divide into parts, see the Page-link tag.

    Thread Starter gigajobs

    (@gigajobs)

    Thanks.. Just wanted the same look as the homeboxes on the demo of the template I downloaded. https://wordpress.site5.net/boldy/

    Could you help in figuring out how the homesboxes were implemented?

    The homeboxes are displayed on a page with multiple posts. When you click on a ‘Read More’ link, you are taken to a page that is defined in the WordPress hierarchy with a single post. Once on that page, there is no further sub-display defined in the WordPress hierarchy.

    The link you posted is for a single post. That is at the end of the WordPress hierarchy, and there is nothing further to link to. So, the ‘Read More’ cannot work on such a page.

    Thread Starter gigajobs

    (@gigajobs)

    Thanks for you help vtxyzzy. Still confused.. am a noob. Need serious hand holding!

    You gave a link to a page as an example of where you want the ‘Read More’ to show up. That link points to a screen that shows a single post. The ‘Read More’ cannot be used on single posts.

    Thread Starter gigajobs

    (@gigajobs)

    sorry still confused. could you provide step by step if possible

    What you want cannot be done! The ‘Read More’ cannot be used on single posts.

    Thread Starter gigajobs

    (@gigajobs)

    So your saying that I need to create a page with multiple posts? How is this achieved like https://wordpress.site5.net/boldy/

    With all due respect to vtxyzzy, the page in question is a WordPress Page – not a Post. You need to create a custom query/secondary Loop that pulls in excerpts from other Pages or Posts.

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