@evan: I got the same problem as Chris. It seems, Chris explained the problem insufficient. So let me give a try. The problem is not situated at the timeline, but at the single post, which is linked by the “Read more” button. Chris’ website is in French, my is in German. In both cases the English term “Announcement Date” doesn’t fit to the language of our sites. Therefore a solution could be, either to hide “Announcement Date” from the post page, or to provide a possibility to translate the term in a foreign language. None of both options is available now. Your proposal, switching off the visibility of the announcement date, concerns the visibility of the date at the timeline, not at the single post. Therefore it can’t solve the problem. Both, Chris and me, appreciate the “Read more” feature. Switching it off is not a solution.
In this context, there are some more issues: It is not possible to configure an individual breakpoint betweeen the excerpt and the rest of the text on individual level of an announcement. Up to now, there is a global option to define either a random length of the excerpt (I have no idea, who needs this) or to define an “Announcement Excerpt Length” as a number of characters. Both options don’t fit to my expectations. I would highly appreciate an option on individual level of announcement, to define the breakpoint between the excerpt and the rest of the text.
To solve the problem, I’m thinking about a workaround: The excerpt will be the only text of the announcement. The full text will be content of a separate blog post. And the “Read More” function will be substituted by an individual link from the announcement at timeline to the appropriate blog post. I haven’t tried it yet, but it should be possible. And it could solve all problems mentioned above.
BTW: It’s a good idea to support the development by purchasing a support license. Thanks for providing this opportunity!
Kind regards,
Eckhard
