Easy “Read More” for posts

  • Resolved rraedeke

    (@rraedeke)


    8 years, 5 months ago

    I am new to WordPress and plodding my way through a website for my daughters arts magnet school.
    We have 6 different choirs and I am working with the directors to catagorize their posts to specific groups so we can then list those posts on choir specific pages.

    Frequently the posts can be long and once that happens the kids and parents aren’t scrolling down to get to the remainder. I am looking for an easy (read, the directors need to be able to do this) way to insert code in their posts so that it only displays the first sentence until you hit “Read More”. (or something like this)

    I have a couple work around methods (hotlinks, etc) but none of them provide the ability to set the category of the post and have it auto populate into specific pages.

    I’ve looked at some of the plug ins, but get very overwhelmed with the code. And if I can’t figure it out, then it will be a disaster for the directors.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    Thank you
    Richard

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  • Hello Richard,

    This should be able to do the trick and built right into WordPress so no need for extra coding https://en.support.wordpress.com/more-tag/

    Let me know if that helps,
    Sage

    Thread Starter rraedeke

    (@rraedeke)

    Well – that couldn’t be more simple! And sitting right there the whole time. Thank you.
    See, I told I was new to this!

    OK – perhaps you can help with another challenge.
    When we create posts and edit pages, the system seems to be set to double space every time you hit enter. Regardless if you have selected Paragraph or Header 1.
    The only way for text to be sent to the next line down is to keep typing and as it wraps, it drops down. But in some situations I need to be able to group short sentences together.

    Tell me this another easy – right there in front of my face solution!!??

    Thank you so much!
    Richard

    Hey Richard,

    Glad to be of assistance!

    As for your paragraph issue, if you just hold the shift key while pressing enter then that should drop the text to the next direct line instead of making a whole new paragraph for it.

    If your question has been answered, we would love if you would mark this topic as resolved in the right hand sidebar. This helps our volunteers find the topics that still need attention and more people will get helped, possibly like you did.

    Thanks,
    Sage

    Thread Starter rraedeke

    (@rraedeke)

    Now you’re just making me feel foolish!
    I was looking in the style sheet for the template thinking I had to make a change there.

    I guess I need to get myself into a WordPress class for dummies!

    Thank you so much! Really appreciate the help.
    Richard

    Aw no, we all start somewhere! WordPress is great to work with once you get over the learning curve. There’s tons of helpful tutorials online as well as this forum should you have any further questions. You’ll get the hang of it in no time!

    Sage

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