Read More Link Missing

  • I have read several posts on this matter and cannot figure out what is wrong. I installed a new theme and the title is clickable above the excerpts of the posts on the home page but there is not a “read more” link below the excerpt. I have tried adding it but I have not had any success. Even when I put in the code, it does not even produce the Read More link. Below is the code I had:

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    I replaced <?php the_excerpt();?> with <?php the_excerpt('Read More', '<img><a>', 'content', false, 'More...', true);?> and put the line <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" title="Read More">Read More</a> after <?php the_excerpt();?>.

    Any ideas on how to make “Read More” appear and a link to the rest of the post? When I put in the code above, it does not even produce a link at all.

    My website is centralbeat.com if that helps.

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  • Your theme may be using <?php the_excerpt();?> instead of <?php the_content();?> in its template files. Simply edit the relevant template files and replace <?php the_excerpt();?> with <?php the_content();?>.

    Thread Starter truthlighthouse

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    Thanks for the help! I haven’t tried it yet but I’ll give that a go. My only thought however is that I seem to recall if you use the_content versus the_excerpt it will not display the excerpt. Instead you will have to use <!–more–> which won’t work for me since sometimes my excerpt comes from the middle of the post. If that is true, I know there must be a way while still using the_excerpt because I have another theme that does use the excerpt function and still allow the “read more” link to occur after the excerpt. Check out truthlighthouse.com. It has the ability.

    Any ideas on if this can be done using the excerpt?

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