dennisgundersen

Thanks! Well, I did download WordPress 3.8 today. And was told by a friend that the Genesis tab has a custom codes slot where I can enter the .php code in that you gave me. But neither she nor I could find that slot to enter it. Would you know where it is? Thank you again for your kind help.

You’re very knowledgeable and helpful – thanks! You’re right, mine appears to be set up without a functions.php
I hope I’m not being too much of a bother… I’d like to add the functions.php and put the code between – but I don’t know where to insert it. I’m afraid I need a bonafide tutor who walks me through this stuff. ?? I may have to pay someone to take time on the phone.

Thanks myladeybugg! I will try that with my next post. I’m afraid to try it with my preceding ones, as they are set up to show the whole post now and not abbreviated. I can see under “manage themes” that the person who set up my blog set it up with “education child theme.” Is “functions.php in there somewhere? I’m not spotting that. I’ve heard of .php but have never seen anything about it in my dashboard – maybe I haven’t hunted far enough yet.

So, does the above “fix” mean, I copy all of the above code and put it in my post somewhere? Or do I place it somewhere else in my dashboard?
function new_excerpt_more( $more ) {
return ‘… → Read More‘;
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_more’, ‘new_excerpt_more’ );

I am trying to replace the {…} with an active link to the rest of the post also. I’m a very new WordPress user so this is all new to me. Thanks for your help!