Tokyo54

Yes Esmi it does,

See below:

if (is_paged()) :
				query_posts($use_category ."showposts=".get_option("ocmx_home_page_posts")."&paged=".get_query_var('paged'));
			elseif (is_home()) :
				query_posts($use_category."showposts=".get_option("ocmx_home_page_posts"));
			endif;

			if (have_posts()) :
				while (have_posts()) :	the_post();
					setup_postdata($post);
                    // Fetch the PermaLink, Thumbnail and Video Metas
                    $get_post_video = get_post_meta($post->ID, "main_video", true);
                    $get_thumbnail = get_post_meta($post->ID, "other_media", true);
                    $link = get_permalink($post->ID);

etc…

Would the is_paged() option be to do with the issue?

Thank you Mark, I really appreciate your help in learning WordPress!

The CSS Method worked great, although my client has now asked for the (more) code to be replaced by 3 dots – […]

Would you be able to tell me how to ajust the the_content property in order to do this?

Thanks alchymyth! Knew I was on the right track!

I’ve tried inserting
<?php the_content('Read more...'); ?>
on it’s own and also replacing
the_content
with it, e.g.

<?php if($post->post_excerpt !== "") :
                            the_excerpt();
                        else :
                            the_content();
                        endif;

Becomes

<?php if($post->post_excerpt !== "") :
                            the_excerpt();
                        else :
                            the_content('Read more...');
                        endif;

Yet my (more…) does not seem to change

More specifically, where should I place the

<?php the_content('Read more...'); ?>

instance?

I have tried placing it within ‘the loop’ yet this seems to have no affect on the <!–more–> text that is displayed

Thanks for replying esmi ??

I’ve changed to the basic wordpress theme and the issue doesn’t seem to occur which makes me think it IS theme specific. I’m looking at the the_excerpt and the_content php tags as the possible source of the problem at the moment.

The widgets do not seem to be causing an issue.