"Read More" tag not working

[Dan Nickerson]

It's possible. Can you just try removing it and seeing if it works?

And I assume you did insert the more tag?

[virtualdynamos]

Hi Dan,

Yes, I tried that along with a bunch of other variations. Right now I simply have <!--more--> inserted.

Maybe I do not understand how the template is set up. Does it automatically insert a More Tag at the same line on every post--or do I need to add the tag's HTML on the line of my choice?

I do want to use the Custom "Read More ..." Link Text provided in the Default Template.

If I need to add the tag, I don't know what I am doing wrong. I did the exact same thing on my client's blog (which also uses Socrates--latest version) and it worked perfectly on his.

Once again, http://severxance.com/?p=242 ... it should be showing under the 8th paragraph, under "The Toaster" but I am just getting a blank line.

Thanks,

RT

[Dan Nickerson]

The more tag is basic Wordpress functionality. The theme is really irrelevant, except for our custom text option.

There are many posts on the forum and a ton of info and videos in google if you just search: how to use the more tag

You just pick a spot in the post where you'd like to insert a break and click the icon that looks like two white boxes with a dashed line in the middle. That inserts the more tag.

You can't view the more tag on an individual post. It only works on the index page. The whole point is to give an excerpt on the main page so a user can view the full post on the actual post page.

I should have picked up on the full post url in your first post and mentioned that..

[virtualdynamos]

You can't view the more tag on an individual post. It only works on the index page.

OK, thank you. That is the piece I was missing.

RT

[fiddlinground]

I added this code to the functions.php and locked up my site. I took the code back out and have the site working again. Can you tell me what I can do to add the code?

I added:

unction new_excerpt_length($length) {
return 40;
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');

at the very end of functions.php

[fiddlinground]

Never-mind, I see I left the F off of Function I fixed it now.

thanks!
David