Read More Feature

Bhoney · 2005-12-29 23:46:16

Is there a Read More feature with TXP? I have looked but see no way to add a link to break up a long post so it can be continued on another page.

Thanks :)

Sencer · 2005-12-30 00:04:15

That’s what excerpts are for. You write them seperately, because that usually means more flexibility and higher quality teasers/excerpts. If you want auto-generated exceprts there is a plugin for it (though I can’t remember the name).
And if you want to use a marker in the body to control it, this can also be done with a plugin (though I am not sure if anybody already has).

zem · 2005-12-30 00:25:36

Please read the FAQ.

Bhoney · 2005-12-30 00:32:59

Thank you Sencer for your response :)

@zem… I will bookmark that page.I visited the wiki first and the texism site and didn’t see it there.

Thank you :)

Bhoney · 2005-12-30 00:34:22

Btw, I cannot access the “How Do I” page of the wiki…. nor can I register.

Mary · 2005-12-30 08:28:10

…I cannot access the “How Do I” page of the wiki…

What “How Do I” page?

…nor can I register.

See the link that says “New Accounts”?

Bhoney · 2006-01-02 04:56:46

I cannot get the Read More feature to work.The words “Read More” show up and when clicked on it leads to a new page.However, the full text still appears on the main page.

Any idea where I went wrong?

Screenshot:
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/6504/screenshot6ye.gif

(sorry this link isn’t clickable… can’t seem to figure that out either)

Last edited by Bhoney (2006-01-02 05:00:21)

Mary · 2006-01-02 05:54:39

You’ve missed out a step. Which method were you trying to use?

Bhoney · 2006-01-03 00:45:08

I used the first step that required me to create a new Excert form.I created the new form and used this

<txp:excerpt /> <txp:permlink>read more</txp:permlink>

when I posted the article.

(Okay, once again I have to edit this because part of my post will not show up.

I used the permalink code.)

Last edited by Bhoney (2006-01-03 00:46:58)

RenJonsin · 2006-01-03 01:11:00

If you need to use code on the board there are a couple of ways you can accomplish it.

zem · 2006-01-03 01:22:01

Double check that you’ve followed the instructions correctly. Most likely you’re using the wrong form.

Bhoney · 2006-01-03 02:11:55

I have followed the instructions to the best of my ablity… truly I have.

I don’t mean to be a pest or seem lazy, as if I am looking to just get the answers here rather than doing the work myself.I have read that wiki back to front and cannot seem to grasp it.

Nothing I have done so far has worked.I have no links via the categories so I left that alone and moved on.I still have a white page for a site because using a theme took days and the fact that I still have a white page is testament to how that went.

So I decide to live with the white page and all I want is my links to show up and to write an article without it taking up the whole page.

Surely there must be some SIMPLE instructions around somehwere.Those instructions aren’t very well written… sorry but they are not :(

Last edited by Bhoney (2006-01-03 02:12:44)

RenJonsin · 2006-01-03 02:38:15

It looks like you were misunderstood. You are being given instructions for putting excerpts on the front page, You want to break up an article into several pages if needed.

You want this plugin I think.

zem · 2006-01-03 03:39:52

Nothing I have done so far has worked.I have no links via the categories so I left that alone and moved on.I still have a white page for a site because using a theme took days and the fact that I still have a white page is testament to how that went.

The fact that you have other half-completed things not working means there’s even less chance of each subsequent change being successful. What you’re seeing are symptoms; ignoring them means the cause is still there, and that cause might have other effects too. It also makes it very hard for people to answer your questions: we can’t see what you see, and we don’t know what state your site is in.

You need to deal with one thing at a time.

Bhoney · 2006-01-03 03:59:39

There is nothing wrong with the blog.It was installed peferctly and I was even able to import my WP posts.The problem is understanding the TXP code and how to get things to actually show up.

The links and theme not working are a result of me not being able to simply get them to work so I just “let them be” and moved on to another task.

This is my site, but there isn’t really anything to see: http://blackhoney.cocoalounge.org

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