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Excerpt handing in Thematic

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johnny_n
Member
Hi -- I've been customizing Thematic for a site and am stuck with a very simple thing -- trying to show excepts on the home page instead of the full posts.

In content-extensions.php, I've modified thematic_content to show excerpts instead of full. But instead of getting the default "Read more" behavior, I get this. '[...]'

I would prefer custom text with a live link, something that is pretty straightforward outside Thematic.

I've tried adding the following text into functions.php as per another post, but it doesn't do anything...
```
function my_moretext() {
    return "Continue reading...";
}
add_filter('more_text', 'my_moretext');
```
Can anyone offer help please?
Posted 3 years ago #
amygail
Member

there are a few posts on this topic....

http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/read-more-link-in-excerpt-redux#post-6323

You really want to create a functions.php file in your child theme rather than modifying content-extensions.php. That will save you some headaches in the future.

Posted 3 years ago #
johnny_n
Member

Thanks so much, Amy -- don't know how I missed this, I thought I did a pretty thorough search. The functions.php suggestion is a good one -- makes it easier to upgrade.

Posted 3 years ago #

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