Cannot add continue reading to content post archive

[toddlohenry]

When I add these lines to the function.php file:

//* Modify the Genesis content limit read more link
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'sp_read_more_link' );
function sp_read_more_link() {
return '... [Continue Reading]';

add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'sp_excerpt_length' );
function sp_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 50; // pull first 50 words
}

I get this:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /nas/wp/www/staging/vitalworklife/wp-content/themes/executive-pro/functions.php on line 227

http://vitalworklife.staging.wpengine.com/news/blog/

[Tonya]

Hi Todd,

If the code is exactly how you have it above, you are missing the closing curly brace } after the function sp_read_more_link().

Cheers,
Tonya

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[toddlohenry]

OK. Fair enough. So I went back and added it correctly...

//* Modify the Genesis content limit read more link
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'sp_read_more_link' );
function sp_read_more_link() {
return '... [Continue Reading]';
}

No results

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[toddlohenry]

Can I get an answer on this please?

[Christoph]

Hi,

the code you are using is to change the read more button when you are using the WordPress More Tag in the WordPress Editor to break a post on your site.

To make it work on Archive pages you can try the following code:

// Add Read More Link to Excerpts
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'get_read_more_link');
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'get_read_more_link' );
function get_read_more_link() {
   return '...&nbsp;<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">[Read&nbsp;More]</a>';
}

Props for this code snippet go to http://wpatch.com/how-to-add-a-read-more-link-to-genesis-child-theme-excerpts/

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[toddlohenry]

Is the blog page an archive page? I need to know how to get [continue reading] to appear on a page of blog post excerpts. This should not be so difficult!

[toddlohenry]

I copied and pasted the code exactly as you gave it to me. Nothing! See http://screencast.com/t/E6KNzc2yZ5

[Christoph]

Sorry the code didn´t work for you.
Is there a cache to flush on the wp-engine staging site?

Ren Ventura just posted a collection of snippets to show/edit the read more link. Maybe one of those will do the trick for you.

How to Customize the WordPress Read More Link

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[Carlo]

Hi there. I use similar code on my own site and it works. Try this:

// Add Read More Link to Excerpts
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'vwl_get_read_more_link', 20);
function vwl_get_read_more_link( $default ) {
	if ( is_admin() )
		return $default;

	return '&hellip;&nbsp;<a href="' . get_permalink() . '">[Continue&nbsp;Reading]</a>';
}

Are you sure you're pasting the code into the right theme?

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