Copy blog post title in more-link and comment field heading

[lucaswijntjes]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a function that copies the title of a blog post in two specific elements:

1. The more-link after a post excerpt, for example: Continue reading "Random Blog Title"
2. The heading above the comment box, for example: Leave a reply for "Random Blog Title"

Your help is much appreciated!

[David Chu]

They're in the public documentation:

Comments

http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/post-excerpts/#content-more-link

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[lucaswijntjes]

Thanks for your reply David. Seems like I'm getting closer

The code for the comments link isn't doing anything. I have a Dutch translation installed through the Genesis -Translations plugin. Should that affect anything?

I've been trying the more-link, but can't get it to copy the blogpost title. I have this:

/** Customize Read More */
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'custom_read_more_link' );
function custom_read_more_link() {
	return '<a class="more-link" href="' . get_permalink() . '">Continue reading: get_the_title()</a>';
}

Thanks for your help

[David Chu]

Lucas,
Ah! Interesting. As it happens, this ends up being a WordPress, rather than a Genesis, question. And it has more of a standard WordPress answer. The doc example might work in a different context, maybe with the "..more" tag in the editor or something. I think this is what you want. I played with your wording just a little:

add_filter('excerpt_more', 'custom_read_more_link');
function custom_read_more_link() {
	return '<a> ...Continue reading: ' . get_the_title() . '</a>';
}

Cheers, Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[lucaswijntjes]

David, you helped me find the answer. I used a combination of the two, which works perfectly:

add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'custom_read_more_link' );
function custom_read_more_link() {
    return '<a> Continue reading: ' . get_the_title() . '</a>';
}

Thanks a lot!

Now I just need to find the solution for the comment box title. Any clue?

[David Chu]

Hmmmm... that comment example is for the title above existing comments, not for the comment form.

This is a bigger deal than I thought, and sorry, I don't have the time to investigate now. Here's some good reading on the subject.

WordPress 3.0 Theme Tip: The Comment Form

Good luck, Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[David Chu]

Hi,
As it happens, I found the answer for the Comment Box title while looking at something else. This is WordPress code, rather than being specifically for Genesis:

add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'dc_change_form_title');
function dc_change_form_title($arg) {
	$arg['title_reply'] = __('Leave a comment or whatever you want it to say');
	return $arg;
}

It's always a little trickier with arrays. 🙂 I have an extra "underline" there for translation, which brings up the point that one can also change these in the translation POT file, too, I believe.

Cheers, Dave

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