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Tagged: Executive Pro Post Excpertps, Post Excerpt Link

  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 7 months ago by martag.
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  • March 11, 2014 at 7:22 pm #94348
    martag
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    Hi,

    I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have set the Executive Pro theme to show content limit and have been able to change the excerpt size but not change the [...] to Continue Reading and be an actual link.

    I added the code to the functions.php file recommended here:

    Post Excerpts

    But that has not changed anything. Anything else I can try?

    http://test.brucekeithresults.com/blog/
    March 12, 2014 at 12:40 pm #94485
    Sridhar Katakam
    Participant

    Do you have any code in functions.php or a excerpts plugin that could be causing this?

    I have just tested this in my test site running Executive Pro and the link text in your scenario is: [Read more...]

    Adding the SP code snippet that you linked is working as expected.

    screenshot


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    March 17, 2014 at 12:45 pm #95351
    martag
    Participant

    Thanks! I finally figured it out. I didn't read the instructions well enough. I was using the code for showing excerpt using the content limit setting instead of using the code for the more tag. Now it is working the way I needed to.

    Thanks~
    ~Marta

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