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Community Forums › Forums › Archived Forums › Design Tips and Tricks › Modify "Read More" link to be bold and with more spacing

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 10 years, 3 months ago by Marko @ Travelphotoblography.com.
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  • March 6, 2016 at 7:33 am #180672
    Marko @ Travelphotoblography.com
    Member

    Hi,

    I know this is a total newbie quiestion, but here goes.

    I've found the code snippets to modify the text of the "Read More" link here:

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

    But I would like to make the text bold/strong and also add a break between the link and the text.

    So I would like to change this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fktba1i5r3bxjh4/ScreenHunter_07%20Mar.%2005%2000.02.jpg?dl=0

    Into something like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7nupjuz7qlyx9n5/ScreenHunter_08-Mar.-05-00.03.jpg?dl=0

    (I'm using eleven40pro theme.)

    Thank you very much for your help!
    Marko

    http://travelphotoblography.com
    March 6, 2016 at 8:37 am #180755
    Brad Dalton
    Participant

    Use a browser app like Firebug or Chrome to inspect the element, find the CSS and change the CSS rule in your style sheet.

    http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_weight.asp


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    March 6, 2016 at 5:03 pm #180778
    ᴅᴀᴠɪᴅ
    Member

    I already gave you the exact code you needed to add to your functions.php file when you first asked, including the paragraph break and the 'strong' element..

    //* 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 '<p><a class="more-link" href="' . get_permalink() . '"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>';
    }

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    March 9, 2016 at 6:03 am #180992
    Marko @ Travelphotoblography.com
    Member

    Thank you very much Brad and David. This did the trick.

    And I'm sorry for the multiple post - the first two seemed as they weren't posted correctly and were also not showing under my profile - until now.

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