I was just wanting to know if it was possible to do the two following things regarding blog posts:
- Is it possible to edit the precise post snippet content inside our CMS / blog engine? All of those snippets cut off mid-sentence, and I am wanting to customize them so that I can say exactly the words that would lead to a click to read more (and trim out unnecessary information that is automatically generated).
- Can I add a final text link at the end of the snippet that says "Read More"? I know the title is linked, but for people that read the snippet, it's sometimes more visually intuitive to have a "Read More" link at the end of the sentence, than to look back up for a link in the article title...
1. You can use the excerpt field available in your posts - enable it by clicking the "screen options" button on the top right hand side of your screen when editing a post
2. You'd need to edit the shortcode-processing.php file in regards which is located in the nectar/tinymce directory. Once inside the file search for "recent posts" to end up at the right place :)
Thank you! #1 worked great (totally forgot about that, thanks!) and #2, I found this link when utilizing #1, if it helps anyone: http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt
I was just wanting to know if it was possible to do the two following things regarding blog posts:
- Is it possible to edit the precise post snippet content inside our CMS / blog engine? All of those snippets cut off mid-sentence, and I am wanting to customize them so that I can say exactly the words that would lead to a click to read more (and trim out unnecessary information that is automatically generated).
- Can I add a final text link at the end of the snippet that says "Read More"? I know the title is linked, but for people that read the snippet, it's sometimes more visually intuitive to have a "Read More" link at the end of the sentence, than to look back up for a link in the article title...
Thanks!!
Hey Heather!
1. You can use the excerpt field available in your posts - enable it by clicking the "screen options" button on the top right hand side of your screen when editing a post
2. You'd need to edit the shortcode-processing.php file in regards which is located in the nectar/tinymce directory. Once inside the file search for "recent posts" to end up at the right place :)
Cheers
Thank you! #1 worked great (totally forgot about that, thanks!) and #2, I found this link when utilizing #1, if it helps anyone: http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt
Thanks!!