excerpts and "read more" …

[Anonymous]

Hi, first up, love the plugin. it’s soooooo good.

but, i’m struggling with some excerpt stuff.
using the “insert read more tag” and adding the #_EXCERPT to a template was flawless.

but I still need the part that makes it say “read more” or whatever when there is actually more to read. right now users don’t know if theres more to see by clicking the title until they do it. some events have very long descriptions and some very short, so only about 1/3 of events actually have more to read.

please let me know what to add and where. i’d guess i just add something to the template but no idea what …

thanks for any help here.

my site is http://halifaxnoise.com

sample template:

<h66>#_LINKEDNAME</h66>
<H32>@ #_LOCATION / #g:#i#a</H32> 

<h33>#_EXCERPT</h33>

<li><h34>#_LINKEDCATEGORIES</h34></li>

#_EDITEVENTLINK

[Franky]

You could use conditional tags to check whether #_EXCERPT and #_NOTES are different or not.
See http://www.e-dynamics.be/wordpress/?cat=24

[Anonymous]

i tried using “Or, print start date, and print end date only if different “ as a jumping off point and came up with this, but it doesn’t work, just printed the full notes and “read more…” on every event. all tips & hints appreciated.

 [eme_if tag="#ESC_{j M Y}" notvalue="#ESC@_{j M Y}"] This date is only printed if different from start date: #@_{- j M Y} &#91/eme_if]

——————

[eme_if tag=“#_EXCERPT” notvalue="#_NOTES"] read more … [/eme_if] 

i’m supposed to be adding this to the template, not on the actual page, right?!

[Franky]

Make sure your quotes are correct, it seems you’re mixing windows quotes and regular ones …

[eme_if tag=“#_EXCERPT” notvalue="#_NOTES"] read more … [/eme_if]
 

should be:

[eme_if tag="#_EXCERPT" notvalue="#_NOTES"] read more … [/eme_if] 

Also, when posting on this forum, please use the “code” button where appropriate.

[Anonymous]

frankie, you’re the best!
it was totally my weird quotation marks!
thank you so much for your super speedy response.
issue resolved.

[Anonymous]

oh, actually, is there a way to make the “read more” text a link to the actual event?

[Franky]

Yes, use either #_LINKEDNAME as a ready-to-use link+text or use #_EVENTPAGEURL and create your own href-link with it.

[Anonymous]

rad. thanks again.

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