READ MORE not showing in blog layouts

The readmore link is not showing in blog layouts despite enabled globally and tested enabled specifically for a menu.

Hi

Please tell me the url to Your page with an example of the page where Readmore is not showing.

http://www.graywatch.org/health-information/articles
and all blog layouts on that site.

Hi

Please tell me the url to Your page with an example of the page where Readmore is not showing.

Hi

Please edit file /html/com_content/category/blog_item.php and under line 104 add this code:

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<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) : ?>
   <p class="readmore"><a class="btn" href="<?php echo $link; ?>"> <span class="icon-chevron-right"></span>
<?php endif; ?>


I get the button with a href of "/"

Hi

Please edit file /html/com_content/category/blog_item.php and under line 104 add this code:

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<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) : ?>
   <p class="readmore"><a class="btn" href="<?php echo $link; ?>"> <span class="icon-chevron-right"></span>
<?php endif; ?>


P.S. The code isn't properly close with a p tag and its not pulling in the read more text as well. There should be code between the spans.

I get the button with a href of "/"

Hi

Please edit file /html/com_content/category/blog_item.php and under line 104 add this code:

Code: Select all

<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) : ?>
   <p class="readmore"><a class="btn" href="<?php echo $link; ?>"> <span class="icon-chevron-right"></span>
<?php endif; ?>


Ok Problem solved I think. I copied the code snippet form the same .php in magazine template to news2. It seems to work. The snippet was ..

<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
if ($params->get('access-view')) :
$link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid));
else :
$menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
$itemId = $active->id;
$link1 = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_users&view=login&Itemid=' . $itemId);
$returnURL = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid));
$link = new JURI($link1);
$link->setVar('return', base64_encode($returnURL));
endif;
?>
<p class="readmore">
<a href="<?php echo $link; ?>">
<?php if (!$params->get('access-view')) :
echo JText::_('COM_CONTENT_REGISTER_TO_READ_MORE');
elseif ($readmore = $this->item->alternative_readmore) :
echo $readmore;
if ($params->get('show_readmore_title', 0) != 0) :
echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));
endif;
elseif ($params->get('show_readmore_title', 0) == 0) :
echo str_replace('...', '', JText::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE_TITLE'));
else :
echo JText::_('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE');
echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));
endif; ?>
</a>
</p>
<?php endif; ?>

Hi

I copied the code from clean joomla installation com_content folder, but it was a guess. Great You've made it working