Add read more link / button to Joomla category

Hi there,

I'm trying to re-add a read more button in category view of Joomla, but the result is a white screen.

The blog_item.php in HTML/com_content/category doesn't have the code. I've tried to add the original code as part of the <div>, right after the code which generates the introtext.

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<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
   if ($params->get('access-view')) :
      $link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language));
   else :
      $menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
      $active = $menu->getActive();
      $itemId = $active->id;
      $link = new JUri(JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_users&view=login&Itemid=' . $itemId, false));
      $link->setVar('return', base64_encode(JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language), false)));
   endif; ?>

   <?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.readmore', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'link' => $link)); ?>

Who can help me?

Hi

A code for read more should be much longer. Try this:

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<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
   if ($params->get('access-view')) :
      $link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language));
   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, $this->item->language));
      $link = new JUri($link1);
      $link->setVar('return', base64_encode($returnURL));
   endif; ?>

   <?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.readmore', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'link' => $link)); ?>

<?php endif; ?>


Hi

A code for read more should be much longer. Try this:

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<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
   if ($params->get('access-view')) :
      $link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language));
   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, $this->item->language));
      $link = new JUri($link1);
      $link->setVar('return', base64_encode($returnURL));
   endif; ?>

   <?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.readmore', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'link' => $link)); ?>

<?php endif; ?>


Cheers, I'll try!

It works!

I've added the code in blog_item.php in the folder /templates/gk_news2/html/com_content/category right under

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<?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>

and before

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</div>

.

So, it looks like this:

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         <?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>
         
         <?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
            if ($params->get('access-view')) :
              $link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid, $this->item->language));
            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, $this->item->language));
              $link = new JUri($link1);
              $link->setVar('return', base64_encode($returnURL));
            endif; ?>

            <?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.readmore', array('item' => $this->item, 'params' => $params, 'link' => $link)); ?>

         <?php endif; ?>
      </div>


Hi

Great to hear that. Thank You for the detailed explanation. I'm gonna tag this thread in case someone else will be looking an answer to this question.