I fixed the "read more" link for post excerpts (in Iconic One theme)
Published on April 16, 2014
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Yay, I fixed it! I'm using the Iconic One Theme. I like it, but one problem was that on the home page (blog page), after each excerpt of a post there was a [read more] "link" that was not clickable. Visitors could click on the title of the post to get the full post, but I wanted them to be able to also click on "read more" "button" to go to the full post.
I found a plugin (Read More Link) that seemed to be what I needed, but I couldn't get it to work.
Then I found out that the Iconic One theme uses "the_excerpt" rather than "the _content" (see here).
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To fix the links after post excerpts, I went to the "Appearance", "Editor" then "Theme Functions", then added the code found here under "Displaying a "more..." link when using the the_excerpt ()."
After adding the code, I was able to slightly modify how it appears just by changing the code. So excerpted posts now end in a clickable "...[Read more]." See my site for how it came out.
This is a huge step for me because I've been really afraid to mess with the code for fear of breaking it!
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