SOLVED: Link in Read More button not working. Help!

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SOLVED: Link in Read More button not working. Help! - ccrouleau - 2015-03-17

Hi, so i'm working with the News Manager plugin, and I guess it's no longer supported, which is fine, but I'm having a problem with getting the URL to work for a 'Read More' button I've added. Currently, in the News Manager plugin, if you have an excerpt, it just adds '[...]' to the end of the post. It's not a link or anything. I know you can access the full post by clicking on the title, but not everyone will think that way. I've tried incorporating PHP in a number of different ways to get the URL working to bring the button to the full post, but none of them are working. On other pages, I would use

PHP Code:
<?php echo $url; ?>

to get the URL. It does not work in this instance. Here is what I have:

PHP Code:
/*******************************************************
 * @function nm_create_excerpt
 * @param $content the post content
 * @return a truncated version of the post content
 */
function nm_create_excerpt($content) {
  global $NMEXCERPTLENGTH;
  $len = intval($NMEXCERPTLENGTH);
  $content = strip_tags($content);
  if (strlen($content) > $len) {
    if (function_exists('mb_substr'))
      $content = trim(mb_substr($content, 0, $len, 'UTF-8')) . '...<p><a href="<?php echo $url; ?>"><button type="button" class="btn btn-readmore">Read More</button></a></p>';
    else
      $content = trim(substr($content, 0, $len)) . '...<p><a href="<?php echo $url; ?>"><button type="button" class="btn btn-readmore">Read More</button></a></p>';
  }
  return "<p>$content</p>";
} 

It's on the 'functions.php' file inside the root folder for the plugin.

Any help would be most appreciated! Thank you! Smile

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RE: Link in Read More button not working. Help! - Hypertexter - 2015-03-17

Hello ccrouleau,

yes it is supported (and very good), and it has its own thread: News Manager (updated)

And for your read more link it should be possible just to turn on the function in Pages - News Manager - Settings: "Add "read more" link to excerpts:" Yes!

Hypertexter

RE: Link in Read More button not working. Help! - ccrouleau - 2015-03-17

(2015-03-17, 03:47:14)Hypertexter Wrote: Hello ccrouleau,

yes it is supported (and very good), and it has its own thread: News Manager (updated)

And for your read more link it should be possible just to turn on the function in Pages - News Manager - Settings: "Add "read more" link to excerpts:" Yes!

Hypertexter

Thank you for your reply! Unfortunately, I do not have the option to 'Add Read More Link to Exerpts". Here is a screenshot. Maybe I'm missing something? I should have the latest version of the plugin (v2.2.4)
[Image: NM+SS.png]

RE: Link in Read More button not working. Help! - Hypertexter - 2015-03-17

Hi,

you could try NM 3.1.

But seems you are good in PHP, so if you want to invent something new... why not? Big Grin

Hypertexter

RE: Link in Read More button not working. Help! - ccrouleau - 2015-03-17

(2015-03-17, 03:59:04)Hypertexter Wrote: Hi,

you could try NM 3.1.

But seems you are good in PHP, so if you want to invent something new... why not?

Hypertexter

That did it, thank you!! Smile