Re: [typo] How to get "Read More" link

[Syed Uzair Aqeel]

Actually, I’ve done this on my blog (http://uzair.nairang.org), and it’s
fairly simple. The tricky thing is that when you truncate the article on the
front page, you have to sanitize the HTML and close any open tags, so that
you don’t get inconsistent formatting because of, say, an open italics tag.

In my themes/hemingway/articles/index.rhtml, I’ve got this (lines 9-14):

        <div class="story<%= ' first' if i == 1 %>">
                <h3><%= article_link article.title, article %></h3>
                <%= truncate(article.body_html, 500) %>
                <div class="details">
                        Posted at <%= article.created_at.strftime("%I").to_i
                </div>
        </div>

The truncate() call returns just the first 500 characters of the article,
sanitizing it first. I put the sanitizing function in
app/helpers/application_helper.rb, since that's where the strip_html()
function etc. are. If you like, I can send you my copy.

Cheers,

Uzair

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Ingles
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:35 PM
To: typo-list@rubyforge.org
Subject: Re: [typo] How to get "Read More" link

Well, there’s the extended content box – anything placed in which will
ordinarily only be viewable when clicking to view a post.

Although my current theme (hemingway from the Typogarden contest) doesn’t
really make it abundantly clear that there is more content to follow – I’ve
resorted to just wording the normal text to indicate there’s more, then the
user can click the usual links to make their way through to the post.

Paul

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vamsee Kanakala
Sent: 27 February 2006 15:18
To: typo-list@rubyforge.org
Subject: [typo] How to get "Read More" link

Hi all,

Is there anyway I can limit the number of words in a given entry? Like, show
them a little description, followed by a link  "Read More". Clicking on
which will lead to the actual article. Sorry if this has been asked before,
I couldn't find anything on the archives.

Thanks,
Vamsee.


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