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  • January 29, 2018 at 9:06 am #904132
    LeoWan65

    Hi Enfold Team,

    I love using Enfold theme as it is widely used by a lot of users, and with the great support, I could source out the codes easily to customize to what I need. I am facing a challenge here, which I did not find any answers. I would need your help on this.

    Under Enfold Theme Options -> Blog Layout, I selected these settings:
    Blog Styling: Modern Business
    Blog Layout: Grid Layout

    This is the set up I want. However, it does not show ‘Read More’ in this setup. In order to do that, I will have to choose “Use the advanced layout editor” and on my blog homepage, I can select “Titles and Excerpt + Read More Link” when I define the blog grid layout. This solved my issue, but another issue surfaced up:

    At the category pages (the pages that we do not have access to edit it), the layout will become similar to this layout: Single Author, big Preview Pic (no author picture is displayed, featured image is big).

    Is it possible to either:
    (A) Resolve my first issue by adding a ‘read more’ Quick CSS’ code for the selected settings (Grid Layout via Theme settings)? or
    (B) Read more is fixed by using advance layout editor, but I would like my category pages (that we do not have control over) to have the same grid layout?

    Here is the link to my testing site:
    Blog home: http://seoconsultant.com.sg/staging/digital-marketing-academy/library/
    Category page: http://seoconsultant.com.sg/staging/digital-marketing-academy/topic/sem/

    I am using advance layout editor as my option now (to resolve read more button). But I would like my category pages to be same grid layout.

    Best regards,
    Leo

    January 30, 2018 at 9:05 pm #905125
    Basilis

    Hey Leo,

    The easiest way is the A, yes.
    You can add the read more, but it would require some time and some modifications.
    The easiest way is to create a child theme, pull the files into there and add the link under the_excerpt(); like
    “>Read More

    Let us know if there is anything else.

    Best regards,
    Basilis

    January 31, 2018 at 3:57 am #905303
    LeoWan65

    Hi Basilis thank you for your response. I have no knowledge on creating a child theme, and the disadvantages to it (like when there are theme updates etc, how will I ensure that my edits aren’t lost during updates when I update the child theme as well etc.)

    Is there an alternative to this solution? Or would it be possible to be included in the future theme updates (to include the selection showing ‘read more’ via the theme options settings)?

    There is no available quick CSS code to insert ‘Read More’ to the theme setting grid blog layout?

    Best regards,
    Leo

    February 1, 2018 at 8:24 am #906025
    Ismael

    Hi,

    Thank you for the update.

    At the category pages (the pages that we do not have access to edit it), the layout will become similar to this layout: Single Author, big Preview Pic (no author picture is displayed, featured image is big).

    You can use the following filter to change the default layout of the archive pages ( category / tag ).

    // https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/change-archive-categorytag-blog-style/

    Best regards,
    Ismael

    February 1, 2018 at 9:52 am #906091
    LeoWan65

    Hi Ismael,

    Appreciate your guidance. I have managed to edit the php file. The next step I would like to know is: How to insert ‘Read More’ in the blog-grid layout?

    Best regards,
    Leo

    February 1, 2018 at 11:10 am #906191
    Ismael

    Hi,

    Please edit the archives.php file, look for this code around line 58.

    'use_main_query_pagination' => 'yes',

    Below, add this code:

    'contents' => 'excerpt_read_more',

    Best regards,
    Ismael

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