i want to create my own Teaser so i can have a summary of my special content types appear on the home page but not the rest (calendar events, media reports, etc). if i make a teaser (or summary) field, i can make it (and only it) show up on the homepage just fine (hooray for Display Fields) but no "read more" is created. the reason is very simple: the mechanism to make this applies to "real" teasers only. there is no other way to have "read more" appear with CCK.

i am using the Excerpt module, but i figure any solution that requires an additional module is another layer of unnecessary complexity. we have all kinds of CCK fields; why not a Teaser field that automatically generates "read more", or just the ability of CCK to generate "read more"? this is an old problem and i've found many "fixes" that again simply clutter up my install — if they work (they don't). if there is anything in the way of using CCK effectively it's the inability to put a decent teaser on the homepage with a "read more".

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t.a. barnhart’s picture

t.a. barnhart commented

oh, and with Excerpt, it appears on every damn node. you can't make it optional. that's not a good tool, but so far, it's the best i can find (and i spent over 6 hours searching and experimenting yesterday).

marcoBauli’s picture

marcoBauli commented
Title: no way to have "read more" except with Body » No way to have "read more" link except with default Body

CCK handles customized teasers since a while, but this bug still applies.

a workaround is possible forcing the output of a "read more" link in the content type theme, replacing the usual

<?php if ($links): ?>
	    <div class="links"><?php print $links; ?></div>
	  <?php endif; ?>

with

<?php if ($links): ?>
	    <div class="links"><?php print $links; ?> <a href="node/<?php print $nid ?>" title="Full event details"><?php print t('Read more'); ?></a></div>
	  <?php endif; ?>

this is not ideal though, as the "read more" link shows after all other links, and it does not actually check if body is really longer than the teaser.

summit’s picture

summit commented

Hi,
Still needing a great solution for this!
Greetings,
Martijn

kasha_x’s picture

kasha_x commented

Any ideas? I'd like a "read more" link without forcing a body field.

vood002’s picture

vood002 commented

subscribing to old thread...has anything come of this in the last few months?

karens’s picture

karens commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

The D5 version is no longer being supported. Sorry.