Drupal 7 + Views 3, a dinosaur age problem: how to display Read More inline with the teaser text and not in the bottom with Comments links? I've already tried the following:

1. Overriding node.tpl.php like in this instruction: http://www.suburban-glory.com/blog?page=138

<div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>>
<?php
  hide($content['links']);
  hide($content['links']['#links']['node-readmore']);
  print render($content);
  
  if($teaser) 
  {
      print l(t('Read more'), 'node/' . $nid, array('attributes' => array('class' => t('node-readmore-link')))); 
  }?></div>
<?php print render($content['links']); ?>

Didn't get me far because I had teaser text first, a Read More link under Teaser and Comments links yet under Read More.

2. Using Views module like in this instruction for Views 2: http://stonebergdesign.com/blog/moving-read-more-link-inline-teaser. Failed because in Views 3 I don't have Node:teaser field when using Fields in a view.

3. Searching for an existing module to do the job for me. Such thing exists but is in dev, not even in beta: http://drupal.org/project/read_more. I prefer not to use dev things - tons of bugs, ya know.

So if anyone is willing to put a newbie out of his misery, you're welcome.

Comments

VM’s picture

in views add a field which allows you to link to the node. rewrite the field so that you can add "readmore" text
style with css to get it inline, or use the inline fields option in views.

only method I could come up with.

Ari Linn’s picture

Eeerm. But this is exactly where the problem is. :-) I don't see a way to do it. I need to show teasers with Read More link and I can do so with Views 3. My settings look like this:

Format
Format: Grid | Settings
Show: Content | Teaser

The problem is that the Fields region looks like this when I select Show Content:

Fields
The selected style or row format does not utilize fields.

I can change Format settings to display Fields instead of Content, but then it turns out I have all these Content:Nid, Content:Type, Content:Title and Content:Body but don't have Content:Teaser. So when I have teasers I don't have rewritable fields and when I have rewritable fields I don't have teasers. Or maybe I'm missing something and there actually IS a way to add a rewritable field to a teaser?

VM’s picture

you would have to switch to fields instead of content
1)pull in the title field
2)pull in the body and set the 'Trim this field to a maximum length ' (to get teasers)
3)pull in another title field, rewrite the output, so that you can change the title into a readmore link

set 2 and 3 to be inline

Ari Linn’s picture

Got some problems with this. I added

Content:Title
Content:Body (trimmed to get a teaser)
Content:Link (a would-be read more. Needs no rewrite, btw, as it provides a link to full article by default)
Content:Add comment link
Content:Comment count

Then I went to Format -> Show -> Settings and marked Body and Link as Inline fields, but it didn't help. Stripping all fields of their default HTML didn't help either.

(Fixed this myself, never mind). And another problem is that Add Comment link completely disappeared despite the fact I made sure to add it. It tells that it "displays the standard add comment link, which will only display if the viewing user has access to add a comment" - but I HAVE access to add a comment. So now I have something like this: http://ari-linn.nightmail.ru/fields_not_inline.gif. So I guess I've done something wrong.

soumenroy111’s picture

You can get this feature by using views module.

Do this setting on view:

Format
Format: Unformatted list | Settings
Show: Fields | Settings

Fields
Content: Body
Content: Link

Filter criteria
Content: Published (Yes)
Content: Nid (= 1)

Outcome:
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read more

John_B’s picture

The module is called dev but the the maintainers, who wrote its D6 version, are just super-responsible. Reported bugs are minor. It is pretty safe to use. I use it.

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Ari Linn’s picture

I'll try to use it then.

Ari Linn’s picture

Btw is there any way to override a module variable in Drupal? read_more.module has a variable in it:

define('READ_MORE_TEXT_DEFAULT', '<strong>Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about [node:title]</span></strong>');

That's not convenient for me because my site's content and interface is in Russian and I get something like "Япония начала модернизировать свою армию по европейскому образцу. Read more". I want "Read More" text to be in Russian. Is there any way to override module variable definition and keep this override in a separate file or should I modify read_more.module itself and be sure to restore needed values every time I get an update?

John_B’s picture

I don't know about that. My copy of Read More dev version has a config page with a box to enter the read more text you want to display.

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Ari Linn’s picture

Hmmm, weird. Mine has only help link and no config at all. I use 7.x-1.x of April 29, 2011 - 12:13.

John_B’s picture

there is a link on the configuration page
admin/config/content/read_more

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Ari Linn’s picture

Oh! Found it. Big thx. I thought it adds a config link to Modules section, not to Config.

jacoferg’s picture

Any one else with this problem? just use the Smart Trim module here http://drupal.org/project/smart_trim. I installed it and it works great, has everything you need.

madhattertech’s picture

You need to add the Content: Path field above your Content:body field, and exclude the Content: Path field from display.

Then, in your Content: body field, select Rewrite Results, and then Trim this field to a maximum length.

Next, set the More Link Text to "Read More"

Finally, under the More Link Path, add in [path] which is found under the Regular Expressions section.

Click save, and for any body content longer than the maximum length, there will be a read more link inline which links to your article.