How do you do: “Read More”

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  khanar · Member · Aug 15, 2008 at 7:13 pm

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  Hi,

  I am new to blogging, so excuse the noob question(s). I wanted to know how to do the following:

  I see some people have blogs where they have a 100 line post, but on their main page, only the first 20 lines show up with a link at the end that says “Read More”. This link takes the reader to the full post. Then the next post starts and does the same. To me, this is a nice way to keep the front page clean.

  My attempts at replicating this have proven futile!

  Please help!

  Thanks!

  -Arif

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  wpvstp · Member · Aug 15, 2008 at 7:15 pm

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  If you had searched the FAQ you should have found this:
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/splitting-posts-with-the-more-tag/

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  khanar · Member · Aug 15, 2008 at 7:20 pm

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  ah….thank you so much! :)

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  kimipearl · Member · Sep 24, 2008 at 2:13 am

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  sorry..i also confuse…its work only at front page…how about i want to add the read more button on my page?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 24, 2008 at 2:27 am

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  It will only work on the front page. Once they are on the page for that specific blog post, there is no need for it and thus it will not work.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 24, 2008 at 2:34 am

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  For pages, use the “next page” tag which is explained in this FAQ: http://faq.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/next-page/