"Insert Read More tag" not displaying properly

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  ibottaapp · Member · Dec 8, 2015 at 5:33 pm

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  Hi there!

  With my theme “Gather”, I’m having trouble customizing the “Read More” option.

  When i insert the “Insert Read More tag”, it creates an excerpt like desired, but then it displays this:

  Continue reading <span class=”meta-nav”>-</span>

  -This appears on every post, I’m not sure why. When I look at the html it states what it should (<!–more–>)

  Does anyone know a solution? Thanks in advance!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 8, 2015 at 5:35 pm

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  The setting here > Settings > Reading is only for the RSS Feed summary and does not affect the posts.

  If you want to display only excerpts on the front page of the blog followed by read more links, you can insert “the more tag” into each post prior to publication.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

  The read more tag can be inserted once only into any post to change the front page or main page for posts display from full post to an excerpt. The split in the ext does not display to you in preview mode but it will be there after the post is published.

  Alternatively, you can switch to using a theme that automatically displays front page excerpts. This is a list of only SOME active themes on WordPress.com that use the excerpt instead of full post content. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/theme-with-automatic-excerpts?replies=13#post-1396410

  For other ways to splitting content in posts see > https://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/

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  ibottaapp · Member · Dec 9, 2015 at 12:59 am

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  Yes, I’m using the “Read More” tag, but it is displaying weird code when I publish.

  What’s displayed: Continue reading <span class=”meta-nav”>-</span>

  What we want it to display: Continue reading

  Anyone know how to remove this weird code?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2015 at 2:23 am

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  What exactly are you entering?

  You should be entering this into the HTML (Text) editor
  <!--more Continue reading !-->

  That code will insert a read more link that says “Continue reading!” instead of the default message.

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  ibottaapp · Member · Dec 9, 2015 at 4:07 am

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  It worked! I was going off the default, but once I put a custom message in the HMTL that did that trick. Apparently with my theme, the default was a little buggy.

  Hopefully this helps for anyone else!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 9, 2015 at 4:07 am

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  I love happy endings. :)