"Read more" Excerpt issue on Custom "Page" template to display Category post

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  petervisitor · Member · Sep 19, 2014 at 8:14 pm

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  I have asked this on another forum but perhaps here I can explain my issue more clearly here.

  The platform: I have created a Custom “Page” template in my Child Theme. The purpose of this page is to display “Category” posts.

  The Problem: the_excerpt – The “Read more” permalink is not directing away from the page to the intended post. It’s linked to the custom page the category posts are populating (same page).

  My edits: The custom page template and the content.php file I have been modifying are locating in my child theme. My functions code is residing in the parent theme.

  Custom page: `<?php
  /*
  Template Name: Category Food
  */
  ?>
  <?php get_header(); ?>
  <div id=”main” class=”row-fluid”>
  <div id=”main-left” class=”span8″>
  <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
  <?php get_template_part( ‘content’, ‘page’ ); ?>

  <?php
  $catPost = get_posts(‘cat=225&posts_per_page=3’);
  foreach ($catPost as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
  ?>

  <?php get_template_part(‘content’); ?>
  <?php endforeach;?>
  <?php comments_template( ”, true ); ?>
  <?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

  <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
  <div class=”clearfix”></div>

  <?php get_footer(); ?>`

  Content.php:

  <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
  	<h2 class="entry-title">
  		<span class="the_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'newszine' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></span>
  		<?php
  			if( is_single() ){
  				return null;
  			}else{
  				get_format( get_the_id() );
  			}
  		?>
  	</h2>
  	<?php do_action('after_post_title'); ?>
  	<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'newszine' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark">
  		<?php
  			if( is_single() ){
  				if ( '1' == nz_option('nz_show_single_post_thumbnail') ) {
  					the_post_thumbnail('post-single');
  				}
  			}else if( is_home() ){
  				the_post_thumbnail('post-archive');
  			}else{
  				the_post_thumbnail('post-archive');
  			}
  
  		?>
  	</a>
  	<div class="entry-content">
  		<?php if ( is_category() || is_archive() || is_search() || is_home() ) {
  			the_excerpt();
  		} else {
  			the_excerpt();
  		} ?>
  	</div>
  </article>

  The Function:

  function themprefix_excerpt_read_more_link($output) {
     global $post;
   return $output . ' <a href="' . get_permalink($post->ID) . '" class="more-link" title="Read More">Read More >></a>';
  }
   add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'themprefix_excerpt_read_more_link' );

  note: permalinks work fine on the “category” post page, just not on the “page” template I created.

  I’m not super savvy on this stuff. This permalink issue is the only thing holding me back from moving on to other things. I’m really hoping someone can help me out.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2014 at 8:29 pm

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