READ MORE TAG DOESN'T WORK in free blog

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  blackscatbooks · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 5:35 pm

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  I have a free blog and cannot access php or code. The read more tag does nothing in my posts Does this mean I have to change the theme or is there a work-around?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 5:57 pm

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  Hi,
  On a theme that would ordinarily display full posts on the posts or blog page, the More tag can be added to any individual post to truncate the displayed content for that post on the posts page. Under no circumstances does a More tag have any effect on a single post, regardless of the theme.

  Since the Spun theme displays on the posts page a circular image to represent and link to each post, there is no reason to use a More tag with this theme. Adding a More tag to a post doesn’t do anything with this theme.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 5:58 pm

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  I have a free blog and cannot access php or code.

  We cannot access the HTML or PHP underlying our wordpress.COM blogs so be clear on that.

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  blackscatbooks · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 6:05 pm

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  OK thanks. I will probably switch the theme since I want to be able to break up long texts in posts.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 6:09 pm

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  You can set your RSS Feed to summary. The setting here > Settings > Reading is only for the RSS Feed summary and does not affect the posts.

  Also note what follows please. 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.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: 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

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 6:25 pm

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  @ blackscatbooks,

  OK thanks. I will probably switch the theme since I want to be able to break up long texts in posts.

  You can break up a post or static page into multiple pages with the nextpage tag.

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  blackscatbooks · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 6:30 pm

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  Thanks MUSICDOC1—that’s the solution I was look for !!

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Aug 11, 2015 at 6:43 pm

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  You’re welcome!