too long texts in the posts

janineubal · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 9:38 pm
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Hiiii
I´m new here and just learning.
I have a too long post now in front, it has also a picture. Is it possible to put a part of the text, and clicking the picture go to another page where the text will appear complete???? Thank you!!!( I don´t even know where to look for an answer if you answer me….)

http://www.premland.wordpress.com

Janine
vivianpaige · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 10:06 pm
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Thank you for providing a link to your blog. And please consider linking your user name to your blog as explained in the sticky, 8 Things, at the top of the forum. (By the way, your blog address doesn’t have any www’s in it. The address is just http://premland.wordpress.com/ )

As for your post – there is no way (that I’m aware of) that would allow you to click on the picture to see the rest. However, the easiest way to split a post is to use the More tag. It is icon #12 (see here http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/15/what-do-all-the-icons-mean/ )

HTH
panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 10:45 pm
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Vivian, of course there’s a way – the standard linking image way:
<a href="URL_OF_POST_HERE"><img src="URL_OF_IMAGE_HERE"></a>
In connention with that, one should use the customized more tag, e.g.

vivianpaige · Member · Nov 1, 2008 at 10:50 pm
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Yeah – but that’s WAY too complicated. I mean – really – if you can’t find the more tag…. :)
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 2, 2008 at 7:33 am
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panaghiotisadam
so simple that it’s clever
panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 2, 2008 at 11:03 am
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(@Vivian: Ah, ok, I get your point!)

@1tess: a better variant would be a plain note in the post (to the effect of “click on pic”), and the simple more tag customized with just two blank spaces after “more” (to make it invisible).
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 2, 2008 at 11:22 am
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oh, a conceptual “more”
only those in the know, know there’s more
a “private” post to most
panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 2, 2008 at 11:35 am
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“Only those in the know, know there’s more”: yes, if you skip the “click on pic” note. (But it’s not private enough, I’m afraid: those in the dark can very easily become enlightened if they happen to click on the pic, either accidentally or thinking they’ll get a larger view of it, or if they click on the title of the post.)
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 2, 2008 at 3:48 pm
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a flaw in the concept: the secret will out!
still, those who don’t know must search to find enlightenment.

I can’t think of anything really useful for the trick, but it’s interesting.
janineubal · Member · Nov 2, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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Hi to all and thanx for your caring interest.
I used the first optiona nd the simpler one: the more tag.
Have a great time and again thank you for taking care of me and my blog :)
panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 2, 2008 at 5:31 pm
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@premland: You’re welcome.

@1tess: One possibly realistic use of the trick I can think of is if you want your category or archive pages to be a set of photos instead of a set of posts or excerpts.

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