Making Read More On Blogger



Expandable post or popularly known as “read more” is a feature that make your blog shows only a part of your posts on index pages i.e. home, labels and archive pages. At the end of each preview there will be a link to the post page, usually attached to the phrase “read more”.

Applying auto read more

  • Login to blogger with your ID.
  • Click Layout  
  • Click Edit HTML 
  • Click Download Full Template and backup your template to anticipate if error occurs.
  • Tick the small box beside the words Expand Widget Templates
 expand-widget-templates 
  • Copy and paste the JavaScript below exactly above the code </head> 
<script type='text/javascript'> var thumbnail_mode = &quot;no-float&quot; ; summary_noimg = 430; summary_img = 340; img_thumb_height = 100; img_thumb_width = 120; </script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
function removeHtmlTag(strx,chop){
if(strx.indexOf("<")!=-1)
{
var s = strx.split("<");
for(var i=0;i<s.length;i++){
if(s[i].indexOf(">")!=-1){
s[i] = s[i].substring(s[i].indexOf(">")+1,s[i].length);
}
}
strx = s.join("");
}
chop = (chop < strx.length-1) ? chop : strx.length-2;
while(strx.charAt(chop-1)!=' ' && strx.indexOf(' ',chop)!=-1) chop++;
strx = strx.substring(0,chop-1);
return strx+'...';
}
function createSummaryAndThumb(pID){
var div = document.getElementById(pID);
var imgtag = "";
var img = div.getElementsByTagName("img");
var summ = summary_noimg;
if(img.length>=1) {
imgtag = '<span style="float:left; padding:0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img src="'+img[0].src+'" width="'+img_thumb_width+'px" height="'+img_thumb_height+'px"/></span>';
summ = summary_img;
}
var summary = imgtag + '<div>' + removeHtmlTag(div.innerHTML,summ) + '</div>';
div.innerHTML = summary;
}
//]]>
</script> 

summary noimg= 430 – the height of  article’s cutting without image
summary img=340 – the height of  article’s cutting with image  

  • Find the code <data:post.body/> on your template (tips: press Ctrl + F on your keyboard then write  <data:post.body/>  and hit Enter). 
  • Remove the code and change with the code below: 
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType != &quot;item&quot;'>
<div expr:id='&quot;summary&quot; + data:post.id'><data:post.body/></div>
<script type='text/javascript'>createSummaryAndThumb(&quot;summary<data:post.id/>&quot;);
</script>
<span class='rmlink' style='float:right;padding-top:20px;'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url'>&#187;&#187;&#160;&#160;read more</a></span>
</b:if>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'><data:post.body/>
</b:if>
  •  Click SAVE TEMPLATE
  •  GL




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