Add Continue Reading To Blog

If you're using Blogger, this is a great little hack that will allow you to have what's called an "Expandable Post Summary" on your home page.

Continue reading links are great because they

1. Shorten your pages.
2. Allow readers to choose an article they'd like to read.

How to do continue reading Entries in Blogger

There are three steps to accomplishing this task.

Part 1 - Placing coding in the "Head" Tag.

1. Click Here to copy the code below.



2. Paste the code from the above box into Notepad or Word.

3. Go to your Blogger Edit Html Area.

3A. How to get to the Blogger Edit Html Area

3-1. Go to the create a post section.
3-2. Then click the layout tab.
3-3. Then click the Edit Html button right under the layout tab.

3B. Be sure to check the expand widget templates box!

3-1. Where can I find the expand widgets templates box?

3a. Just above the boxed in HTML
3b. On the far right side.

4. In your Edit HTML Box find the /head> tag.

4A. How to find the "head" tag.

4-1. On your keyboard hold down the ctrl key and hit the "F" key.
4-2. In the find box type in /head> and hit the next button.

5. Copy and paste the code in notepad just above the /head> tag.


*Keep this page open for the next step!*

Part 2 - Placing coding "data:post.body" tag.

1. Click here to copy the code below.



2. Paste the code from the above box into Notepad or Word.

3. In your Edit HTML Box find the <data:post.body/> tag.

3A. How to find the "data:post.body" tag.

3-1. On your keyboard hold down the ctrl key and hit the "F" key.
3-2. In the find box type in <data:post.body/> and hit the next button.

4. Copy and paste the code in notepad just below the <data:post.body/> tag.


*SAVE your Template*

Part 3 - Placing code into the post itself.

1. Copy the code from the box below

First part of your post goes here!<div class="fullpost">Rest of Entry goes here!</div>

2. Paste the code from the above box into your blog post.
3. "First part of your post" - Seen on front page
4. "Rest of Entry goes here" - Seen after you click Continue Entry.

Part 4 - In Closing

I will be making a video on how to do this soon. If you really need help with installing this into your own site, feel free to comment this post and let me know. I would be more than happy to help you install the continue reading blogger or just totally do it for you.