On
Blogger you have the option to add a jump break to your posts, so the
posts will be displayed with just a short summery on the home page and a
link to read the full post will be below.The jump break has a number of
great advantages, if you display full posts on your home page it will
severely slow down the load time, Also With the jump break in place
visitors that land on your home page will see a selection of your posts
without the need to scroll.It's also more professional looking and as
visitors have to click through to the full post it increases page views.
Step 1. In Your (New Design) Blogger Dashboard Click The Drop Down Menu For Your Blog > Choose Template > Then Edit Html > Now Proceed > Tick The Expand Widget Templates Box as shown in the video Below :
Step 2. Find the following piece of code in your blogs Html : (Click CTRL and F for a search bar to
</head>
Step 3. Copy the following code and paste it Directly Above / Before </head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var thumbnail_mode = "no-float" ;
summary_noimg = 430;summary_img = 340;img_thumb_height = 120;img_thumb_width = 120;</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://widgets.way2blogging.org/blogger-widgets/w2b-auto-readmore-blogger.js' ></script>
Important
The code in red sets how the post summary's are displayed.Remember if a post has an image it will be re sized into a thumbnail to be displayed beside the summery.If the post does not have an image just a text summery will be displayed.
summary_ noimg= 430; --> The length of the summery if the post does not have a thumbnail.
summary_img = 340; --> The length of the summery if there is an image in the post that will be converted into a thumbnail.
null_thumb_height = 120; --> The height in pixels of the thumbnail.
null_thumb_width = 120; --> The width in pixels of the thumbnail.
Step 4. Find the following piece of code in your blogs Html : (Click CTRL and F for a search bar to help find the code - More Info)
<data:post.body/>
Step 5. Replace <data:post.body/> With The Code Below
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<data:post.body/>
<b:else/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "static_page"'>
<data:post.body/>
<b:else/>
<div expr:id='"summary" + data:post.id'>
<data:post.body/>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
createSummaryAndThumb("summary<data:post.id/>");
</script>
<div style='clear: both;'/>
<span class='rmlink' style='font-weight:bold;padding:5px;float:right;text-align:right;'><a expr:href='data:post.url' >Read more ... </a></span>
</b:if>
</b:if>
Note - You can change the text in red from Read More to "Continue Reading", "Read Full Post" or anything you like.
Note 1. You should try to have the first image in your posts as close to square as possible so they work well when used as thumbnails on your home page.Images that are for example rectangle in shape will appear distorted when they are re sized.I use a version of this script on this blog and always add an image at the top of the posts that are close to square, then size then wont make a big impact on the appearance.Remember it's the first image in each post that is used as a thumbnail.
Step 6. Save Your Template.
That's it for this Blogger tip, All your posts including all archived posts will now be displayed with a summary and read more on your home page, labels pages and archive pages
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