Can I use a "read more" break in news posts?

[108]

Can I break up a news post so that one or two paragraphs show up on the main page, but a "read more" link appears at the bottom which contains more info? We used to be able to do this, but I can't remember how.

I did a bit of googling and found a general list of vB Code (http://www.1src.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode) that says that it's the [read more] command, but that doesn't work. I know that you can still do it because I remember a news post a week or two ago that used it.

[throb]

Usually when there's a LOT of text on the page it will automagically 'read more'.

[Sanura]

Ok, I think I have found the easiest way for me to do it on these forums. This probably isn't the cleanest way, but is the only way I can find to do it by the vB code supported by this forum. The reason that the [read more] tags didn't work in here is that they are not supported on this particular set of forums. So, here is my dodgey way.

First of all, create your post that you want to show to the front page. Then, create a second additional post in the same thread, with all additional information you want in your front page material. Check the post id when you do that. If you notice when you are editing, up in the url of that page it has a number at the end, like this

http://forums.zgeek.com/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=628142

This is the number which refers to the post you are creating or editing. When you have highlighted or copied that number, go back and edit your original post for the front page to include a link to your second post. You can do that by using the [ post ] tags (take out the spaces of course). This will link to the second post in the thread rather than the first if you do this sorta thing, so that when you click on it the first post will still be in the thread, but it will automatically scroll down to the second instead.

[ post=406892(that is the post id number) ]Read More[ /post ]

If you want to make it more like the ones you see down in the bottom right hand corner that looks easy enough too. You can always change to 'read more' to something like 'hey, look at this' or whatever. This code here shows how (don't forget to take out the spaces):

[ right ][ size=1 ][ post=628142 ]>>Read More[ /post ][ /size ][ /right ]

Ok, I think that is the easiest way to do it (easier than it sounds, I assure you). However I will still try to see if there is a simpler way.

[Sanura]

Just as an example, this goes back to what I just posted before.

>>Read More

[Moses]

yep, that's the best way to do it.

The VBIndex will also automatically add the Read More when the post goes over a pre-set limit of characters.