Comments on: To “Read More” or Not To “Read More”? http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jane http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-491 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:46:45 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-491 hm… I use “read more” on almost all my blogs because I tend to post long articles and also want to be able to display excerpts of a few of my recent articles without the reader having to hit “previous page” multiple times. However, I’ll try a one-or-two article(s) per page display and see if that makes a difference, just as an experiment.

]]> By: moonbeammcqueen http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-457 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:24:05 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-457 Great advice. I think I’m going to go with James’ advice, as it’s the easiest solution for the technically impaired/ long-winded blogger!

]]> By: walkingbetween http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-456 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:10:35 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-456 well said, you’re absolutely right…

]]> By: jamesthoenes http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-453 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:36:28 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-453 In the end, I think it is going to be a matter of personal choice and what you think works best for you or your readers.
Every blog and blogger is a bit different. That is what makes them interesting.

]]> By: walkingbetween http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-450 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:13:14 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-450 i think having a long story at the top has its reward being people almost must glimpse at it, but the downside would be if they are not interested they’d have to scroll alot… so it really depends on if the story is the catchy kind or not…

here’s what i like to do sometimes: the top story, make it whole; as soon as it gets off the top, truncate it (if it’s long)… this way you only have one long post which is the newest… :-D

]]> By: moonbeammcqueen http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-449 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:48:14 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-449 Very informative post, and very informative comments. I still don’t know what to do! I’m going to read more on the subject. My posts are usually very long. It sounds like I may need to tag them. Always learning something new on WP. Thanks for posting this!

]]> By: timethief http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-447 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:04:42 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-447 I raised two cautions about the use of the tag above quite aside from the disaster planning scenario.

Here’s a third one. There are other problems with the use of the tag that arise when those using the tag do not know the ins and outs of html coding.

If you insert the tag between other tags like the italic tag, etc. without closing the tags or if you have not used self closing tags big troubles follow. We do have reports of this on the forum and you can find them in the search box.

I’m currently only using the tag only on long posts and I’m vigilant about the surrounding html coding when I do so.

Best wishes :)

]]> By: walkingbetween http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-444 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:53:43 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-444 Jayne, my category page is like that too, showing only excerpts. I think a good title and first paragraphs go a long way and lengthy text intimidates people sometimes…

timethief, i don’t know if I would sacrifice the use of More tag (assuming I need to use them from time to time) solely for the sake of disaster backup. After all, you post every day but disaster only happens in rare occasion, if at all. It’d be kind of like sacrificing your daily activity all the time just in case earthquake strikes on that day. :) But I do get the idea of what you’re saying and i think your post of Disaster Planning is really informative… Offline editor is probably the best way to go for it…

sulz, good point, i could see myself doing that… :)

]]> By: sulz http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-443 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:08:50 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-443 i think there’s an exception when readers don’t mind clicking more – when they see a substantial number of comments in the post. they are more likely to click on the more button to read the rest of the post to see what’s so interesting that it garnered so many comments! also they get to read the comments in that one click, so it’s like killing two birds with one click. ;)

]]> By: timethief http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-440 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:38:53 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-440 As you just posted to the thread in question you are aware that we just had a lively interchange on this same topic in the wordpress.com off-topic forum. :)

Here’s a summary of what I said there. I think it’s entirely appropriate to use the tag on long posts. That is, of course, provided that you have a blog backup plan in place so, you do have copies of the entire posts on hand in case of disaster. Disaster Planning: Backups for Bloggers

But here’s a word to the wise about truncating every post by using a tag. It’s used as a prevention tactic when it comes to blog scrapers. It’s also used by the obsessive bloggers who do all kinds of gray area dubious things to inflate their stats. I’ve experimented with this and what it does is drive readers away. They get peeved about having to click through every time to read the whole post and they desert your blog.

Also if you are using rss feeds to backup your blog, then note that the wherever tag is inserted and/or when “summary feeds” are selected rather than “full” feeds you are not going to get whole posts.

]]> By: Jayne d'Arcy http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-439 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:48:14 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-439 I’ve dabbled in the past with the Read More and just don’t care for it. My posts also had less readers when I did that. What surprises me now is that my new layout shows an excerpt from today’s post alongside three excerpts from my writing categories. My posts are getting read AND my story archives are also getting read. I actually expected to get less reading of my posts.

]]> By: walkingbetween http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-438 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:21:58 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-438 haha shall i blame my cats (yes they are cats now) for that?

“juicy”, hmmm, i hope my blog is juicy enough for ya ;-)

]]> By: tikki http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-437 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:16:38 +0000 http://walkingbetween.com/2007/10/31/to-read-more-or-not-to-read-more/#comment-437 As a first time reader and user of wordpress, I have to say that when i’m scrolling around for a juicy blog to read, I look at the title and the first few lines.

I have to say…i had something brilliant to say, but then I noticed you CUTE LITTLE KITTIES, and it just went down the drain. They are so adorable.

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