Toggle on blog page for the_excerpt and the_content WordPress
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Is there a way that I can have a link at the top of my blog page that allows a user to toggle how the blog page is displayed?
That way there will be 2 links at the top of the page, one for full text (the_content) and one for a summary (the_excerpt). Clicking either, would toggle all posts on the page to show either content or excerpt.
I know there's probably an ajax solution around somewhere but was hoping to not do it that way.
Answers (2)
Kailey Lampert answers:
Something like this:
<?php if (isset($_GET['fulltext'])) { ?>
<a href="/blog/">View Excerpts</a>
<?php } else { ?>
<a href="/blog/?fulltext">View Full Text</a>
<?php } ?>
Then
<?php
if (isset($_GET['fulltext'])) {
the_content();
} else {
the_excerpt();
}
?>
Dan | gteh comments:
thanks I'll give that a shot shortly.
Dan | gteh comments:
What if I wanted to make this as an option in the admin panel instead? A setting the admin change to choose to display either or?
Kailey Lampert comments:
I've actually got a plugin that will add a full-text/summary option to the Settings > Reading page.
A small snippet will still have to placed in the theme in order to use the appropriate function based on the selection.
I've included a screenshot of the admin screen, let me know if that sounds like what you want, then I can give you the code.