I have a wordpress blog and make use of the 'more' tag on my homepage when showing excerpts of posts. The problem is that the word 'more' is a bit small and I would like to increase the size and rename it 'continue reading'. I have tried searching in the main style sheet for the code, but cant find it where I can change this. Am I looking in the right file? If not, can someone tell me where I am meant to look? Code for stylesheet is: /* Theme Name: ADSimple Theme URI: Description: Simple theme based on <a href="http://articlesss.com/article-directory-wordpress-theme/">Article Directory</a> theme. Version: 1.0.1 Author: Dimox Author URI: http://dimox.name/ Tags: white, fixed width, three columns, widgets, right sidebar, simple */ * { margin: 0; padding: 0; } html { filter: expression(document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache", false, true)); } body { font: 62.5% "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em; color: #444; } a { color: #E60000; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: #AA0001; text-decoration: underline; } p {margin: 0; padding: 10px 0;} h1 {margin: 20px 0 0} img {border: 0} input {vertical-align: middle} h2 { font: normal 1.6em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 12px; } blockquote { margin: 10px 0 10px 30px; border-left: 3px solid #E60000; background: #EEE; padding: 5px 15px; font-size: 1.3em; } * html blockquote {height: 1%;} blockquote p { font-size: 1em !important; margin: 0; } .aligncenter, div.aligncenter { display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } img.aligncenter {margin: 7px margin} .alignleft {float: left} img.alignleft {margin: 5px 10px 3px 0} .alignright {float: right} img.alignright {margin: 5px 0 3px 10px} .wp-caption { border: 1px solid #ddd; text-align: center; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; /* optional rounded corners for browsers that support it */ -moz-border-radius: 3px; -khtml-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; } .wp-caption img { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0 none; } .wp-caption p.wp-caption-text { font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0; } #wrapper { width: 990px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 0 0 0; border-top: 5px solid #EEE; } /* Header -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #header { height: 118px; border-bottom: 3px solid #EAEAEA; margin-bottom: 2px; } #top{ float: right; text-align: right; } #top li { display: inline; } #top a { color: #808080; margin: 0 0 0 13px; background: url(i/toparrow.gif) center left no-repeat; padding: 0 0 0 12px; font-size: 1.2em; } #top .current_page_item a { background-image: url(i/toparrow2.gif); } #searchform { margin: 20px 0 0; } #searchform input { font: 1.1em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; float: left; } #s { width: 175px; padding: 2px 6px; border: 2px solid #ccc; margin-right: 5px; } #searchsubmit { background: #E60000; border: 0; padding: 2px 7px; color: #fff; font-weight: bold !important; overflow: visible; height: 24px; cursor: pointer; } #logo { float: left; color: #808080; line-height: 0.85em; font-size: 3.3em; margin: 14px 0 15px; } #logo span { display: block; font-size: 0.38em; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; } #menu { height: 24px; padding: 7px 0 0 0; clear: both; background: url(i/smalldot.gif) repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC; position: relative; } #menu li { font-size: 1.1em; display: inline; text-transform: uppercase; } #menu li a { margin: 0 25px 0 10px; color: #808080; font-size: 1.2em; } #menu li a:hover {color: #444;} #menu li.current_page_item { background: url(i/arrow.gif) no-repeat center left; } /* Content -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #container { width: 100%; background: url(i/dots.gif) 550px 0 repeat-y; margin-bottom: 10px; } * html #container {height: 1%;} #container:after { content: '.'; display: block; clear: both; visibility: hidden; height: 0; } #content { width: 540px; float: left; padding: 0 10px 20px 0; overflow: hidden; } #content h2 { font: normal 1.9em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; padding: 0 0 3px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE; margin-bottom: 1.2em; } #content h2.pagetitle { padding-left: 3px; padding: 1px 0 4px; } #content h3 { font: normal 1.7em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; padding: 1px 0 4px; margin-bottom: 0.2em; border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE; } #content p, #content li { font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; } #content .post { margin: 0 0 2.2em; } #content .post h2, #content .post h3 { font-size: 2em; margin: 0 0 2px; } .post ul, .post ol { margin: 7px 0 7px 35px; } .post li { padding: 2px 0; } .post .postmetadata { font-size: 1.1em; padding: 0 0 7px; color: #AAA; } .postmetadata a { color: #AAA; text-decoration: underline; } .postmetadata a:hover { text-decoration: none; } .entry { text-align: justify; } .entry h1 { font-size: 1.8em; margin: 15px 0 10px; } .entry h2 { font-size: 1.65em !important; font-weight: bold !important; margin: 15px 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; border: none !important; } .entry h3 { font-size: 1.45em !important; font-weight: bold !important; margin: 15px 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; } .entry h4 { font-size: 1.3em; margin: 15px 0 10px; font-weight: bold !important; } .line { clear: both; padding: 3px; margin: 0 0 15px; background: url(i/smalldot.gif) repeat-x; } .nav { font-size: 1.3em; padding: 0 0 22px; } .navigation { font-size: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0; height: 1.3em; } .alignleft {float: left;} .alignright {float: right;} h3#comments, h3#respond { padding: 1px 0 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE; } .commentlist { margin: 20px 0 30px 25px; } .commentlist li { padding: 8px 0 2px; } .cdata { background: #F5F5F5; border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD; padding: 3px 3px 3px 7px; height: 1%; } .cdata strong { display: block; } #content img.avatar { float: right; display: inline; border: 0; margin: 1px 1px 0; } .ctext { padding: 0 7px; } .commentlist li p { font-size: 1em !important; } .commentmetadata { font-size: 0.85em; } .commentmetadata a { color: #A5A5A5; } #author, #email, #url, #comment, #submit { font: 1em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; padding: 2px 4px; width: 200px; border: 1px solid #CCC; } #comment { width: 470px; height: 170px; } #submit { width: 115px; height: 22px; padding: 0; background: #F4F4F4; cursor: pointer; overflow: visible; } /* Sidebars -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #sidebars { float: left; width: 440px; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; } * html #sidebars {height: 1%;} #sidebars:after { content: '.'; display: block; clear: both; visibility: hidden; height: 0; } #l-sidebar { float: left; width: 230px; padding: 0 10px; } #r-sidebar { float: left; width: 180px; padding: 0 0 0 10px; } #sidebars ul { margin: 0 0 15px; } #sidebars li { list-style: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE; padding: 3px 4px; margin: 0; } #sidebars li ul { margin: 0 0 3px 12px; } #sidebars li li { padding: 3px 0 0; border: none; } #sidebars li a { background: url(i/arrow.gif) no-repeat center left; padding: 0 0 0 12px; color: #808080; } #sidebars h2 { font: normal 1.7em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; padding: 0 0 3px 3px; border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE; } #sidebars h3 { font: normal 1.4em/1.1em "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Sans-Serif; padding: 0 0 3px; } .tags, #tag_cloud { margin: 0 0 15px; } .tags { text-align: center; } .tags a, #tag_cloud a { color: #808080; margin: 0 2px; } #wp-calendar { width: 100%; margin: 0 0 12px; } #wp-calendar td { text-align: center; } /* Footer -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #footer { clear: both; padding: 7px 10px; margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 1.1em; color: #808080; background: #EEE; } Code (markup):
Just search for the following where the posted is supposed to be listed (eg: home.php, featured.php etc):
OK, I managed to find in lots of places: <?php the_content(); ?> It doesnt seem to contain the original 'read'? So where am I mean to replace it with 'continue reading'? I can find the above code in lots of files, but in all the php files I have looked in, nothing shows the word 'more'.
This is a php matter. Have a read of this guide: http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More