Genesis Read More Link - Change the HTML and Text

instructions.txt

Here are the instructions for you:

1. Watch the video that walks you through this
2. Create a new folder in your theme's `lib` folder called `structure`.
3. Inside of `structure`, add the `post.php` file below.  Just copy and paste it into that folder.
4. In your `functions.php file`, paste this line of code: `include( CHILD_DIR . '/lib/structure/post.php' );`, which loads up your new `post.php` file.
5. Now in your `style.css` file, you need to find the following:

a. find here the `button` style is and then add `.more-link,` above it.  Watch the video to see where to do this.
b. find the `button:hover,` and then add this above it: `.more-link:hover,`.

Customize the text `Continue reading` to be whatever you want it to be on line 25 in the `post.php` file.

Happy Coding!

post.php

<?php
/**
 * Post structure handling
 *
 * @package     Altitude
 * @since       1.0.0
 * @author      hellofromTonya
 * @link        https://knowthecode.io
 * @license     GNU General Public License 2.0+
 */

add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'altitude_change_the_read_more_link' );
add_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link', 'altitude_change_the_read_more_link' );
/**
 * Change the Read More Link HTML Markup and content.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 * @param string $html
 *
 * @return string
 */
function altitude_change_the_read_more_link( $html ) {

	$html = altitude_change_read_more_text( $html, __( 'Continue reading', 'altitude' ) );

	if ( doing_filter( 'get_the_content_more_link' ) ) {
		$html = altitude_strip_off_read_more_opening_dots( $html );
		return '</p><p>' . $html;
	}

	return sprintf( '<p>%s</p>', $html );
}

/**
 * Strips off the read more link's opening dot pattern.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 * @param string $html
 * @param string $dots Dots pattern to strip off
 *
 * @return string
 */
function altitude_strip_off_read_more_opening_dots( $html, $dots = '&#x02026; ' ) {
	return substr( $html, strlen( $dots ) );
}

/**
 * Replace the read more text from the Genesis default text of '[Read more...]' to
 * the new specified replacement text.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 * @param string $html Read more link HTML
 * @param string $replacement_text Replacement text
 *
 * @return string
 */
function altitude_change_read_more_text( $html, $replacement_text ) {
	$text_to_replace = __( '[Read more...]', 'altitude' );

	return str_replace( $text_to_replace, $replacement_text, $html );
}