read more

index.html

<div class="item">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr... | <a class="readmore">mehr</a></p>
  <div class="more">
    <p>At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
  </div>
</div>

read-more.markdown

read more

simple toggle more text in a box by clicking link

A Pen by Alexander Schmidt on CodePen.

License.

script.js

var moreText = 'mehr';
var lessText = 'weniger';
var moreButton = $('a.readmore');

moreButton.click(function () {
    var $this = $(this);
    $this.text($this.text() == moreText ? lessText : moreText).parent().next('div.more').slideToggle('fast');
});

style.css

.item {
  width: 260px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

a {
  cursor: pointer;
  text-decoration: underline;  
}

.more {
    display: none;
}