[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Read More Button Not Available ## - **[webarts](/forum/user/144-webarts "View webarts's Profile")** - [![webarts's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/144-webarts "View webarts's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/144-webarts) Less More - Posts: 149 - Thank you received: 0 - - [](http://www.webarts.com.cy) - 15 years 4 months ago [\#18000](#18000) by [webarts](/forum/user/144-webarts "View webarts's Profile") Replied by *[webarts](/forum/user/144-webarts "View webarts's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Read More Button Not Available](/forum/4-how-to/10626-read-more-button-not-available?start=20#18000 "I can't figure out how to display the "Read More" button in the product DIVs on the front end. "Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* well what we did, 1. Configuration>Main tab , the Read more set to Yes 2. we add the code Code: echo '<a href="'.$link.'">Read more</a>'; after the line: Code: echo preg_replace('#<hr *id="system-readmore" */>.*#is','',$this->row->product_description); at product / listing_img_desc.php 3.at the product description we use the <hr id="system-readmore" /> no luck with the changes above. 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* For 2., are you sure that you did the modification for the correct template ? If you have several templates on your website, you might have done it for another template than the one you're using. Also, please make sure that you're using the "image and description" item box layout on your menu/module's hikashop options. 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* i can have the read more on modules for example on "latest products" i choose image and description. but can i have the read more.. option on the product page? Last edit: 15 years 4 months ago by [webarts](/forum/user/144-webarts "View webarts's Profile"). 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* Well, you can but where do you want to should the full description then ? There is no point in writing a complete description if you never display the part after the read more tag... 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* i want the readmore because for some products i have 2-3 pages of description . i dont want to show direclty the looooong description. first i want to show to the iser only one paragraph. what i have to change for that its not working now. 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* You have two solutions then, Either you put your long description as a joomla article and you put the link to the article in the URL link of the product so that the user will be able to click on that link in order to see the article; or you can modify the file show of the view product via the menu Display->Views in order to add some HTML/PHP/javascript in order to dynamically display the long description but that will require quite some knownledge. 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* ok Nicolas thank you ! 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* I was wondering if anyone knew how to set it to show the first paragraph before the "Read more>>" section. I have got it working on the "Product Listing page but I am having an issue getting to show just the first paragraph and the "Add to Cart" link. Below is the code I am using: Code: <div id="hikashop_product_description_main_mini" class="hikashop_product_description_main_mini"> <?php $resume = substr(strip_tags(preg_replace('#<hr *id="system-readmore" */>#is','',$this->row->product_description)),0,500); $resume .= "...<a href='$link'>See more</a>"; echo JHTML::_('content.prepare',$resume); ?> </div> This allows it to use the first 500 characters but I would like it to show the first <p> </p> tag of each product. Thanks, Shawn :S Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzEwNjI2LXJlYWQtbW9yZS1idXR0b24tbm90LWF2YWlsYWJsZT9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86323 - Thank you received: 14283 - - 14 years 4 months ago [\#56274](#56274) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Read More Button Not Available](/forum/4-how-to/10626-read-more-button-not-available?start=20#56274 "I can't figure out how to display the "Read More" button in the product DIVs on the front end. "Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* You should use that code: $resume = preg_replace('#</p>.*#is','',$this->row->product_description); Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzEwNjI2LXJlYWQtbW9yZS1idXR0b24tbm90LWF2YWlsYWJsZT9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Sonictech](/forum/user/7006-sonictech "View Sonictech's Profile")** - [![Sonictech's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar7006.jpg)](/forum/user/7006-sonictech "View Sonictech's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/7006-sonictech) Less More - Posts: 24 - Thank you received: 0 - - - - 14 years 4 months ago [\#56338](#56338) by [Sonictech](/forum/user/7006-sonictech "View Sonictech's Profile") Replied by *[Sonictech](/forum/user/7006-sonictech "View Sonictech's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Read More Button Not Available](/forum/4-how-to/10626-read-more-button-not-available?start=20#56338 "I can't figure out how to display the "Read More" button in the product DIVs on the front end. "Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* this is not working correctly, any other idea? 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* Try like that: $resume = preg_replace('#</p>.*#is','</p>',$this->row->product_description); Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzEwNjI2LXJlYWQtbW9yZS1idXR0b24tbm90LWF2YWlsYWJsZT9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[master\_b](/forum/user/5077-master-b "View master_b's Profile")** - [![master_b's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/5077-master-b "View master_b's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/5077-master-b) Less More - Posts: 540 - Thank you received: 49 - - - - [](https://benefit.in.ua) - 13 years 4 months ago [\#111552](#111552) by [master\_b](/forum/user/5077-master-b "View master_b's Profile") Replied by *[master\_b](/forum/user/5077-master-b "View master_b's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Read More Button Not Available](/forum/4-how-to/10626-read-more-button-not-available?start=20#111552 "I can't figure out how to display the "Read More" button in the product DIVs on the front end. "Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* how to fix that? --- сайт з перекладами [ ](https://benefit.in.ua)[ www.benefit.in.ua](http://www.benefit.in.ua) PS. спасибо переводить Webmoney : Z207635098627 R152456839841 или ЯД 410011027999056 - [ ![he6d13a0.JPG](/forum/attachment/10870) ](/forum/attachment/10870 "he6d13a0.JPG") [ ](/forum/attachment/10870?download=1 "he6d13a0.JPG") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzEwNjI2LXJlYWQtbW9yZS1idXR0b24tbm90LWF2YWlsYWJsZT9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 13 years 4 months ago [\#111572](#111572) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Read More Button Not Available](/forum/4-how-to/10626-read-more-button-not-available?start=20#111572 "I can't figure out how to display the "Read More" button in the product DIVs on the front end. "Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* Hi, This is probably due to "substr" which return a part of a string but it can too cut a character so it return this symbol because the character is not complete. I think that the function "mb_substr" allow you to avoid that. 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* > Xavier wrote: Hi, > > This is probably due to "substr" which return a part of a string but it can too cut a character so it return this symbol because the character is not complete. > I think that the function "mb\_substr" allow you to avoid that. tnx its help:) --- сайт з перекладами [ ](https://benefit.in.ua)[ www.benefit.in.ua](http://www.benefit.in.ua) PS. спасибо переводить Webmoney : Z207635098627 R152456839841 или ЯД 410011027999056 Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzEwNjI2LXJlYWQtbW9yZS1idXR0b24tbm90LWF2YWlsYWJsZT9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nancytoemen](/forum/user/36112-nancytoemen "View nancytoemen's Profile")** - [![nancytoemen's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/36112-nancytoemen "View nancytoemen's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/36112-nancytoemen) Less More - Posts: 7 - Thank you received: 0 - - 9 years 9 months ago [\#259831](#259831) by [nancytoemen](/forum/user/36112-nancytoemen "View nancytoemen's Profile") Replied by *[nancytoemen](/forum/user/36112-nancytoemen "View nancytoemen's Profile")* on topic *[Read More Button Not Available](/forum/4-how-to/10626-read-more-button-not-available?start=20#259831 "I can't figure out how to display the "Read More" button in the product DIVs on the front end. "Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* I have added a Read More Button as you describe above and it works fine on my desktop, but on a mobile device i see the button but it doesn't work. Do you have a sollution for this? 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"Read More" is enabled in the main configuration and I have also added the "Read More" dividers in the...")* Hi, There is no reason the button would display on the desktop and not on your smartphone unless you have custom CSS code to hide the button in such case. And without a link, we can't analyze the page and tell you anything more precise about that. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzEwNjI2LXJlYWQtbW9yZS1idXR0b24tbm90LWF2YWlsYWJsZT9zdGFydD0yMCZ0bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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