Tell us what you are trying to do?
I have a database of 2500+ articles that I have created as custom post types and I have used a content template to display them.
I would like to display the first 70-80 words at the top of each post and then have a jump link a little further down the page to the rest of the article. Currently using a shortcode '[wpv-post-excerpt length="70" count="word" more=' - Read Full Article'] ' where the jump link works, but the enitre article is displaying there in its entirety... which means there is now 70-80 words duplicated on the page again.
Is there any way to easily split then content up in two areas with no duplication?
This is a link to a dev site where I implemented this shortcode:
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Hi,
Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.
There is no built-in function available in Toolset or WordPress to only show the remaining content, that is not already used in the automatically generated excerpt.
And in a way, the current setup looks better usability and readability-wise, compared to if you're able to achieve something like this through some custom code.
Here is why. In this example post, the automatic excerpt is cut off at:
Home to the Hueston Sailing Association and crew training lake for Miami University, Acton Lake has been carefully developed to provide the most – Read Full Article
This looks fine, as the reader gets the idea that the remaining part of the article is available somewhere else on the page and this is just a teaser or an excerpt.
However, if you'll start the entire section below the heading "All About Acton Lake", exactly from where the automatic excerpt ended (without any duplication or overlapping), the content would start from the middle of the sentence, like this:
fun to suit a wide variety of interests. Although not planned as a water supply reservoir, Acton Lake now serves as an emergency water supply to the nearby...
So unless you're willing to add manually entered excerpts in the excerpt field in the posts (instead of using the automatically generated excerpt from the content), I feel your current setup is better than starting the full content, abruptly from the middle of the sentences.
I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance with this.
regards,
Waqar
Thank you Waqar for your input on how I've implemented, and yes, that does make sense that the remainder of the article does not start in the middle of a sentence. My only concern leaving it like this is having a small chunk of duplicate content on the page... do you think this would be penalized in any way in Google? The main reason I'm moving the excerpt to the top of the page is to help with rankings I've lost in the last year when I moved the article content further down the page in a site redesign.
Thanks for writing back.
Generally, in the SEO context, duplicate content is referred to the same content being served through different pages or URLs.
Example articles:
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But for the most accurate and up-to-date information about SEO best practices and strategies, I'll recommend discussing the impact of this teaser content's duplication at the specialized SEO forums:
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