Janet Chang wrote:
> At 03:08 PM 8/9/2006, Christian Heilmann wrote:
>   
>>>>>>> Basically, we need some way to code a "Show More" function that would
>>>>>>>               
>>>>> allow
>>>>>           
>>>>>>> us to take a long piece of text, shorten it to X maximum lines, then
>>>>>>>               
>>>>> have a
>>>>>           
>>>>>>> "Read more" link that when clicked would display the rest of the 
>>>>>>>               
>>> text on
>>>       
>>>>>>> the page below the first half.
>>>>>>>               
>>>> There you go:
>>>> http://icant.co.uk/sandbox/morecontentlinks/
>>>>
>>>> I didn't use any fancy word counting or anything, but instead you need
>>>> to set a div with the class "more" around all the elements you want
>>>> hidden.
>>>>         
>>> Great, thanks! I will play around with implementing it on our pages. One
>>> more thing....How would you do a "Hide" link to make the extra text
>>> disappear after you're done reading it?
>>>       
>> Added this functionality...
>>
>> --
>> Chris Heilmann
>> Book: http://www.beginningjavascript.com
>> Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com
>> Writing: http://icant.co.uk/
>>     
>
> Thanks, Chris. I was able to get the code you sent to work with our text. 
> However, I'm wondering if there's a much less complicated formula for 
> getting this to work like that blog site without having to link to 4 js 
> files?  
>
>   
Can't answer for Chris, don't know anything about javascript; and you 
did not provide, nor do I have, the link to the blog site you mention or 
your site.
Since hot-metal has about as much relevance on a css list as javascript, 
I'd consider a print media method.
Set the first p default flush left/scatter right.
Then each  succeeding  p at  at a reduced font-size and reduced lead 
with an indent first sentence.

Best,
~dL

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