How to add "read more" to a page

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I have a testimonial page on my site, and some of the testimonials are long. Is there a way with Freeway Express to include a couple of sentences, and then have “read more…” that when clicked pops up the rest of the testimonial? I’ve seen this done often on other sites with user reviews.

http://www.johnholdenhealing.com/testimonials.html

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In Freeway Pro, you can use my ReadMore Action for precisely this effect. In Freeway Express, you will need to do quite a bit more of the work yourself. It is possible, but not easy. (Lots of fussy, repetitive work ahead.) I would seriously weight the cost of your own time, and whether it would make more sense to simply upgrade to Pro. The Action is free, and comes with community support.

Walter

On Jul 7, 2013, at 5:07 PM, John wrote:

I have a testimonial page on my site, and some of the testimonials are long. Is there a way with Freeway Express to include a couple of sentences, and then have “read more…” that when clicked pops up the rest of the testimonial? I’ve seen this done often on other sites with user reviews.

http://www.johnholdenhealing.com/testimonials.html

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Thanks Walter, for the recommendation. I like Freeway Express, because it is relatively easy to use. Would I lose any ease of use by upgrading to Pro?

Does your ReadMore Action also have “read less”?

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My Read More Action creates a lightbox-style overlay with the extra content, and there is a close button there. (You can also just click outside of the content area, too.) If you wanted to make an expand-in-place style layout, you could do that long-hand with Prototype.js in Freeway Express, or in Freeway Pro with my Protaculous 2 Action, which simply automates adding the library code to your page.

Freeway Express and Pro share a common interface, Pro just layers on the ability to use third-party Actions, a whole lot more control over the layout technique, tons more styling tricks, etc. But if you want to try this out, why don’t you simply duplicate your document (so you can go back) and download the free trial of Pro. Pro can open an Express file, but once it is saved in Pro, it can no longer ever be opened in Express.

Walter

On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:30 PM, John wrote:

Thanks Walter, for the recommendation. I like Freeway Express, because it is relatively easy to use. Would I lose any ease of use by upgrading to Pro?

Does your ReadMore Action also have “read less”?

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See if you can do the following in Freeway Express (I no longer have a copy of it here, so I can’t test this):

  1. Draw an HTML box, and type some copy into it.
  2. At the end of the line of text, choose Insert / HTML Item from the main menu.

Does that option exist in Express? If it does, then creating a read more/less link will be an utter breeze (for certain definitions of breeze).

Walter

On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:30 PM, John wrote:

Does your ReadMore Action also have “read less”?

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Guess what I found - http://www.deltadesign.co/fw_examples/disclose_more.html

OK it is for Pro but the basis is there for Express

David

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Hi, Walter

I do have the Insert / HTML Item in Express. I’d like to do the ReadMore expand-in-place style layout. Is that easy in Express, or do I need Pro?

Thanks,

John

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Sure. Since you won’t have access to the Protaculous Action, you’ll need to do a little more long-hand than a Pro user would, but it’s relatively cut-n-paste stuff. I would start on a brand new, entirely blank Freeway Express document, just to remove any complications and to give you a sense of how this works in isolation.

On an otherwise blank page, draw an HTML box, and type your intro paragraph(s) into it. Press return after the last line, and choose Insert / HTML Item from the main menu. Expand that inline HTML item to the full width of its parent container, and double-click inside it to add the rest of your copy (the More part).

Now publish that page somewhere public, and post a link to it here. I will need to see what sort of HTML item (div or table) Freeway Express inserts inline to know how to advise you further.

Walter

On Jul 14, 2013, at 12:37 PM, John wrote:

Hi, Walter

I do have the Insert / HTML Item in Express. I’d like to do the ReadMore expand-in-place style layout. Is that easy in Express, or do I need Pro?

Thanks,

John

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