"Read more" function

-- url of the page with the problem -- : mywebsite.com/mypage
-- HikaShop version -- : Starter 2.3.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.2.3
-- PHP version -- : 5.3.28
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : Safari 7.0.2, Firefox 28.0
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message

I can't figure out how to get the "Read More" link to work on the product page.
I have "Read more" set to Yes in the Configuation -> Main. (see screen shot "configuration.jpg"
I have <hr id="system-readmore"/" in the product description (see screen shot (product-description.jpg)
Yet the product display page shows the full description, not the "Read more" link.
What I would like is for the product page to show "Read more" and when they click on that, it expands to give the full description.
Is this possible, and if so, how do I set this?
Thank you

Hi
the url go to website.1and1.com/#top
since i can't have a look to the page website i don't know if the code write in the BackEnd is still thee in the FrontEnd.
here some clues

a---readmore need many setting verify your setting refer to this link
b--some forum speak about syntax
don't use HTML syntax <hr id="system-readmore"/>
try joomla syntax !! <hr id="system-readmore">
c--joomla parse html file and remove some code before send the html code in browser
d--joomla editor could be the problem

regard's

Sorry, I forgot to enter the URL, because I attached screen shots instead.
The URL is:
fireworksland.com/component/hikashop/product/3135-baja-bomber

Thank you for your reply. I will look at your answers and try them.

In Global Configurations, I did have Show Read More set to Hide.
I set it to Show, cleared all caches, and it still did not show "Read More."

The Joomla editor is JCE, but I do not use it to enter product information, I used CSV import. First, I imported all the data from VirtueMart to HikaShop. Originally in VirtueMart the first part was in the Short Description field and the second part in the Long Description field, because those were on different pages.

After the import, they were combined into one field, with the <"system-readmore"/> tag between them. So all products now have that tag in the description. I did not add that tag, I assume the HikaShop import process added that tag.

I tried changing one product, the one in the link above, <"system-readmore"/> to <"system-readmore">
It changed the display a little bit, adding a space between what was before and after that code.
But it still did not show the "Read more..." link. So I still don't have the "Read more" link, I have the full description showing.

On your suggestion (c) I don't know what to do to change that.
Thank you for your help.

Hi
c) is for security but i don't think the problem come from this item
e) could be add text in the PArameters advanced -> Alternative read more text -> write a label for readmore

Hi

did you figure out how to get the "Read More" link to work on the product page.?
If yes ; How do you resolve the issue ?
I don't know if kunema forum support a way to say if the thread is close and resolve but this option
is usefull if we want learn from user case ( forum) rather than documentation .
Regard's

No, I could not get it to work. I tried everything I could find but I still could not get it to show a "Read more..." link. Read more works on the category page, for example see fireworksland.com/reviews , but it does not work on product pages, at least on my site.

Hi
Does someone in the forum succeed to make work readmore on product page ?
Thank's for feedback

Hi,

Thanks to try this kind of code:

		if(!empty($this->element->product_description)){
			$resume = substr(strip_tags(preg_replace('#<hr *id="system-readmore" */>.*#is','',$this->element->product_description)),0,300);
			if (!empty($this->element->product_description) && strlen($this->element->product_description)>300)
				$resume .= " ...<a href='#hikashop_show_tabular_description'>".JText::_('READ_MORE')."</a>";
			echo JHTML::_('content.prepare',$resume);
		}

Thank you for that reply.
Which file would that code go into?

Hi,

If you want that on the product page then you have to edit the view "product / show_default" via the menu Display > Views

OK, thank you.