Les Jones

Nifty > Please Steal This Blog Software Idea

Click on the "Continue reading" link to read this Earth-shattering idea!

So most good blogging software has an extended entry feature. If a post is really long you can start it on the front page and then let readers click on a link to read the rest of the post.

It's a good feature, but sometimes bloggers feel compelled to instruct readers to click through to the end of the story, as I did above when I said "Click on the "Continue reading" link to read this Earth-shattering idea." If someone comes directly to this page and reads this post, they'll see those instructions in a context where there's no "Continue reading" llink to click. The rest of the post is right there on the page waiting to be read.

I'd like for blogging software to add a field where I can put instructions like "Click on the "Continue" link to read this Earth-shattering idea." The instructions would appear on the front page (and on archival pages that respect the extended entry), but not on the destination page.

OK, it's not Earth-shattering, but it's also not hard to do.