BChurch and bSocial

How to add a clickable 'Read more' link below posts on front page

• Before and After
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1. Take a backup of index.php

2. Edit it in a text editor.

Replace all instances of

<?php the_excerpt_rss(); ?>

with

<?php
$my_excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
$my_excerpt = str_replace(' [...]', ' <div class="readmore"><a href="' . get_permalink() . '">Read More...</a></div>', $my_excerpt);
echo $my_excerpt;
?>

Source: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-make-display-a-link-in-the_excerpt-?replies=3

3. Add the following at the end of your theme's style.css:

.readmore {
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-top: 5px;
	font-size: 11px;
}