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Started 1 year ago by CPMFrance
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CPMFrance
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Hi guys!

First of all, thanks for this georgous theme ;)

I want to add a "Read More" button at the bottom of each Latest News widget, I found the php code of it in the class-framework-widgets.php and added that code in the right place :

echo a href="\?cat=.$cat[0].\"Read More;

However, when I click on this new button, I want to redirect to the page of the category of the widget. My question is :

How to pick the page of the category of the displayed widget ?

I don't know if I'm clear ^^ I can give an example if I'm not :)

Thanks!

Posted 1 year ago #
Dude
Dude
Hey,
imho the easiest solution would be to set a global variable which contains some query information (i.e. the category). You can add following code in header.php:
```
<?php
global $wp_query, $cat_ID;

if(is_category() || is_single()){
   $cat_ID = get_query_var('cat');
}
?>
```
and in the widget code use:
```
<?php
global $cat_ID;
get_category_link( $cat_ID );
?>
```
to get the current category link.
Posted 1 year ago #
MCSolutions
Member

Hello,

I would like to do this on my site as well, but am a little confused as to where to put the coding. I have the upScale theme installed and would like to have a "Read More" link at the bottom of my Latest News widget that links to the category blogroll. Where and how exactly do I do that?

Thanks for the help!

Posted 1 year ago #
MCSolutions
Member

Hi,

It has been five days since my post and I would really like some help in getting this widget worked out. I just need some clarification on what code to use and where in order to get a "Read More" button at the bottom of the Latest News widget. I would like for the button to link to a list of all articles written under that category. I think the above code can help but everything I have tried seems to have no effect.

Thank you for your time and help!

Posted 1 year ago #

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