Hello, 

I am getting a large space between the title and the read more link in the Announcement module.  Any suggestions on getting it to go away?  Also, Is there a way to remove the read more link if you add the link directly to the title?

Thanks,

Jack

if you have the html code of the module you can delete that extra brake
but if you don't have it, there's no way to take it out.

for the read more that one is a dynamic function so it won't go away either
I would recomend you to buy the article module.

Is very similiar and on this one you can take out those things you don't want to show

The Announcements module has a template (available under Settings) that you can modify to your needs.

I'm having the same problem. I've looked at the template in Settings, but not sure what to do to make the read more link apppear right after the description. Thanks, Tom

The spacing/formatting can be changed by using CSS classes which are already created within the table template code – see below on how to access the template code. You will need some knowledge of CSS though which can also be found online.  You could also recreate/structure the Tables etc.

 

To remove the ‘Read more’ link:

1. Go to the settings for the Announcements module,

2. then scroll down to ‘Announcements Settings’ section

3. go to ‘Item Template:’ field,

4. now remove the following token from the line of code:

[READMORE]

Ensure that the remaining code is still on 1 line (with no spaces). Remove the spaces within the HTML Tags and Tokens - the code wont be viewable in this forum if I dont place these spaces.

Change from this:

< table >< tr >< td >[ IMAGESOURCE ]< /td >< td valign="top" >< span class="SubHead" >[ EDIT ][ TITLE ] - [ PUBLISHDATE ]< /span >< div class="Normal DNN_ANN_Description" >[ DESCRIPTION ]  [ READMORE ]< / div >< /td >< /tr >< /table >"

 

To this:

< table >< tr >< td >[ IMAGESOURCE ]< /td >< td valign="top" >< span class="SubHead" >[ EDIT ][ TITLE ] - [ PUBLISHDATE ]< /span >< div class="Normal DNN_ANN_Description" >[ DESCRIPTION ] < /div >< /td >< /tr >< /table >

 

 

5. Then click Update to Save your changes

 

For more information on the Settings and Tokens for the Announcements module – please click the ‘Help’ link located just below the ‘Announcements Settings’ section. This should make things a lot clearer.

Thanks for your reply. I want to keep the Read more link, but remove the extra lines of space between the description and the Read more link.(see the attached screen shot). I understand that I need to change the CSS style, just where and how do I do that? Thanks, Tom

Take a look at the Class that the READMORE token resides in (enclosed by). You can then edit/style this Class in CSS - further specify it with something specific to the READMORE part of the code.

Hint: READMORE = link. You can style the Link within the Class. Specify the Class and then the Link, and then add your styling (padding/margin etc).

When sorted, please post your solution for others to view.

 

You can find many tutorials relating to CSS and DotNetNuke here:

www.dnncreative.com/Tutorials/tabid/261/Default.aspx

 

including:

CSS Reference Book
www.dnncreative.com/Tutorials/SkinningTutorials/CSSReferenceBook/tabid/417/Default.aspx

 

Introduction to CSS and inheritance in DotNetNuke skins

www.dnncreative.com/IntroductiontoCSSandinheritanceinDotNetNuke/tabid/265/Default.aspx

 

Pure CSS SEO Layouts for DotNetNuke skins

www.dnncreative.com/CSSSEOLayouts/tabid/367/Default.aspx

Tom,

It appears that you are in Northern Virginia. We have the Captital DotNetNuke Users Group (capitaldug.org) that meets monthly near Tyson's Corner. You should join us!