Removed continue reading link when there's nothing more to read

Author: squidfunk

material/plugins/blog/plugin.py

@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, *, page, config, files):
                 raise PluginError(
                     f"Couldn't find '{separator}' in post '{path}' in '{docs}'"
                 )
-            else:
-                page.markdown += f"\n\n{separator}"
 
         # Create excerpt for post and inherit authors and categories - excerpts
         # can contain a subset of the authors and categories of the post

material/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py

@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ def __init__(self, post: Post, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
         self.authors: list[Author] = []
         self.categories: list[Category] = []
 
+        # Initialize content after separator - allow template authors to render
+        # posts inline or to provide a link to the post's page
+        self.more = None
+
         # Initialize parser - note that we need to patch the configuration,
         # more specifically the table of contents extension
         config = _patch(config)
@@ -200,7 +204,9 @@ def render(self, page: Page, separator: str):
 
         # Convert Markdown to HTML and extract excerpt
         self.content = self.md.convert(self.markdown)
-        self.content, *_ = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        self.content, *more = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        if more:
+            self.more = more[0]
 
         # Extract table of contents and reset post URL - if we wouldn't reset
         # the excerpt URL, linking to the excerpt from the view would not work

material/templates/partials/post.html

@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@
   </header>
   <div class="md-post__content md-typeset">
     {{ post.content }}
-    <nav class="md-post__action">
-      <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
-        {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
-      </a>
-    </nav>
+    {% if post.more %}
+      <nav class="md-post__action">
+        <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
+          {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
+        </a>
+      </nav>
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 </article>

src/plugins/blog/plugin.py

@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ def on_page_markdown(self, markdown, *, page, config, files):
                 raise PluginError(
                     f"Couldn't find '{separator}' in post '{path}' in '{docs}'"
                 )
-            else:
-                page.markdown += f"\n\n{separator}"
 
         # Create excerpt for post and inherit authors and categories - excerpts
         # can contain a subset of the authors and categories of the post

src/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py

@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ def __init__(self, post: Post, config: MkDocsConfig, files: Files):
         self.authors: list[Author] = []
         self.categories: list[Category] = []
 
+        # Initialize content after separator - allow template authors to render
+        # posts inline or to provide a link to the post's page
+        self.more = None
+
         # Initialize parser - note that we need to patch the configuration,
         # more specifically the table of contents extension
         config = _patch(config)
@@ -200,7 +204,9 @@ def render(self, page: Page, separator: str):
 
         # Convert Markdown to HTML and extract excerpt
         self.content = self.md.convert(self.markdown)
-        self.content, *_ = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        self.content, *more = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        if more:
+            self.more = more[0]
 
         # Extract table of contents and reset post URL - if we wouldn't reset
         # the excerpt URL, linking to the excerpt from the view would not work

src/templates/partials/post.html

@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@
     {{ post.content }}
 
     <!-- Continue reading link -->
-    <nav class="md-post__action">
-      <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
-        {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
-      </a>
-    </nav>
+    {% if post.more %}
+      <nav class="md-post__action">
+        <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
+          {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
+        </a>
+      </nav>
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 </article>