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My System installation information:

• Installed Joomla version 1.5.3 and later upgraded to version 1.5.4.

• Hosted at Godaddy.com on linux platform.

Problem Description:

Joomla is unable to display “Read More...” link, Article title, Article author and article created date (there might be some more which I did not discover) on blog layout, this includes section, category, frontpage blog layout. You have checked the parameters, “show read more” link, show article title, etc are already turned on, but the problem still persists.

Findings:

1. Some forumers have said that this problem is caused by a bug on Tiny Editor which does not save “<hr id="system-readmore" />” tag correctly. This is not true, I have tried with another Editor and it does not solve the problem.

2. I have compared all files in /plugins/editors-xtd directory with another set of files on a working installation, they are identical.

3. I have put a debugging message on the PHP program and notice that the function $this->item->params->get('show_readmore') returns FALSE, hence READMORE links did not get displayed.

Solution:

Disable or Uninstall “(Modified)Google Adsense Mambot” plugin from Ulas ALKAN. If you did not install this plugin on your Joomla, then your problem is different from what I encountered.

I have tested many times, by enabling and disabling, install and uninstall. I am very certain and confirm that this plugin is the root of the problem. It may be imcompatible with some component in Joomla.

Side note:

1. Do not install unnecessary plugins or modules.

2. I installed com_joomsef-3.0.0-KangaInternet component for SEO url friendly, but I don't find it helpful as Joomla itself is also capable to produce SEO friendly url, you just need to turn it on at global configuration screen.

I hope you find this note useful and good luck!