Change dots at the end of excerpt

[michaelxxx]

Hi,

is there any possibility to change the 3 dots at the end of an excerpt in categories? For example: give them another color, add an extra icon after the dots or make them bold?

Which file in x-child do I have to modify for that?

Michael

[christopher]

Hi Michael,

Please kindly make sure that you have the Child Theme installed. Then, add the PHP code below into the functions.php file of your Child Theme:

function x_excerpt_string( $more ) {

	$stack = x_get_stack();

	if ( $stack == 'integrity' ) {
	  return ' <span class="the-dots">...</span> <div><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" class="more-link">' . __( 'Read More', '__x__' ) . '</a></div>';
	} else if ( $stack == 'renew' ) {
	  return ' <span class="the-dots">...</span> <a href="' . get_permalink() . '" class="more-link">' . __( 'Read More', '__x__' ) . '</a>';
	} else if ( $stack == 'icon' ) {
	  return ' <span class="the-dots">...</span>';
	} else if ( $stack == 'ethos' ) {
	  return ' <span class="the-dots">...</span>';
	}

}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'x_excerpt_string' );

From now on you can use the CSS code below to style those three dots:

.the-dots {
/* Add whatever styling you want here. */
}

Thank you.