Hi @fireflywebs,
You have set excerpt(summary) mode in Appearance=> Theme Options=> Layout Options=> Content Layout. This will show excerpt instead of the content, and all HTML tags like links are removed from excerpt.
To achieve a larger image link effect, you can do following:
Option 1
1. Set Content Layout to Full Content Display/Full Content With Featured Image
2. Bear in mind this will show all the content in blog pages
3. Then control the content by adding more quicktag. To add a more quicktag in your post, put your cursor where you want to end the excerpted content of your post and click the more quicktag button. quicktags are the little buttons found above the editing window in your Administration > Post > Add New Post. They include bold, italic, links, and others, and the famous more.
https://codex.wordpress.org/images/8/8c/posteditor_more_button_text.jpg
It will insert a code at that point that looks like this:
and I told him that he should get moving or I'd be on him like a limpet. He looked at me with shock on his face and said
<!--more-->
The rest of the post continues in the editing window, but when viewed on the non-single/non-permalink web page such as archives, categories, front page, and searches, the post is shown as an excerpt to the more point.
Option 2
* Reduce amount of text in excerpt
1. Go to Appearance=> Customzie=> Theme Options=> Excerpt / More Tag Setting
2. Change More Tag Text and Excerpt length(words) to desired value. Make sure your content has more words than Excerpt length or the Continue Reading options will not show up.
I hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.
Regards,
Pratik
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