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+# Readmore.js
+
+A smooth, responsive jQuery plugin for collapsing and expanding long blocks of text with "Read more" and "Close" links.
+
+The markup Readmore.js requires is so simple, you can probably use it with your existing HTML—there's no need for complicated sets of `div`'s or hardcoded classes, just call `.readmore()` on the element containing your block of text and Readmore.js takes care of the rest. Readmore.js plays well in a responsive environment, too.
+
+Readmore.js is tested with—and supported on—all versions of jQuery greater than 1.9.1. All the "good" browsers are supported, as well as IE10+; IE8 & 9 _should_ work, but are not supported and the experience will not be ideal.
+
+
+## Install
+
+Install Readmore.js with Bower:
+
+```
+$ bower install readmore
+```
+
+Then include it in your HTML:
+
+```html
+<script src="/bower_components/readmore/readmore.min.js"></script>
+```
+
+
+## Use
+
+```javascript
+$('article').readmore();
+```
+
+It's that simple. You can change the speed of the animation, the height of the collapsed block, and the open and close elements.
+
+```javascript
+$('article').readmore({
+  speed: 75,
+  lessLink: '<a href="#">Read less</a>'
+});
+```
+
+### The options:
+
+* `speed: 100` in milliseconds
+* `collapsedHeight: 200` in pixels
+* `heightMargin: 16` in pixels, avoids collapsing blocks that are only slightly larger than `collapsedHeight`
+* `moreLink: '<a href="#">Read more</a>'`
+* `lessLink: '<a href="#">Close</a>'`
+* `embedCSS: true` insert required CSS dynamically, set this to `false` if you include the necessary CSS in a stylesheet
+* `blockCSS: 'display: block; width: 100%;'` sets the styling of the blocks, ignored if `embedCSS` is `false`
+* `startOpen: false` do not immediately truncate, start in the fully opened position
+* `beforeToggle: function() {}` called after a more or less link is clicked, but *before* the block is collapsed or expanded
+* `afterToggle: function() {}` called *after* the block is collapsed or expanded
+
+If the element has a `max-height` CSS property, Readmore.js will use that value rather than the value of the `collapsedHeight` option.
+
+### The callbacks:
+
+The callback functions, `beforeToggle` and `afterToggle`, both receive the same arguments: `trigger`, `element`, and `expanded`.
+
+* `trigger`: the "Read more" or "Close" element that was clicked
+* `element`: the block that is being collapsed or expanded
+* `expanded`: Boolean; `true` means the block is expanded
+
+#### Callback example:
+
+Here's an example of how you could use the `afterToggle` callback to scroll back to the top of a block when the "Close" link is clicked.
+
+```javascript
+$('article').readmore({
+  afterToggle: function(trigger, element, expanded) {
+    if(! expanded) { // The "Close" link was clicked
+      $('html, body').animate( { scrollTop: element.offset().top }, {duration: 100 } );
+    }
+  }
+});
+```
+
+### Removing Readmore:
+
+You can remove the Readmore.js functionality like so:
+
+```javascript
+$('article').readmore('destroy');
+```
+
+Or, you can be more surgical by specifying a particular element:
+
+```javascript
+$('article:first').readmore('destroy');
+```
+
+### Toggling blocks programmatically:
+
+You can toggle a block from code:
+
+```javascript
+$('article:nth-of-type(3)').readmore('toggle');
+```
+
+
+## CSS:
+
+Readmore.js is designed to use CSS for as much functionality as possible: collapsed height can be set in CSS with the `max-height` property; "collapsing" is achieved by setting `overflow: hidden` on the containing block and changing the `height` property; and, finally, the expanding/collapsing animation is done with CSS3 transitions.
+
+By default, Readmore.js inserts the following CSS, in addition to some transition-related rules:
+
+```css
+selector + [data-readmore-toggle], selector[data-readmore] {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+```
+
+_`selector` would be the element you invoked `readmore()` on, e.g.: `$('selector').readmore()`_
+
+You can override the base rules when you set up Readmore.js like so:
+
+```javascript
+$('article').readmore({blockCSS: 'display: inline-block; width: 50%;'});
+```
+
+If you want to include the necessary styling in your site's stylesheet, you can disable the dynamic embedding by setting `embedCSS` to `false`:
+
+```javascript
+$('article').readmore({embedCSS: false});
+```
+
+### Media queries and other CSS tricks:
+
+If you wanted to set a `maxHeight` based on lines, you could do so in CSS with something like:
+
+```css
+body {
+  font: 16px/1.5 sans-serif;
+}
+
+/* Show only 4 lines in smaller screens */
+article {
+  max-height: 6em; /* (4 * 1.5 = 6) */
+}
+```
+
+Then, with a media query you could change the number of lines shown, like so:
+
+```css
+/* Show 8 lines on larger screens */
+@media screen and (min-width: 640px) {
+  article {
+    max-height: 12em;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+
+## Contributing
+
+Pull requests are always welcome, but not all suggested features will get merged. Feel free to contact me if you have an idea for a feature.
+
+Pull requests should include the minified script and this readme and the demo HTML should be updated with descriptions of your new feature. 
+
+You'll need NPM:
+
+```
+$ npm install
+```
+
+Which will install the necessary development dependencies. Then, to build the minified script:
+
+```
+$ gulp compress
+```
+