Ok, well, I'll start off by saying that the LJ/DW cuts are rather finicky and sometimes I have to play around with them for a while to get them to work.
But anyways here's what you do:
In 'post an entry', type what you want to appear in the uncut part of the entry first (I find this to be easier than trying to do it after). Then to add the cut, click where you want it to go, then click on the icon that looks like a few lines of text above a squiggle.
A popup window should come up. That's where you type what you want the link to say. After clicking 'ok' the box should disappear, leaving a colored box in your post. Whatever you put in the box is the part that will be cut.
Now if you're just typing the stuff in, you shouldn't have any problems. But if you're cutting and pasting stuff in (like I do with stories), I've found it to sometimes have problems, where the cut gets deleted. I've found that it works best to highlight the placeholder text in the box and replace it with a space, and then paste my content in after the space.
Also, when putting in something long, it kind of looks like the box has disappeared, when it really hasn't (that's why it's so tricky, lol). So I've found the best way to make sure it worked is just posting, and then checking your LJ/DW to make sure it worked XD If not, well, I usually just try it again until it does, lol.
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But anyways here's what you do:
In 'post an entry', type what you want to appear in the uncut part of the entry first (I find this to be easier than trying to do it after). Then to add the cut, click where you want it to go, then click on the icon that looks like a few lines of text above a squiggle.
A popup window should come up. That's where you type what you want the link to say. After clicking 'ok' the box should disappear, leaving a colored box in your post. Whatever you put in the box is the part that will be cut.
Now if you're just typing the stuff in, you shouldn't have any problems. But if you're cutting and pasting stuff in (like I do with stories), I've found it to sometimes have problems, where the cut gets deleted. I've found that it works best to highlight the placeholder text in the box and replace it with a space, and then paste my content in after the space.
Also, when putting in something long, it kind of looks like the box has disappeared, when it really hasn't (that's why it's so tricky, lol). So I've found the best way to make sure it worked is just posting, and then checking your LJ/DW to make sure it worked XD If not, well, I usually just try it again until it does, lol.