Must this be so bloody hard? I know I'm not the only one stumbling on this modification (that should be trivial).
I've checked "Read More" Placement, Option to not allow the add comment option if read more., Customising how links ($links) are displayed in your pages and Stanch Theme for Drupal (that also includes a discussion about this) but failed to come up with a solution that works for me and for Drupal 4.7.3
What I want to achieve;
1) On the blog teaser page I only want a "read more" link, preferably inline with the text, and also - and separately - to be able to show the number of comments each ppost have received. So, no "Comments" link, no "e-mail this page" link nor a "print this page" link.
2) On the blog page, I want all links in a pretty block but also be able to break out the "comment" link and put it at the bottom of the text (so it is displayed twice).
With the instructions for the Stanch Theme, I was able to break apart the "read more" link from the rest. However, when I made an argument to make the rest of the links only should be shown on the full node page, the page turned up blank.
Like so:
<?php if ($page == 0): ?>
(snippet)
<?php endif; ?>
This was the most successful attempt though.