Go per FTP to components/com_frontpage and open the frontpage.php
replace all of the code with the following given then save to server and go!
PHP Code:
<?php
// $Id: frontpage.php,v 1.39 2004/04/06 21:28:52 eddieajau Exp $
/**
* Content code
* @package Mambo Open Source
* @Copyright (C) 2000 - 2003 Miro International Pty Ltd
* @ All rights reserved
* @ Mambo Open Source is Free Software
* @ Released under GNU/GPL License : [url]http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html[/url]
* @version $Revision: 1.39 $
**/
defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Direct Access to this location is not allowed.' );
//require_once( $mainframe->getPath( 'front_html' ) );
require_once( $mainframe->getPath( 'front_html', 'com_content') );
frontpage( $option );
/**
* Select all the content items that are within the 'frontpage' date display times
*
* The following parameters are available to the frontpage
* count=n : display a maximum of n lines
* intro=m : only show the intro for the first m items
* image=b : b=true shows images otherwise just text
* @param database A database connection object
*/
function frontpage( $option ) {
global $database, $mainframe, $my, $Itemid;
global $mosConfig_offset;
$access = !$mainframe->getCfg( 'shownoauth' );
$menu= new mosMenu( $database );
$menu->load( $Itemid );
$params = mosParseParams( $menu->params );
$count = isset( $params->count ) ? $params->count : 6;
$intro = isset( $params->intro ) ? $params->intro : 3;
$image = @$params->image ? MASK_IMAGES : 0;
$header = @$params->header;
$empty = @$params->empty;
$orderby = @$params->orderby;
switch (strtolower( $orderby )) {
case 'date':
$orderby = "a.created";
break;
case 'rdate':
$orderby = "a.created DESC";
break;
default:
$orderby = "f.ordering, a.ordering ASC, a.catid, a.sectionid";
break;
}
if ($header) {
echo "<span class=\"frontpageheader\">$header</span>";
}
$t = new mosTemplate( $database );
$t->load( 0 );
$now = date( "Y-m-d H:i:s", time()+$mosConfig_offset*60*60 );
$database->setQuery( "SELECT ROUND(v.rating_sum/v.rating_count) AS rating, v.rating_count,"
. "\na.*, u.name AS author, u.usertype"
. "\nFROM #__content AS a"
. "\nINNER JOIN #__content_frontpage AS f ON f.content_id = a.id"
. "\nLEFT JOIN #__users AS u ON u.id = a.created_by"
. "\nLEFT JOIN #__content_rating AS v ON a.id = v.content_id"
. "\nWHERE a.state='1'"
. ($access ? "\n AND a.access <= '$my->gid'" : "")
. "\n AND (publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR publish_up <= NOW())"
. "\n AND (publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR publish_down >= NOW())"
. "\nORDER BY $orderby"
. ($count ? " LIMIT $count" : "")
);
//echo $database->explain();
//echo $database->getQuery();
$rows = $database->loadObjectList();
echo $database->getErrorMsg();
$n = count( $rows );
if ($count && $count < $n) {
$n = $count;
}
if ($n > 0) {
$col=$t->col_main;
echo "\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n";
$i2=0;
$n2=$n;
$intro2 = $intro;
// Leading story
if ($col==3) {
echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"2\">\n";
show( $rows[$i2], MASK_READON|$image, $option );
echo "<hr>\n";
echo "</td>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";
$i2++;
$n2--;
$intro2--;
}
for ($i=0; $i < $n2; $i++) {
if (!($i%2) || $col==1) {
echo "<tr>\n";
}
echo $col==1 ? "<td valign=\"top\">\n" : "<td width=\"50%\" valign=\"top\">\n";
if ($i < $intro2 || $intro==0) {
show( $rows[$i+$i2], MASK_READON|$image, $option );
echo "<hr>\n";
} else {
HTML_content::showLinks( $rows, $intro, $n );
echo "<hr>\n";
echo "</td>\n</tr>\n";
break;
}
echo "</td>\n";
if ($i%2 || $col==1) {
echo "</tr>\n";
}
}
echo "\n</table>";
} else {
if ($empty) {
echo "<br /><br />$empty";
} else {
echo "<br /><br />No items to display";
}
}
}
function show( $row, $mask=0, $option ) {
global $mainframe, $my, $acl;
global $mosConfig_live_site, $mosConfig_absolute_path;
if ($row->id === null || $row->state != 1) {
mosNotAuth();
return;
}
$mask |= $mainframe->getCfg( 'hideAuthor' ) ? MASK_HIDEAUTHOR : 0;
$mask |= $mainframe->getCfg( 'hideCreateDate' ) ? MASK_HIDECREATEDATE : 0;
$mask |= $mainframe->getCfg( 'hideModifyDate' ) ? MASK_HIDEMODIFYDATE : 0;
$mask |= $mainframe->getCfg( 'vote' ) ? MASK_VOTES : 0;
$mask |= MASK_HIDEPDF;
$mask |= MASK_HIDEPRINT;
$mask |= MASK_HIDEEMAIL;
$mask |= $mainframe->getCfg( 'link_titles' ) ? MASK_LINK_TITLES : 0;
//do images the mosbot way
$row->text = $row->introtext;
$bots = mosReadDirectory( "$mosConfig_absolute_path/mambots", "\.php$" );
sort( $bots );
foreach ($bots as $bot) {
require "mambots/$bot";
}
// record the hit
if (!($mask&MASK_READON)) {
$row->hit();
}
$access = new stdClass();
$access->canEdit = $acl->acl_check( 'action', 'edit', 'users', $my->usertype, 'content', 'all' );
$access->canEditOwn = $acl->acl_check( 'action', 'edit', 'users', $my->usertype, 'content', 'own' );
HTML_content::show( $row, $mask, $access, 0, $option );
}
?>
Add HR beneath each "Read More" automatically 
Linear Mode
