Joomla 1.6 help

[chipsbgz]

Hi, I have spent the last few hours trying to solve this on my own, but I am not a php programmer. I'm a pre-med student who should be studying chemistry and math, but I won't be able to focus until I figure this out. How can I alter this code from blog_item.php (a standard file in a joomla template) to have the "read more" link appear at the end of the intro text as opposed to in its own <p> tag?

 

Current generated output:

<p>Some intro text for a blog entry goes here.</p>
<p class="readmore"><a href="link_to_article.html">Read more...</a></p>

 

Desired output:

<p>Some intro text for a blog entry goes here. <a class="readmore" href="link_to_article.html">Read more...</a></p>

 

I've modified and remodified this code for hours to no avail. Obviously, I can figure out how to make the "read more" link just an anchor tag by moving the class="readmore" to the anchor tag and removing the surrounding <p> tags, but I can't figure out how to get it to appear within the introtext <p> tags. Can anyone help me understand how to rewrite this?

 

<?php echo $this->item->introtext; ?>

<?php if ($params->get('show_readmore') && $this->item->readmore) :
if ($params->get('access-view')) :
	$link = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug, $this->item->catid));
else :
	$menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
	$active = $menu->getActive();
	$itemId = $active->id;
	$link1 = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_users&view=login&Itemid=' . $itemId);
	$returnURL = JRoute::_(ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute($this->item->slug));
	$link = new JURI($link1);
	$link->setVar('return', base64_encode($returnURL));
endif;
?>
<p  class="readmore">
			<a href="<?php echo $link; ?>">
				<?php if (!$params->get('access-view')) :
					echo JText::_('COM_CONTENT_REGISTER_TO_READ_MORE');
				elseif ($readmore = $this->item->alternative_readmore) :
					echo $readmore;
					echo JHTML::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));
				elseif ($params->get('show_readmore_title', 0) == 0) :
					echo JText::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE_TITLE');	
				else :
					echo JText::_('COM_CONTENT_READ_MORE');
					echo JHTML::_('string.truncate', ($this->item->title), $params->get('readmore_limit'));
				endif; ?></a>
</p>
<?php endif; ?>

 

Thank you in advance!