--- post-template.php.orig	2009-05-27 22:12:45.000000000 -0600
+++ post-template.php	2009-05-27 23:25:22.000000000 -0600
@@ -159,8 +159,10 @@
  * @param string $stripteaser Optional. Teaser content before the more text.
  * @param string $more_file Optional. Not used.
  */
-function the_content($more_link_text = null, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
-	$content = get_the_content($more_link_text, $stripteaser, $more_file);
+function the_content($more_link_text = null, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '',
+                     $before = '', $after = '') {
+	$content = get_the_content($more_link_text, $stripteaser, $more_file,
+	                           $before, $after);
 	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
 	$content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);
 	echo $content;
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@
  * @param string $more_file Optional. Not used.
  * @return string
  */
-function get_the_content($more_link_text = null, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
+function get_the_content($more_link_text = null, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '',
+                         $before = '', $after = '') {
 	global $id, $post, $more, $page, $pages, $multipage, $preview, $pagenow;
 
 	if ( null === $more_link_text )
@@ -216,9 +219,13 @@
 		if ( $more ) {
 			$output .= '<span id="more-'.$id.'"></span>'.$content[1];
 		} else {
+		    if ( ! empty ($before) )
+		        $output .= $before;
 			$output = balanceTags($output);
 			if ( ! empty($more_link_text) )
 				$output .= ' <a href="'. get_permalink() . "#more-$id\" class=\"more-link\">$more_link_text</a>";
+		    if ( ! empty ($after) )
+		        $output .= $after;
 		}
 
 	}