Honestly? I'd say don't reinvent the wheel. Underlined links with the changing cursor and/or clickable buttons are what the user expects, so give it to them.
>Underline links
I would, but I want an entire paragraph (title header + body) to be clickable. It looks pretty bad if the entire thing is underlined, and just underlining the header makes it look like a decoration and not a link. The cursor does change but there's no cursor on a touchscreen.
So make the entire paragraph clickable, but only underline/color the title header.
That was my conclusion too, going to try this out when I get home
"The most common methods are the blue link color, underlining, or a 'more/click me' button. I don't want to do any of those - wanting someone to click content is more desirable than telling them to."
A user isn't going to click anything unless they know they can click it. You have to tell them they can click it before they can want to click on it. And the easiest way to do that is with the blue color or the underline.
I've been struggling with making things 'look clickable' on my website (or maybe everything is fine and it's in my head). To solve this I've been trying to define what exactly makes a user want to click something. The most common methods are the blue link color, underlining, or a 'more/click me' button. I don't want to do any of those - wanting someone to click content is more desirable than telling them to.
In researching other sites and monitoring my own behavior I noticed that I always want to click images. This probably has to do with being a long time image-board browser. But the content I want to be clicked doesn't have any images associated with them. I've been trying to work in glyphicons that indicate a link, but it messes with the aesthetics of the content.
Any suggestions?