Dumb Blogging Question...

by JasonParker

Posted: 15 years ago 10 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I should know how to do this but don't...

On my blog, my posts are displayed at full-length on the index page. Under Settings > Reading I selected "Summary" and still it's displaying posts at full length...

Where is the setting that summarizes posts on the index page?

#blogging #dumb #question

The Skint IM

15 years ago

You could try:

Open your theme folder, and open your index.php file with a text editor (notepad)

Find the_content text there, and replace it with the_excerpt.

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JasonParker

15 years ago

Originally Posted by The Skint IM

You could try:

Open your theme folder, and open your index.php file with a text editor (notepad)

Find the_content text there, and replace it with the_excerpt.

Thanks for the tip

Hmmm... I don't like editing PHP. lol... I'm not a very technical guy.

Is this how everyone makes their index page summarize posts?

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The Skint IM 15 years ago

Im not sure if everyone does, there are summary plugins you can google.

In "playing" with Wordpress I have used the above. You can copy n Paste the .php code to a notepad file before you do anything, so if it does go belly up, you can re-edit and copy paste it back. Im sure WP has a undo feature in there too.
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Rob Canyon 15 years ago

Jason,

This plugin will do what you want....

WordPress › Post Teaser WordPress Plugins

p.s. I love using it... my signature is a blog where I use it
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JasonParker 15 years ago

Thank you both for your replies Sometimes I don't know what I'd do without Warrior Forum.
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BrianMcLeod 15 years ago

Assumes you're using Wordpress...

Put your cursor where you want the post to be split.

Click the "Split" button:

Hope this helps,

Brian
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- Carol666 15 years ago
  
  Or you could use the Evermore plugin for Wordpress
  
  WordPress › Evermore WordPress Plugins
  
  So all your posts are abreviated automatically
  
  Carol
  
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The Pension Guy 15 years ago

Originally Posted by JasonParker

Under Settings > Reading I selected "Summary" and still it's displaying posts at full length...

That refers ONLY to the RSS feeds... (if you take a closer look at it)

As for your question, you already got several solutions
- editing the template file(s)
- using the built-in "more" function
- using plugins

Good luck!
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JasonParker 15 years ago

Thanks everybody. I ended up using the Plugin Rob suggested. Works like a charm... and it took the Technorati tags off the index page, which is cool.
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BrianMcLeod 15 years ago

One of the coolest things about Wordpress is there are usually quite a few ways to go about the same thing depending on how exactly you want it to work for you.

Cool suggestions all the way around!
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