How to show full posts on front page of a wordpress blog. I know this should be super simple.

by Mogly

Posted: 11 years ago 4 replies

WEB DESIGN

Hey guys,

I can't figure this out and it should be incredibly simple.

I'm running a wordpress blog on the genesis framework.

And instead of post excerpts on the front page, I would much rather have it show a full post, up until my ''read more'' pagebreak is inserted.

Is there any easy way to do this on a genesis site? Almost all of the wordpress info out there seems to have different syntax as genesis sites.

Thanks!

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Istvan Horvath 11 years ago

Not familiar with that theme. But it doesn't really matter.

It always comes down to the use of the so-called "template tags" that retrieve the content from the MySQL database for WordPress.

Some index/main templates are using
<?php the_content(); ?>

while others are using
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

Now take a look at the template that displays your home/main page... and you will know what to llok for and what to do

Edit. P.S. Whoever says in his question that is "super simple" doesn't deserve an answer. If it is so super simple, why the heck don't you know the answer...?
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Mogly 11 years ago

I meant that I wasn't smart enough to figure it out, but I assumed it was actually simple.

Sorry

Anyway, that's the same thing most places recommended. But its really odd. The genesis framework doesn't seem to have a index.php.. and my child-theme doesn't either, so I can't actually find where the index/main template is.
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Istvan Horvath 11 years ago

OK, without an index.php no WP theme would work... Even if it is only 2-3 lines and calls for including other template files (which, on their turn) may contain the Loop where the above mentioned template tags should reside.

In a WP template if there are no template tags - nothing is displayed.

Even the present default (2012 and the earlier 2011) theme has the complicated way of building up a webpage:
- there is a the template file that WP would recognize to be used for different ype of content (e.g. index, page, single etc.) and they call for the inclusion of
- the different variations of the Loop in separate files
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Istvan Horvath 11 years ago

On a second thought... if you are a customer of StudioPress, why aren't you asking your questions there:
Post Excerpts - Genesis Framework

You paid them, they should help you
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