Wordpress Problem

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Hello everyone.

For some reason, all of my wordpress posts that are more than like a paragraph long get cut off and the only thing that shows up on the home page is:
the title of the article and a link to read more.

Can someone help me figure out how to fix this problem so my blog posts will show up on the home page rather than a user having to click read more to see them?


Thanks,



Jacob Martus
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  • Most likely it is a setting/code in your theme.

    When in doubt - always switch to the default theme and check the blog's behaviour.
    If in the default works as you would like... it's time to look into your theme files.
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    • this is a great post
      always always check your blog in a default template
      9 times outta ten the problem will be in your theme code
      check out the css for your theme you could probably see code there for the more tag
      in the wrong place
      but i am not a wordpress coder
      hope that helps
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  • Quick fix: Go to your post and skip to where you want it to preview, then click the "Insert More Tag" button. This will tell WP to preview what's above that line. If that doesn't work let me know and I'll show you how to fix it in the editor code.

    Safe Travels,
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    • sYou should read before posting!

      The OP's problem is that it already HAS inserted that gizmo automatically and he wants to get rid of it.
  • I have seen this problem with different themes. There was a christmas theme that I tried last week. I had to get another theme because it was not showing my whole post.

    Other than that, I have never had that problem as a general problem with Wordpress. Does it do this on different themes, or just one theme in particular?
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    • Does your theme have an option for deciding whether to display the whole post or just an extract on the home page? I guess if you're using a magazine style theme it may be set that only excerpts appear. Which theme are you using?
  • In the WordPress dashboard:

    Appearance -> Editor

    If there is a home.php click on that

    Look for the_excerpt and replace with the_content

    If there's no home.php then edit index.php

    All depends on which theme you're using - they might even have a custom excerpt function.

    PM me if the above doesn't work - will quickly fix it for you.
  • try to change main page to a static page and see if this helps. ( you can do so under settings-reading.
  • I am using the heatmap theme. I can't seem to find the_excerpt anywhere in index.php.
    Can anyone please help me fix this problem. I don't like the way the website looks with just the title of every post and then read more. I'd like at least some of the article to show up and then the read more.

    Someone please help me.
  • Austin. I don't have enough posts to send PM's. Can you give me an email address to send you that information to?

    Thanks.


    Jacob Martus
  • Well, that's a very, very complicated theme for a beginner... it has zillions of options and conditional statements in the code, meaning if you do this setting, this is what will happen, if you do another setting, something else will happen, etc.

    I don't have time to install it now on a clean, new WP and to play with all the Options of the theme, sorry.
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    • Well Austin said he can take a look, but I can't send him a pm with the login details. Just waiting for a pm with his email and I can get him the info he needs.
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  • Yes, if styling it is considered "modifying"... then yes, the appearance of the more tag can be modified via CSS. That's not the issue in this thread.

    The OP described his situation as the "Read more" being displayed after the excerpts - without him knowingly setting them like that. Which is not about the look or appearance anymore but PHP coding in the template file(s) or some weird interference of a plugin. Hence the need for live testing on his blog...
  • I agree with you wholeheartedly, Istvan. I've coded a few themes in my time and know exactly what you're saying. This is because you have the ability to say it rather better than I do

    I found the idea of some of the more gullible people on the forum being led to believe (by someone who was adamant that they were not guessing) that they could find 'more' tags in the css so shocking that I couldn't just leave it there and then ended up making such a hatchet job of refuting it that I probably ended up being every bit as misleading. Thanks for giving the issue the clarity that my 3.00am brain was unable to
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    Hello everyone. For some reason, all of my wordpress posts that are more than like a paragraph long get cut off and the only thing that shows up on the home page is: