Blog Homepage Layout

thereimergroup · Member · Dec 7, 2016 at 11:32 pm
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Currently I have my homepage set to show most recent blog posts (not a static homepage) but it shows the WHOLE article of each post. Is there a way to shrink the amount of space it takes up on my homepage so that it only shows the first few lines of my post and then you have to click it to read the whole thing?

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musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 2:22 am
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Hi,

Yes, that can be done easily, but the options available depend upon the theme you are using. Which theme is activated on the site?
staff-loquaciousloon · Staff · Dec 8, 2016 at 1:58 pm
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Hi @thereimergroup!

It looks like thereimergroupblog.wordpress.com is currently using the Penscratch theme, which supports Excerpts in its Content Options settings.

Click on My Site > Customize and open the Content Options panel. You can then select ‘Post excerpt’ instead of ‘Full post’ :)
thereimergroup · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 5:26 pm
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Thank you, chad1008! I knew it was likely an easy fix, I’m just still navigating my way around! :)
Appreciate the help!!
staff-loquaciousloon · Staff · Dec 8, 2016 at 7:19 pm
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Happy to help :)
lulir87 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 9:07 pm
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Can this be also done in the toujours theme?? I can’t seem to find the content options…
musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 10:49 pm
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@lulir87,

No, Toujours doesn’t have that option. However, you may use the More tag instead. It must be inserted into each post that you want to appear abbreviated on the blog page, at the point where you want the post content to be truncated.
lulir87 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 11:38 pm
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thanks very much!!!
musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 8, 2016 at 11:49 pm
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You’re welcome!
serranomarge · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 3:56 am
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Hi! Can this be done on Truly Minimal theme? I wanted to shrink articles on my homepage, too, and just display excerpts. Thanks in advance!
cheyenneescamillamcom2320 · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 4:39 am
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Uploaded blog posts but i would like to rearrange them so that they are in a specific order. Is there any way i can arrange them in a different order without having to go back and upload them all again?
musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 6:14 am
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@serranomarge,

Truly Minimal does not have the excerpts option described by chad1008, but you may use the More tag on any WordPress.com theme to truncate posts on the blog page.
musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 6:17 am
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@cheyenneescamillamcom2320,

Yes, that’s possible, but your support request is unrelated to the present topic. Please start a new topic, here: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1.
serranomarge · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 8:00 am
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@musicdoc1,

thanks so much! already done. :)
musicdoc1 · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 8:21 am
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You’re welcome, Marge!
ipiatti · Member · Dec 9, 2016 at 11:00 am
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Currently I have my homepage set to show most recent blog posts (not a static homepage), but the top part is now black, instead to show the last post. It was fine yesterday, what happen?
staff-loquaciousloon · Staff · Dec 9, 2016 at 1:49 pm
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Hi @ipiatti!

This is a thread specifially related to displaying excerpts instead of full posts on the home page. Would you mind opening a new thread for your question about your header issue? Thanks! :)

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/?new=1

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