Duster theme – How to activate showcase template if using free wordpress hosting

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  geekomaniac1 · Member · Apr 24, 2011 at 6:07 pm

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  Hi everyone!

  I am a big fan of the Duster theme! :)

  I recently learnt that it is possible to have a small preview of each post at the homepage, instead of all the posts being displayed in full. I’ve been searching for this feature on Duster for the longest time.

  Saw that this is possible via page attribute. But i dont even see this Meta box on my dashboard? is this unavailable to blogs hosted via wordpress (i.e. the free version).

  thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 24, 2011 at 6:42 pm

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  Please see the support documentation on how to insert “the read more” tag into your posts so the content is split and only beginnings of posts are displayed on the front page. http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

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  geekomaniac1 · Member · Apr 24, 2011 at 6:44 pm

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  oh my..that’s such a simple solution. thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 24, 2011 at 6:47 pm

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  In case you haven’t located the Duster tutorial see here please > http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/duster/
  Also note these search results > http://tinyurl.com/3p82jyg
  Lastly note this regarding the excerpt function > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/the-excerpt-function/

  Hope these help. Happy blogging. :)