Help with Plugins and Sticky posts

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  jennybourneidentity · Member · Feb 11, 2012 at 3:38 am

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  I have attempted to add both sticky posts and plugins and I am lost. I can not seem to find either in options in the control bar/pannel. Please help!
  Blog url: http://bournevoyagedotcom.wordpress.com/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 12, 2012 at 11:40 pm

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  We don’t allow plugins on WordPress.com for security reasons. Plugins are a feature only available for self-hosted blogs provided through WordPress.org.

  Plugins

  However, we do have several built-in features that were inspired by many popular plugins. You might find what you want by searching for it at http://en.support.wordpress.com/

  For more information on the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, please see:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  You can add sticky posts following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

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  jennybourneidentity · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 10:12 pm

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  Thanks!!! That was very helpful!

  I have one more question regarding layout. How do I show just an excerpt of the posts on my home and additional pages? I am using the Linen theme which looks great in the preview, but with the whole posts showing it looks messy!

  Thanks for the help.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 16, 2012 at 10:53 pm

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  You’ll need to manually split each post with a More tag following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

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  jennybourneidentity · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 11:27 pm

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  Thanks!!!!

  I’m sorry, I have one more question. I followed the sticky post instructions and it works… except when I add a featured image it reposts the image into the original post! How can I stop it from doing so???

  Cheers,

  Jenny

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 17, 2012 at 1:14 am

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  Featured images shouldn’t be winding up in the post, unless you’re inserting them there.

  Are you definitely following the guide at http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/ ?

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  jennybourneidentity · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 3:49 am

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  I am doing everything correctly. I followed the guideline exactly (which was how I was doing it before and it keeps inserting the picture into my post!). I keep running into weird glitches like this with layout issues as well!

  Here is an example: http://bournevoyage.com/2011/10/02/a-warm-welcome-in-hampi/
  When I set the featured image, it inserts it at the top and throws off the format!

  I spent all day today trying to fix it! If I take the original picture out it messes up the formatting and is a pain to deal with.

  Any assistance would be a god send!

  Thanks.

  Jenny

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 17, 2012 at 9:42 pm

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  Are you referring to the structure on the left? If so, it appears to be inserted in the post, and you should be able to click on it and delete it from the editor.