Homepage Layout

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  theurbanpeak · Member · Jul 7, 2016 at 6:14 pm

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  Hello,

  I cannot figure out how to show the blog posts on my homepage to show up as snippets w/ a ‘read more’ button like the Nuclear Theme example shows rather than full blog posts. I was also wondering how to show a running blog on my actual blog page, rather than the blog posts one at a time, with a ‘next post’ at the bottom of the page?

  Thank you!

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  siobhyb · Member · Jul 8, 2016 at 8:24 am

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  Hi Loren,

  I cannot figure out how to show the blog posts on my homepage to show up as snippets w/ a ‘read more’ button like the Nuclear Theme example shows rather than full blog posts.

  The demo site makes use of the “More” tag to add that button. You’ll find a tool to “Insert Read More tag” in your editor’s toolbar and it can be inserted at the point you wish the “Read More” button to appear.

  More information, including screenshots of where the tool appears in the editor, can be found here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/more-tag/

  I was also wondering how to show a running blog on my actual blog page, rather than the blog posts one at a time, with a ‘next post’ at the bottom of the page?

  The first step to achieve this is to publish a new page with the content you wish to replace the listing of posts on your home page.

  Next, navigate to the Static Front Panel panel of the WordPress.com Customizer and check the option next to “A static page.” You can then select your newly published home page from the “Front page” dropdown and “Blog” from the “Posts page” dropdown.

  Save your changes once you’ve completed the above steps and then navigate to the “Menus” panel in the Customizer.

  From here, navigate to “Primary” and remove the existing “Blog” item (which is currently linking to a single post). Click the “Add Items” button to add your “Blog” page.

  Let me know if those steps are clear or if you have any extra questions. It’s worth noting that, as a paid user, you also have access to 1-1 live chat support here:

  https://wordpress.com/help/contact

  Thanks!

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  annicaryng · Member · Jul 8, 2016 at 2:37 pm

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  Great, I was asking myself the same question, many thanks!

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  siobhyb · Member · Jul 8, 2016 at 3:24 pm

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  I’m glad you were able to find the answer here, Annica. :)