How to make archives display post summaries?

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    scottbonjukian · Member ·

    Hello! I have an archives widget on my sidebar, but when it is clicked it shows the entirety of posts which is not very helpful for readers looking to quickly find an old post. Is there a way to just list the title and first few lines? I also am using the free non-hosted version of WordPress for a blog created only a couple weeks ago, if that helps matters. Thank you!

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    timethief · Member ·

    Hello there,
    Whether or not full posts, permalinked or thumbnails are displayed on Categories Pages and Archives pages is theme dependent ie. it’s coded into the template and we cannot edit templates or themes. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/editing-themes/

    In the majority of themes, posts on category or other archive pages show up just as they do on the main posts page in the blog and the number displayed is also the same. (See this page > Settings > Reading and note how many posts you choose there sets it for all). But in some themes only the beginnings of posts are shown, and in a few themes you only get titles or thumbnails. See here for a partial list of free themes that may display the way you want > Category/archive pages: full posts or not http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/full-posts-in-archive-pages/

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