Excerpts on my Homepage
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Hey, 3 questions about the Apostrophe 2 theme:
1. How can I get feature photos of different sizes on my homepage, like in the demo?
2. Is it possible to include post excerpts underneath the headings on the homepage?
3. Can I get rid of the header menu? (I’d rather have a menu in the footer widget area.)
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
1. How can I get feature photos of different sizes on my homepage, like in the demo?
The Featured Content section of the Apostrophe 2 theme guide says:
Up to six featured posts consisting of bigger image and title, will be shown in an irregular grid above standard posts.
The featured images of posts that aren’t featured content posts appear as squares. The featured content section of the Apostrophe 2 demo has just four posts.
2. Is it possible to include post excerpts underneath the headings on the homepage?
If possible, that would require CSS Customization. You may add a “modlook” tag to the side bar here to call for staff attention if you’d like to look into that possibility, or submit a request to the CSS Customization forum.
3. Can I get rid of the header menu? (I’d rather have a menu in the footer widget area.)
To hide the header menu, create a custom menu with no items in it, and set it as the Header Menu at Customize > Menus > Menu Locations. If no Social Menu is created then one will not display.
The Apostrophe 2 theme doesn’t have a footer menu location, but you may display a menu in the footer widget area, by including a Custom Menu Widget in that area.
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Extremely helpful, thanks!
I’ve added the “modlook” tag (as you suggested) because I’d love to get short excerpts or subheadings under the post headings.
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Hi @leftisl, are you hoping for excerpts under the posts on the front page or on individual posts? The main page doesn’t actually pull in excerpts in this theme, so it’d be hard to display them, even with CSS. You’d basically need to write CSS for every article you add – not ideal.
But you might be able to find a similar theme. My only concern with this one is that excerpts sometimes cause issues with this type of layout. Let us know what you like and maybe we can point you in the right direction. :)
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Thanks supernovia. I like this theme because it has a magazine style with a neat grid, but I can make feature posts more prominent. I was hoping for an except from each post to be displayed under the post title on the home page, like the subheadings on news articles. If there’s another theme you’d recommend please let me know!
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So the neat grid can get messed up by excerpts sometimes, since excerpts can be different lengths on different posts. Dyad handles this by “fading out” the excerpts, but it’s definitely a different look.
You might check out a few of these though to see if any of them suit you better:
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But even with the “blog excerpt” filter selected, most of the themes offered don’t display the blog excerpts on the home page. I “Try and Customize” but most of them don’t show the excerpts I’ve entered for my posts. Am I missing something here?
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How can i change the blue colour at the bottom like the search space and social media? thanks
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How do I prevent endless scrolling? I want it to show older posts and newer posts instead.
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@steph4christ and @miriam280691 since your questions aren’t really related to this thread, can you go ahead and start your own threads? You can use this form if you’d like:
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I was specifically referring to the apostrophe theme. I did figure out how to stop the endless scrolling thing. Thank you.
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@steph4christ makes sense. I realized after I posted that, that the title was pretty wide open. We’ve mainly been discussing excerpts in this thread. In case anyone else runs into this and needs the help, though:
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Thanks @supernovia. The other 2 issues have been resolved, so it’s just this excerpts thing I have left to figure out.
The only other (free) theme that seems to suit my purpose is Rowling. But it’s not clear whether I really can show excerpts with that theme.
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Hmm, and Rowling isn’t on that list. This one shows excerpts after the initial grid, if that would be helpful:
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The confusing part is that Rowling *does* show up on that list for me.
I’d really like to have that grid, with just a one-line excerpt/subheading for each post. Maybe when I eventually upgrade, one of the paid themes will do the trick?
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On this list? https://wordpress.com/themes/filter/blog-excerpts
I didn’t see Rowling there.
What do you like about that vs another theme with a grid with excerpts, such as https://gazettedemo.wordpress.com/ ? By the way, in that one, if you don’t set featured content, you won’t get the grid at the top.
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Yeah I considered that one, but it doesn’t seem to have a widget area on the side, or enough space for a header image.
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