Questions About Comments and Post Display

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  grumpymickey · Member · Nov 23, 2011 at 5:32 pm

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  Hello. Thanks in advance for any help. I am using digitalnature
  I am working and reading on my blog and I notice on a lot of blogs that longer posts are shortened so more display on the front page. If something interests you then you click read more. On my blog the whole post is displayed on the front page. Can this be edited?

  I have also noticed on a lot of blogs comments are displayed automatically. On mine one must click comments to read them. Is there a way to make them display by default?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 23, 2011 at 5:52 pm

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  You can insert “the more tag” into posts to split content.

  Re: comments
  I’m sorry but the answer is “no” unless you use the P2 theme which is a Twitter-like theme. The front pages of our blogs showcase content and comments are collapsed on that page. The way the comments function is coded into the core of WordPress. By clicking the post title or the comments link the posts on the front page open on their own page where all comments display.

  In a new blog one does not have many posts or comments. In an established blog if the comments did not collapse on the front page it would become a mile long in no time flat and page loading time is a page ranking factor. We have only seconds before visitors refuse to wait and click out.

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  grumpymickey · Member · Nov 23, 2011 at 10:24 pm

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  Thank you for your reply! Not the answer I wanted but hey it is what it is! Have a great day.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Nov 23, 2011 at 11:08 pm

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  “I have also noticed on a lot of blogs comments are displayed automatically”.

  I seriously doubt you’ve noticed such a thing on their front page.