Show more posts on category page than index page

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  cbassey · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 1:15 am

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  How can I show more posts on category page than index page?

  I would like for my “Blog” page to show only one post at a time, since it’s my front page and too much content is messy.
  Under my “Categories” pages, however, I would like to show more blogs per page so that my readers can see all the content available to them.

  How can I do this please? Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 1:19 am

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  It can’t be done on WordPress.com, I’m afraid.

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  cbassey · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 1:27 am

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  :( sad.

  is there anything i can do to upgrade my blog in order to gain this functionality?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 1:59 am

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  No.

  You would have to start a completely separate site on paid hosting elsewhere to make this happen.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 5:25 am

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  What you’re looking for happens by default if you use The Morning After. It can also happen on some themes that display a posts slider.

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  justpi · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 6:01 am

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  And if you have the Custom Design upgrade, you can do it on any theme.

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  cbassey · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 11:48 am

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  Thank you, JustPi. I am definitely thinking about purchasing the Custom Design Upgrade in order to do this.

  Where can I find the tutorial/information on how to do this after I purchase the design upgrade?

  Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 1:41 pm

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  Really? How does that work?

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  justpi · Member · Jul 12, 2013 at 3:52 pm

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  @rain: CSS allows you to target elements selectively. So you can say: hide all posts except the first one, on the homepage only.

  @cbassey: If you want to preview this on Structure (and assuming you don’t want the large featured post area), go to Settings > Reading and set the number of posts per page you prefer, then go to Appearance > Customize > CSS, select all, delete, and paste this:

  #homepagetop, .homepagemid .post, .home #nav-below {
      display: none;
  }
  .homepagemid .post:first-child {
     display: block;
   }