Show summaries instead of full text

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  tayloralexandra · Member · Dec 4, 2016 at 11:12 pm

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  Hi – I’m using the Orvis theme and I would like the main blog page to show summaries & featured images instead of the whole post. I changed the overall “read” setting to this, but I’m not sure that the theme naturally does it. Am I missing something or is there an easy css code I can add to change it…?

  OR is there a similar free blog template that will allow me to do this?

  THANK YOU!!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 4, 2016 at 11:36 pm

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  The Reading Settings page summary setting does not impact the posts on the site.

  If you want to display only post excerpts on the front page of the blog followed by read more links, you can insert “the more tag” into each post prior to publication.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

  The read more tag can be inserted once only into any post to change the front page or main page for posts display from full post to an excerpt. The split in the text does not display to you in preview mode but it will be there after the post is published.

  Alternatively, you can switch to using a theme that automatically displays front page excerpts. This is a list of only SOME active themes on WordPress.com that use the excerpt instead of full post content. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/theme-with-automatic-excerpts?replies=13#post-1396410

  For other ways to splitting content in posts see > https://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/