Summaries on page of posts & categories
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Apologies in advance if this has already been posted / answered.
I am attempting to show post summaries (only) when showing a page of posts on the front of my blog, or when viewing all the posts in a particular category. I selected the Reading option to show summaries in the post feeds, but it didn’t change anything.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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No, that summary setting is only for feeds, not for how posts are displayed on the front page or category/archive pages.
In any theme you can use the “more” tag:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/ -
With the theme “adventure Journal,” you can create custom excerpts for category/archive pages:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/the-excerpt-function/
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http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/ -
Oops, I forgot, the custom excerpt feature is being eliminated on most themes:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-summary-option-is-misbehaving-through-categories?replies=18#post-1068078 -
Is the “More” Tag still being supported? That’ll still get me (more or less) what I’m looking for.
Much more manual than I had hoped, but sometimes that’s how the cookie crumbles.
Thanks,
-Doug -
Hi Doug,
Yes, the more tag is supported. And unfortunately there is not bulk edit function to use, so it will be an exercise of manual (well individual post) work. Get a book on CD, a movie on DVD, or some good music… Sorry for the bad news, but it will work.
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