Themes don't show posts in home window

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  rabirius · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 7:57 pm

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  I am thinking of changing the theme – however, a lot of themes I tried don’t show my posts in the home window.
  I just see little squares where the posts should be.

  To be more precise – most post are photographs and a head line – the headline usually shows – but a lot of the themes I tried don’t show the photos. (I also installed them and refresh the page a couple of times – and later changed back to the theme I’m using now)

  Does anyone know why this happens so I can try another theme?

  Thanks and greetings.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 10:48 pm

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  This is not a theme related issue.

  If you are not running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com/ please try upgrading or switching first.

  Note: If you are using an IE9 browser in compatibility mode that makes it render as IE7 and IE7 is not supported. To disable see > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1196-internet-explorer-compatibility-view-turn-off.html

  If you are running one of the browsers and versions listed at http://browsehappy.com please do these four things:

  1. Try clearing your browser’s cache:

  http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32050

  2. Make sure that you have third-party cookies enabled: http://en.support.wordpress.com/third-party-cookies/

  3. Try with all browser extensions or add-ons temporarily disabled.

  4. Try enabling HTTPS: http://en.support.wordpress.com/https/

  If it’s still happening, let us know exactly which browser (and version of it) you’re using by checking here if necessary http://www.whatbrowser.org/ and also post any error reports you get.

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  rabirius · Member · Apr 20, 2013 at 1:11 pm

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  Thank you for your reply.

  Actually, I was trying it in the newest browser versions.
  I was trying Safari 6.0.4. and Firefox 20.0 – I checked and there don’t seem to be any new (stable) releases.

  The other things I was trying as well.

  The strange thing is, when I see other blogs with the same themes I see all the content – and it is mostly themes for photographs that don’t work.
  (For example Hatch, Triton Lite and AutoFocus.)
  Other layouts like the one I am using at the moment (Quintus) work fine.

  Therefore I think maybe there is something in Dashboard I clicked that prevents these themes working with my blog.

  Thanks again and greetings,
  rabirius.

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  justpi · Member · Apr 20, 2013 at 1:29 pm

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  There’s nothing wrong with your browser or your blog. The themes that have a grid layout instead of the conventional blog layout usually require setting a featured image to each post.
  You can read about how each theme works if you visit the Theme Showcase site:
  http://theme.wordpress.com/

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  rabirius · Member · Apr 21, 2013 at 9:42 am

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  Okay, that was a good tip. I just set a featured image on the latest post and now the themes in question where working.

  Thank you very much for the tip!

  Greetings,
  rabirius.