Viewing complete posts for category in on one page

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  msulauren · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 4:05 pm

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  I am using categories to organize my posts. When I click my category link, I am taken to a page that lists excerpts from all the posts for that category. I want to change this list so I can see the complete post content (all text and photos) for the posts in a given category. The goal is to be able to easily scroll through the entire content for all of the posts in one category. If it’s relevant, I’m using the twenty ten theme.

  Does anyone know how to do this?

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

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  airodyssey · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 4:42 pm

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  Hi. In order to give you accurate advice, please provide the URL of your blog, starting with http://

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  msulauren · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 7:06 pm

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  My blog has to be set to private… is there additional clarification that I could provide that you need?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 7:21 pm

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  Whether category, tag and archive post pages show just the title of the post, an excerpt, or the full post is theme specific. Each individual theme designer makes that decision.

  See this post for more information and what is show in each theme.

  Category/archive pages: full posts or not

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 7:22 pm

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  Basically whatever theme you are using, you are going to have to switch to a different one that shows the full posts.

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  msulauren · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 7:42 pm

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  Thanks for the link. UGH! I would really prefer not to switch themes (this is an issue across multiple blogs, that are all formatted the same).

  Is there any way to override the restriction in the twenty ten theme or request a change to the theme? Seems an arbitrary difference across themes…

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 8:07 pm

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  Yes there is a way: read the post thesacredpath linked to.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2010 at 8:09 pm

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  It is unlikely staff would make a change to the theme, because if they accommodate your request, they would make a bunch of other people using 2010 that like the excerpt mad. They’ve done similar things in the past and the forums filled with angry bloggers with pitchforks and torches.

  If you followed the link in note 3 on that post I referenced, there is a way to get full posts on the archives and categories pages as explained in http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/the-excerpt-function/ .

  It means an extra step or two each time you create a post, but it is a work-around.