Posted 1 month ago #
Hi, I am currently using a theme (Cellar Heat Dark) that has the newest post on the home page as an "the_excerpt."
This features does not support pictures or HTML formatting so I'd like to make it a regular post. How might I do this?
Thanks in advance.
See my site here http://www.twangnation.com
Posted 1 month ago #
In index.php, change the_excerpt to the_content
Posted 1 month ago #
songdogtech. thanks for the quick response.
I changed:
<?php the_excerpt('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
to
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
But no change has resulted.
Posted 1 month ago #
You just need <?php the_content;?> Change in home.php, index.php; maybe in category.php, too, if you want that.
Posted 1 month ago #
I changed the_excerpt in the index to:
<?php the_content( $more_link_text, $strip_teaser, $more_file ); ?>
But it has no effect. This is in the feature.php file:
/* previous, next posts */
function tl_excerpt($text, $excerpt_length = 80) {
$text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
$text = strip_tags($text);
$words = explode(' ', $text, $excerpt_length + 1);
if (count($words) > $excerpt_length) {
array_pop($words);
array_push($words, '[...]');
$text = implode(' ', $words);
}
return apply_filters('the_excerpt', $text);
}
function tl_post_excerpt($post) {
$excerpt = ($post->post_excerpt == '') ? (tl_excerpt($post->post_content))
: (apply_filters('the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt));
return $excerpt;
}
function previous_post_excerpt($in_same_cat = false, $excluded_categories = '') {
if ( is_attachment() )
$post = &get_post($GLOBALS['post']->post_parent);
else
$post = get_previous_post($in_same_cat, $excluded_categories);
if ( !$post )
return;
$post = &get_post($post->ID);
echo tl_post_excerpt($post);
}
function next_post_excerpt($in_same_cat = false, $excluded_categories = '') {
$post = get_next_post($in_same_cat, $excluded_categories);
if ( !$post )
return;
$post = &get_post($post->ID);
echo tl_post_excerpt($post);
}
--and I'm wondering if this is having an overriding effect?
Posted 1 month ago #
Probably. Try just <?php the_content;?> without ($more_link_text, $strip_teaser, $more_file );
Posted 1 month ago #
Okay, tried just what you suggested and there's no change.
Posted 1 month ago #
Sorry, I'm missing that's probably something obvious. Check the theme author's site and see if there's an answer there.
Posted 1 month ago #
Thanks for the help songdogtech.
I've posted at the authors page but nothing yet.
Posted 1 month ago #
Okay, I've determined the the_excerpt code in the functions.php is not affecting the current post. So I changed the the_excerpt in the index.php to:
<?php the_content( $more_link_text, $strip_teaser, $more_file ); ?>
But the current post is still showing up as a the_excerpt style post (55 characters, no pics, no HTML code)
Here is the whole index.php. Please take a look and let me know how to make my current post a regular one. Thanks.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="container">
<ul id="nav">
<li class="<? echo (is_home())?'current_page_item':''; ?>">/">Home
<?php $pages = wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li=&echo=0');
echo $pages; ?>
<? unset($pages); ?>
<br clear="all" />
<div id="search"><form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/">
<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" class="btnSearch" value=" " />
<input type="text" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" name="s" id="s" class="txtField" />
</form></div>
<div id="site-name">/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?>
<span class="description"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></span></div>
<div class="spacer"></div>
<div id="recent-posts">
<!-- post begin -->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="home-post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="upper">
<div class="fade"></div>
<h3>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<span class="meta"><?php the_time('F') ?> <?php the_time('jS') ?> <?php the_time('Y') ?></span>
<?php the_content( $more_link_text, $strip_teaser, $more_file ); ?>
</div>
<span class="btn-readon">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Read On</span>
<span class="lower-meta"><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<br clear="all" />
<?php else: ?>
<div class="search-results"><span class="bigger">Search Results...</span>
<?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<!-- post end -->
<div id="page-nav"><span class="older"><?php next_posts_link('Older Entries') ?></span><span class="newer"><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries') ?></span></div>
<br clear="all" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="lower-outer">
<div id="lower">
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Posted 1 month ago #
Ouch. Can't believe I did that. Several times. Try just <?php the_content();?> . I forgot the ()'s in the statement.....
And then delete <span class="btn-readon">" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Read On</span>, too.
Let me know if that works.
Posted 1 month ago #
songdogtech, did as you recommended and no change resulted. Here's what I have now:
<!-- post begin -->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="home-post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="upper">
<div class="fade"></div>
<h3>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<span class="meta"><?php the_time('F') ?> <?php the_time('jS') ?> <?php the_time('Y') ?></span>
<?php the_content();?>
</div>
<span class="lower-meta"><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>
</div>
Posted 1 month ago #
Jeez; one more erorr I didn't see at first. The permalink to the post was broken from some other edit. Try this block of code to replace the above block:
<!-- post begin -->
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="home-post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="upper">
<div class="fade"></div>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<span class="meta"><?php the_time('F') ?><?php the_time('jS') ?><?php the_time('Y') ?></span>
<?php the_content();?>
</div>
<span class="lower-meta"><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>
</div>
Posted 1 month ago #
replaced and no change. Thanks for taking the time songdogtech,
Posted 1 month ago #
I have no idea now, other than are using page template rather than index.php? Like home.php?
Posted 1 month ago #
Yes! I do have a home.php!
Posted 1 month ago #
That's probably it; make the changes in home.php. In Wordpress, home.php overides index.php. Try that block of code; many themes have the close to the same block of code in home and index.
Posted 1 month ago #
I think that's doe it. I still get a "read full post" button even when the whole post id displayed and the styling is wonky, but I think I now have a regular post.
Thanks for all your help!
Posted 1 month ago #
Wow. Finally. Glad that worked. I think to get rid of the "Read Full Post", delete:
<span class="btn-readon"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">Read On</span>
You might end up with some spacing issues, though.
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