I assume it is because the theme author made the common mistake to use the wp_list_pages template tag for that horizontal menu. (I say it’s a mistake, because you never know whether the user will have 200 Pages or not… and it’s crazy to list them all at the top 🙂
Anyway, the code probably is in your header.php template. Delete the template tag and make the link(s) in the top menu hardcoded. THat will solve the mysterious little grey thing – which is a link to your Page #287; you can see it if you hover.
Thanks Moshu.
A question though: how does the excerpt option work in a normal post? I mean I see that you can paste an excerpt into a blog entry, but when published, I don’t see it anywhere… or is that goofed up too in this theme?
the_excerpt is mainly used in the archives view – when seeing monthly archives or category listing. In those template files the_content is replaced by the_excerpt.
On main page – which is usually the index.php – you don’t see the excerpts, since the index uses the_content.
(In the “excerpt view” WP shows what you type in the excerpt field or, if left empty, takes the first 120 words of your post.)
Edit. To shorten what is displayed on the main page, use the “more” quicktag.
That’s the most awesome edit a person has ever done. THAT IS EXACTLY what I needed to hear! Simple, elegant– the way WP is supposed to be! A million thank yous!
