Hi.
I'm very new to WordPress and I'm not good with the function etc. Now, I have used the_excerpt() instead of the_content() which has obviously put the excerpt everywhere. The solution I've found by searching around is to either add a single.php file or use a conditional in index.php to choose to display the excerpt on the permalink page.
I get the single.php option, which I'd rather not do, but I haven't a clue on using the conditional and couldn't find out how to do that - any ideas?
Many thanks in advance, Phil
In a word: The Codex (ok, so it was two).
http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags
-tg
EDIT: Thanks TG!
Okay I figured it out. For anyone else wanting to know this the solution is as follows...
You simply replace the_excerpt() with this conditional:
if (is_single()){
the_content();
} else {
the_excerpt();
}
is_single() returns TRUE when you are viewing a single post, so you can then show the full text but show the excerpt on all other pages.
Phil
To make it easier for those that follow, could you please mark the thread as Resolved? There's a link to click on at the top that will do that.
Thanks.
Tg
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