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1. billbennett
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   I'm building a news website based on WordPress and my own child version of the Twentyten theme.

   I've modified loop.php so that each excerpt appears on the index page as just a clickable headline, an optional thumbnail and a paragraph of body copy - no metadata or utility stuff, it's really simple.

   I'd like to be able to add one, two or even more linked news items under some, but not all, of the excerpts.

   The BBC News website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ often does something similar.

   I guess I could store these links as custom fields with each post - but I've no idea how to then insert them into the loop.

2. anjali.n
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   hi,
   yes you can add the link directkt to excerpt ..

3. billbennett
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Thanks. I found that works, but you have to write the link as raw HTML - which may confuse others working on my site.

   To get around this, I've installed the TinyMCE Excerpt plug-in, which makes it easier for non-geeks to add the links.

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