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1. yinging
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I have to following problem:

   When a click the "Archives" link or any of the Categories links, I can see all relevant posts in my blog, but any pictures or links in them are not displayed.

   In normal mode everything is OK, I can see both the pictures and the links.

   What could be the cause of the problem?

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 6 years ago #

   It's an issue with the theme. If you edit the archive.php template, you'll find it uses the_excerpt() to display post content, which filters out html tags. So to get what you're after, you need to change:

   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

   to

   <?php the_content(); ?>

3. yinging
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Kafkaesqui, thank you very VERY much!!! :)))

4. endrico
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   but is there a way to display only images, and not the text

5. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 6 years ago #

   "but is there a way to display only images, and not the text"

   A couple ways to do this are:

   1. Keep the_excerpt() in place and insert the image in the excerpt field of your post as well. This is a bit of a hack, and can cause problems elsewhere (especially if you display summaries in your syndication feeds). But it works; well enough.

   2. Parse the post content for an img tag, and display only this. Something like the following (used in place of the_excerpt() or the_content()) should do:

   <?php
preg_match('/<img[^>]*>/i', $post->post_content, $image);
foreach ($image as $display) {
echo $display . '<br />';
}
?>

   You might even choose to display an excerpt (or post content) if no image is found in a post:

   <?php
preg_match('/<img[^>]*>/i', $post->post_content, $image);
if($image) {
foreach ($image as $display) {
echo $display . '<br />';
}
} else {
the_excerpt();
}
?>

6. nishe
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Thank you so much for this! I've had the same problem with a theme.

7. grmweb
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Thank you Kafkaesqui for the extremely helpful information. :)

8. stchatterbox
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I've the same problem even after changing the <?php the_excerpt();?> to <?php the_content();?>

   I'm using dara's plugin which shows the flickr slideshow thumbnail using the CUSTOM FIELD when writing the post. I'm creating a "page" for this category and the URL is http://seville.u54.oo.nu/blog/category/fotojournal but then the thumbnail is not showing up. I just wonder how dara made it show up on her archive page at http://www.darasplace.com/category/photography/

   I don't have her email thus I can't write her. Please let me know which code shall I put in my archives template. Thanks a lot.

9. Blythe
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Had the same problem. Thanks for the fix, Kafkaesqui!

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