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1. cebarbera
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   I have searched all morning online for an answer to my question, so I apologise in advance if this has already been answered.

   I have a self hosted wordpress blog that I just recently started. I noticed that when I would put outbound links to other sites in my post, they would only appear after the jump to the full article/comments page for that post.

   I would like the option to have the clickable link on the main page without the need for my readers to click into the full article to see them. Is there an easy way to do this?

   If it is helpful, I'm currently using the latest version of WordPress and the free version of the Pagelines Platform theme.

   Thanks!!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Your theme may be using <?php the_excerpt();?> instead of <?php the_content();?> in its template files. Simply edit the relevant template files and replace <?php the_excerpt();?> with <?php the_content();?>.

3. cebarbera
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you esmi for the fast response. I'm sort of new at this so I may need a little extra direction. Would the needed changes need to be done in the Appearance>Editor Menu? If so, which template file would be the most logical place to look? I have the following template files to choose from.

   [Template list moderated]

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try amending your theme's index.php template file.

5. cebarbera
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   index.php doesn't have a reference to <?php the_excerpt();?>. I'm new to CSS so im kind of lost... Do you suggest that I add the code myself versus editing existing code?

   If so how and where would I pasted the a <?php the_content();?> code in the editor. I tried to paste it into the editor and received errors when reloading my blog in the browser so I had to remove it to fix it. Is it because the <?php the_content();?> needs to be wrapped in additional CSS/HTML commands to work?

   I could private message you the template contents if it would help. I'm just so confused and searches on Google are only confusing me more... Thank you again for your help and patience as I struggle with this.

6. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you aren't working with css actually, it's html/xhtml and php

   http://wordpress.pastebin.com

   You can put your index.php code in there and give us a link, I suspect your loop may be getting offloaded with get_template_part

7. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Does your theme have a loop.php or a loop-index,.php template file?

8. cebarbera
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Esmi, my theme doesnt have a loop.php or a loop-index template.

   Rev. Voodoo, I pasted my index code into pastebin as you suggested. I'm not familiar with pastebin. Do I just paste and submit, or do I need to send it to a particular email. The form references Name/Title, Email etc. What needs to be filled in before I click submit to ensure that it gets to you?

9. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you paste, submit, and then put the url to that page here so we can all see it

10. esmi
    Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Just post the pastebin url here.

11. cebarbera
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Ok, here it is. http://wordpress.pastebin.com/KATHfQ0t

12. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Aw crap....looks like we gotta go down a rabbit hole.

    Next question.... do you have a file called template.load.php? Or something to that effect? Your index.php is offloading somewhere,

13. cebarbera
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    LOL!

    Yes, I do have a file called template.load.php.

14. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    OK, try that one in a new pastebin... we gotta track down the source

15. cebarbera
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Here is my template.load file: http://wordpress.pastebin.com/xiRur0Px

16. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Is your theme available for download? What theme is it? This is getting silly! A LOT of offloading!

17. cebarbera
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I agree. I really appreciate all the help and attention you have given me.

    My theme is called Platform by pagelines. I'm using the free version which is a top download on WordPress.org. You can download it here.

    http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/platform

18. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    OK, I've found the section.... here's the thing...

    It really looks like you should have an admin option panel of some sort which allows you to choose between full post (content) and summary (exceprt) display for your post index page

    Do you find that setting anywhere? Like in a submenu of your appearance panel?

    The theme seems to be coded for such
    If you can swich to full view, you will get your links, etc

19. cebarbera
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    You are correct. I have the following options in the admin panel:

    Post Excerpt or Summary Handling
    Where should the theme use post excerpts when showing full column posts?

    Posts/Blog Page
    Single Post Pages
    Search Results
    Category Lists
    Post Archives

    Full Post Content
    In addition to single post pages and page templates, where should the theme place the full content of posts?

    Posts/Blog Page
    Search Results
    Category Lists
    Post Archives

    Which options sould I select/deselect to get the layout I'm looking for?

20. cebarbera
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Wait, I think I got it. Now it's dsiplaying the full content of my post complete with links! Great! Thank you so much!!

    Last question... If I ever choose to do so, is there a way for me to still display an excerpt, but still have the option to display links if they appear near the beginning of the post? I assume this could be done by inserting a page break in my post, but Im still new at this.

21. Rev. Voodoo
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I Would think that if you manually insert the page break (the more button) then yes, it will show whatever you have before that point, with links intact

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