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wacek
Member
Posted 10 months ago #

I’m basically against the wall. They said it is going to be easy – but it’s not.

I’m completely new to websites and wordpress.

Excerpt ...

I can’t get to show part of the article on „home“ (like 50 or 60 words) and than have „click more“ to go to whole article. I read wordpress help, went to many, many help sides. I see the codes . I even added them to functions.php (I locked my side for a while but I reinstall folder and now it’s fine) . But nothing works. I opened „more“ in menu to add part of the article that I want to have on „home“ I add [...] to main article and in excerpt window – nothing.

Can anybody help with some kind of step by step? Where to go, what to copy, where to paste it?
Max
Member
Posted 10 months ago #

Read: the_excerpt
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

Max- thanks for quick reply. I read, I will say about 20 different posts about excerpt. I did copy and paste all kinds of codes to the point that I locked my site. I reinstall folder and I go it back.
But as far as excerpt - nothing works...:-(
It says in your link (I read it before about 5 times) that this process should happened automatically. Unfortunately it isn't.
Like I said before - I'm completely green in website/wordpress etc.
I really don't know what is wrong with it.
alchymyth
The Sweeper & Moderator
Posted 9 months ago #

what theme are you using?
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

Twenty Eleven

alchymyth
The Sweeper & Moderator
Posted 9 months ago #

if you haven't already, please make sure to create a child theme of Twenty Eleven to work with; http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

in Twenty Eleven, the code for the home page posts is in content.php;

this section:

<?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>
		<div class="entry-summary">
			<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
		</div><!-- .entry-summary -->
		<?php else : ?>
		<div class="entry-content">
			<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>
			<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link"><span>' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</span>', 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
		</div><!-- .entry-content -->
		<?php endif; ?>

to get the excerpts on the home page, you could change the first line:
<?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>
to:
<?php if ( is_home() || is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>

wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

I don't have enough words to describe how much I want to thank you!!!!
After two sleepless nights, simple fix and everything looks ok.
Thank you "alchymyth" - thank you again!!!
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

One more question. I have installed Advanced Excerpt and I think it is working.
But I see two "read more" buttons.
I belive one that is attached to the text with ... is comming form the plugin.
The one two lines under the text "Read More..." I want to remove.
Any suggestion how can that be done?
alchymyth
The Sweeper & Moderator
Posted 9 months ago #
Twenty Eleven adds these 'read more' links to the excerpt via a filter function;

to remove these, edit functions.php of your child theme ( http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes#Using_functions.php ), and add:
```
add_action('after_setup_theme','remove_readmore_from_excerpt');
function remove_readmore_from_excerpt() {
remove_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'twentyeleven_auto_excerpt_more' );
remove_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'twentyeleven_custom_excerpt_more' );
}
```
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

add anywhere in the window of functions.php?
alchymyth
The Sweeper & Moderator
Posted 9 months ago #
have you read: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes#Using_functions.php

a new functions.php needs to start with:
```
<?php
```
no lines or characters before that.

then add the suggested code.
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

Thank you again "alchymyth"
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

Ok - I did what you suggest!!!! I learned about CSS for the first time in my life! I'm a musician by the way and those things are a little bit confusing me.
But there is a problem (with my luck...)
I did create child theme and turned it on. Everything is there except my header is different (I was using a picture) and background shows just a color - I was using picture as well.
My codes for CSS folder for child theme is:

/*
Theme Name: MyTheme
Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/
Description: Child Theme for Twenty Eleven
Author: Zlotobrazowa
Author URI: http://mysite.com/
Template: twentyeleven
Version: 0.1
*/

@import url("../twentyeleven/style.css");

is there something I did wrong or I have to change it in child theme instead of main theme?

I forgot to add.
My CSS is located:
wp-content/themes/child/css.
alchymyth
The Sweeper & Moderator
Posted 9 months ago #

Everything is there except my header is different (I was using a picture) and background shows just a color - I was using picture as well.

unfortunately, you will need to customize them again under dashboard - apperance - header and dashboard - apperance - background

possibly you might be able to use the already uploaded images again, i.e. choose them from the media library;
or hopefully you remember which images you have used ...
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

It's ok - I have them in the folder.
Thank you again...:-)
wacek
Member
Posted 9 months ago #

Alchymyth - two more questions if you don't mind...
1.Excerp is not working in archives.
2.The middle backround.
I changed main backround to a picture - succes.
The middle backround stays white (original)
Is there a way to change it? Where shoudl I look for the codes?
Should I change it in child or main theme?
Is there a way to change a color for sidebar?
Again - in the child or main?

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