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1. JDorrian
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi I'm new to wp and I'm having problems getting the excerpts to work on the template I'm using (Piano Black)

   I think i'm supposed to Replaces "the_content()" with

   <?php if ( is_category() || is_archive() ) {
   the_excerpt();
   } else {
   the_content();
   } ?>

   to display the excerpt when there is one and just to use the content when there's not.

   But what page do I modify? and how much of the content() do I discard?

   Thanks in advance

   John

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You should just be able to use:

   <?php if ( is_archive() ) {
   the_excerpt();
   } else {
   the_content();
   } ?>

   as is_archive() will return true for Category, Tag, Author and Date based pages. You need to modify archive.php, catgeory.php & tag.php (if you have those template files) and index.php.

   how much of the content() do I discard?

   Sorry? Not sure I follow you...

3. JDorrian
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks,I've got a work round using the <!--more--> in the body of the post, and the excerpt works when searching the site although I would have preferred that when you click on each category that the excerpt is displayed instead of the article or part of it (using the <!--more-->)

   how much of the_content() do I discard

   what I ment by this is if you modify the_content() what parts do I change/replace, or is it just a case off adding the string of text in each of the 3/4 pages you mentioned above?

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You don't normally modify the_content() as such but you can insert the 'more link' text that you would like used.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content

5. JDorrian
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   thanks, I'm sure I'll have a load more sill questions :)

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