To answer your second question, in the template file
/wp-content/themes/{themename}/category.php
find the_content(‘ ……. ‘) and change it to
the_excerpt()
that will display post summary instead of full post.
I’m currently using iblog-2 and don’t see that file that you mentioned in the directory. I also don’t see category.php in either the default or classic theme directories. Is there another file I should be looking for?
themes that don’t have category.php use archive.php instead.
Sorry
I don’t see archive.php either. Here are a list of the php files I see
404
comments
footer
functions
header
index
page
search
searchform
sidebar
single
Any idea of which one I should edit?
I wasn’t familiar with that theme. I now downloaded it and am looking at its code.
themes that don’t have archive.php use index.php in its place. Unless you want excerpts displaying on your main posts page, you don’t want to modify index.php to display excerpts as it will affect your posts page also.
make a copy of index.php and save it as category.php Then you will have a category template file. WP will use category.php on category pages, if the file exists. With the new template file you can change the way category pages display by changing the_content to the_excerpt while still leaving your main posts file as it is.
Thank you very much for your help, that worked, my categories now display excerpts.
Hopefully someone can shed some light on my first question.
