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1. xbrt
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   how can i only show a summery of the article in the front page and not all the post ?

2. Roy
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   1) Use the more tag while writing;
   2) Replace the_content by the_excerpt in the index.php
   3) Get an excerpt plugin, there are plenty.

   I prefer option 3, I use Excerpt Editor myself.

3. George Appiah
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What you're talking about is the WordPress "excerpt". See http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Excerpt and http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

   Basically you can:

   1) Insert the <!--more--> quicktag at the spot where you want the summary to end. OR

   2) In your theme files, use "the_excerpt" (instead of "the_content") and then add your own summary in the Excerpt box when writing a post (if you leave this blank, WordPress will do this for you automatically).

   See the links above for more information.

4. xbrt
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   thanks man

5. Saurus
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hey - it's ALL in the Codex .....

   ...which nobody bothers to read.

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