Roy
(@gangleri)
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.
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.
Hey – it’s ALL in the Codex …..
…which nobody bothers to read.