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1. gigagro
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi, forgive me if this has already been asked but I cant seem to find an answer and Im stuck on this. I just recently installed WordPress on my server and I plan to launch it as a blog within the next few days. This is my first attempt with WordPress, and my theme came out quite nicely. Here is what I am trying to do:

   When I go to my WordPress blog, I want the latest post to show in it's entirety... but I want older posts that were made before the latest post to only show about 100 words or so, and then beneath that will be a "Continue Reading" link to continue to the post's permalink. (example: www . hellyeahdude . com) As you can see in the example, the latest post is all on the front page, but the older posts only show a few sentences to save space.

   If anyone can show me how to do this, I would appreciate it very much. Thanks in advanced!

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Couple options:

   1. Use the 'more' quicktag in each post to define where your "Continue Reading" link is to display, then replace:
   

   <?php the_content(); ?>

   in your index.php (or home.php) template with:
   

   <?php
   if( !is_paged() && is_home() && ($post == $posts[0]) ) :
   	echo apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
   else :
   	the_content('Continue Reading');
   endif;
   ?>

   The if statement tests on if we are *not* on a paginated page (i.e. page 2, page 3, etc), on the home or front page, and the loop is presently working on the first post in the $posts object ($posts[0]). If so, we bypass the functionality of the_content(), especially for the 'more' quicktag. Otherwise it operates as usual.

   2. If you choose not to use the 'more' quicktag, you can replace the_excerpt() (which displays a summary of the post) for the_content() on all posts but the first:
   

   <?php
   if( !is_paged() && is_home() && ($post == $posts[0]) ) :
   	the_content();
   else :
   	the_excerpt();
   ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
   <?php endif; ?>

3. colenot
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   This is great information and it works fantastic.

   However, when I have 1 thumbnail picture at the top of every article, it won't show the thumbnail in the "excerpt" on the front page.

   How can I get it to show the thumbnails on every post on the homepage?

   Thanks!

4. colenot
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Can anyone answer this?

5. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Option 1. Do not use the_excerpt().

   Option 2. Use the_excerpt(), but place what text you want displayed in it (including your image(s)) in the optional excerpt field of a post.

   Option 3. Use a plugin like my the_excerpt Reloaded:

   http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the_excerpt-reloaded/

6. micahmathis
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Kafkaesqui thanks for this great solution.

   I was using on my blog, but recently when I upgraded to 2.5 it stopped working. I have double checked and verified the code is still there in my theme's index.php file, but the homepage is still showing all excerpts.

   You can view it at http://www.whollysurrender.com.

   Here is some code from my theme's index page:

   <div id="content">
   
           <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   
   		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
   			<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> 
   
   				<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
   
                              	<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | <?php the_author() ?> </small>
   
   				<div class="entry">
   					<!--<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>-->
   
   <?php
   
   if( !is_paged() && is_home() && ($post == $posts[0]) ) :
   	the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;');
   else :
   	the_excerpt();
   ?>
   <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
   <?php endif; ?>
   
   				</div>
   
   				<p class="postmetadata"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/folder_edit.png" alt="category"></img>  <?php the_category(', ') ?>  <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/comments.png" alt="comments"></img>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> <?php edit_post_link('//Edit'); ?></p> 
   
   			</div>

   Any ideas why this code is not working with the new upgrade?

   Thanks for your help.

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