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1. nielsgo
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi there,

   I set the option 'For each article in a feed, show' to 'summary' (in 'settings' > 'reading').

   The front page however still shows the posts in total. Since I am not ready for going online here is the link in passive style;
   interactiondesignblog com

   Hope you can help me out with this one.

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   This search,
   http://wordpress.org/search/show+post+summary?forums=1

   returned, among others, this:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/148076?replies=2

3. nielsgo
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks Michael,

   I did try that however. I filled three lines of text in the 'excerpt' box when writing my post. Even then the whole post shows up on the front page. I did not fully understand '<?php the_excerpt(); ?>' tip, were should I place this piece of text?

   Thanks again.

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   In the WordPress Default 1.6 theme you would replace the use of the_content with the_excerpt in the index.php file (wp-content/themes/default/index.php)

   See also:
   Stepping Into Templates
   Stepping Into Template Tags
   Template Hierarchy
   Editing Files

5. nielsgo
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Thanks Michael,

   That did the trick, it is working exactly as I wanted. Do you happen to know if it is possible to add an image to the summary?

6. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 4 years ago #

   This google search:
   http://www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+adding+an+image+to+excerpt

   returned, among others, this:
   http://www.ibrian.co.uk/02-07-2007/wordpress-images-with-excerpt-in-categories/

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