I want full posts on my blog in general, but only post excerpts on archive and search result pages. I cannot find "archives.php" or "search.php" in my index template; they must be named otherwise. I found one "php the_content", but when I change this to "php the_excerpt" it changes the entire blog.
Below is my index. Please help!
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<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content">
<?php if(is_front_page()) { ?><?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Home-Top') ) : ?><?php endif; ?><?php } ?>
<?php if(is_single() || is_page()) { ?><?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Column-Top') ) : ?><?php endif; ?><?php } ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) :?>
<?php $postCount=0; ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
<?php $postCount++;?>
<div class="entry entry-<?php echo $postCount ;?>">
<h2><a>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="meta">
<?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ''); ?>
<div class="meta-postedby">Posted <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> by <?php the_author() ?> <?php if(is_page()) { ?><!--nothing--><?php }else{ ?>and filed in <?php the_category(', ') ?><?php } ?> </div>
<div class="meta-tags"><?php the_tags( 'Tags: ', ', ', ''); ?></div>
<div class="meta-addcomment"><?php comments_popup_link('Add a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments', 'commentslink'); ?></div>
</div><!--end meta-->
<div class="the_content">
<?php if(is_front_page()) { ?><?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Post-Top-Right-Home') ) : ?><?php endif; ?><?php } ?>
<?php if(is_single() || is_page()) { ?><?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Post-Top-Right-Single') ) : ?><?php endif; ?><?php } ?>
<?php the_content('Continue Reading »'); ?>
<?php if(is_front_page()) { ?><?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Post-Bottom-Home') ) : ?><?php endif; ?> <?php } ?>
<?php if(is_single() || is_page()) { ?><?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Post-Bottom-Single') ) : ?><?php endif; ?> <?php } ?>
<?php if(is_page()) { ?>
<ul>
<?php
global $id;
wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=$id"); ?>
</ul>
<?php } ?>
<div class="link_pages"><?php wp_link_pages(); ?></div>
</div><!--end the_content-->
<div class="comments">
<?php comments_template(); ?>
</div><!--end comments-->
</div><!--end entry-->
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div id="prevnext">
<?php previous_posts_link('« Newer') ?> <?php next_posts_link('Older »') ?>
</div><!--end navigation-->
<?php else : ?>
<div class="entry">
<h2>Not Found</h2>
<div class="the_content">
<p>Sorry we can't find what anything that matches your search.</p>
<p>You could try another search or browse our categories.</p>
<?php get_search_form(); ?>
</div><!--end the_content-->
<ul><?php wp_list_categories('title_li=<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?></ul>
</div><!--end entry-->
<?php endif; ?>
</div><!--end content-->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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