this is ‘normal’ behaviour, and yes, it can be changed.
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/28592
Yes, it is “normal behaviour” 🙂
The archive view uses the_excerpt – which by default shows only the beginning of a post AND strips everything: images, links etc.
A very bad solution is to use the_content instead of the_excerpt in your archive template…
A very bad solution is to use the_content instead of the_excerpt in your archive template…
That’s the second time today you’ve referred to it as a “bad solution.” There’s nothing wrong with it at all. If you choose to display your excerpt instead of the complete content in your archives, more power to you. It’s a choice. But don’t try to paint it as something defined in holy writ that must be adhered to.
A very bad solution is to use the_content instead of the_excerpt in your archive template…
Personally, I prefer to use the_content . But, if it is a bad solution, what else would you recommend to achieve what the OP wishes to accomplish?
OK, sorry, let me re-phrase it. It is a very unfriendly solution.
Let’s say I am clicking on your monthly archives and you have at least one post every day – it means it will give me a long page displaying full 30 posts. Now I think the reason for using initially the_excerpt in archives was because a visitor clicks on the monthly archive view to have an overview of the posts, to get a quick glimpse of what this blog is about: title, short excerpts, how much it was commented etc.
Clicking on any archive link I do not want to see 60 full articles – waiting for them to download I consider a direct offense: it’s wasting my time. If I get interested in any of the articles by seeing the title and the excerpt, I will click to see it. It is akin to taking a look at the book’s TOC – is there anything I’d interested in to take a deeper look?
So, in my opinion having full articles in the archive view defies the whole purpose of having archives 🙂
I know many people see it as an issue of personal preference, but I still find it not user-friendly (if the users are the readers).
p.s. It’s the same for me when somebody is asking for help with their code and they have 25 posts on their frontpage. So, for me looking at the source of these pages is a PITA, therefore I click the Back button and never bother to offer any help.
It’s still personal preference though. I personally hate excerpts since they do remove markup and images and people that are already in my archives, in my mind, don’t want to have to click on each individual post to get at the full content, then click the “back” button to get back to the archive, then click… ad infinitum.
I use full content and I paginate my archives. I provide a certain number of posts per page so that the overall size of the requested file is no more burdensome for my 10 complete posts than it is for, say, 60 excerpts.
How you define “user-friendly” and how I define “user-friendly” are obviously different. However, I do take issue with your defining your preference as the “best” solution.
Thanks for all the help all! I didn’t mean anything when I asked if it was “normal behavior”… I noticed several people put that in quotes in your reply 🙂
It was unexpected behavior for me, that’s all. still new to this. Thanks again for the quick answers and solutions!
jtl
