I also have activated this, gone to the settings Excerpt page and set it up but cannot see any difference – still no excerpts – only full posts showing – not sure how to fix this ;-(
my blog where the issue is
http://loveyourcreativity.com/
Thanks v much if anyone has any ideas 😉
Are you comfortable editing the .php files? All you need is a text editor.
With a lot of help, this is what I did.
First make a new child theme from twenty twelve. It’s easy;
1. make a new folder in the wordpress/wp-content/themes folder (directory) and name it whatever you want to call your new theme.
2. copy the style.css and the footer.php files from the blocomo directory to your new directory.
3. copy the content.php file from the twentytwelve directory to your new directory.
4. open the copy of style.css in a text editor (Notepad or something like that) and made the appropriate changes to the header information to reflect the new theme name, etc. Save your changes.
5. open the copy of content.php with the text editor and find this section:
</header><!– .entry-header –>
<?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>
<div class=”entry-summary”>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div><!– .entry-summary –>
I replaced that section with this:
<!– .entry-header –>
<div class=”entry-summary”>
<?php if (( is_search() || is_home() || is_category() ) && has_excerpt()) : // Only display Excerpts for Search, Home and Category ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
“> read more <span class=”meta-nav”>→</span> </div>
<!– .entry-summary –>
Now I get excerpts on all the pages that would show multiple posts, with a “read more” link leading to the full post.
I also write custom excerpts or use the “more” tag rather than relying on automatic excerpt of the default first 55 words or whatever it is set to.
After you are finished with your changes, go to the themes management page in the WP admin section. Your new theme should be showing there. Activate it and see if the changes are what you expect.
Good luck!
Katrina
