Manual excerpts on front page

  • simbelsim

    (@simbelsim)


    12 years, 1 month ago

    I use the ‘excerpt’ field for posts to create standfirsts that can go into the summary view on category, archive, tag etc. pages instead of an automatic excerpt.

    However, the grid on the first pages seems to be using an automatic excerpt instead of the manual one.

    Can you please advise me how to change the code to make the grid pull manual excerpts? Having more control over this feature means I can improve the aesthetic of the front page by using magazine-style standfirsts instead of simply the first words of each article.

    Any help would be appreciated!

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  • Theme Author Brian Harris

    (@zgani)

    12 years ago

    The grid uses a custom sequel_grid_excerpt(); function instead of the standard the_excerpt() call – the function is located in functions.php @line 169.

    In the file home-grid.php you could either switch to the_excerpt() or replace it with the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'sequel' ) ); and it will use the main custom excerpt function located @line 107 in functions.php. (The second is a better option)

    However, please note that the custom excerpt needs to be enabled in the Customizer for it to be applied.

    Hope that helps but feel free to ask some more if the need be.

    regards,
    Zulf

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