Description entry is too small

  • CGeezer

    (@cgeezer)


    14 years, 5 months ago

    Hi this is my first time asking for help here, I hope that someone can point me in the right direction.

    I have installed a theme and now have a fully working website, but when I add my description to an image as required in the theme the words are cut off in mid entry with […] and I have no way to click on a link to read the rest, nor a way to give more space for the area I want to type into. I would like maybe double the space and remove the addedd ‘[…] altogether. I appreciate if I add the photo as a post or a page I can fill many paragraphs but I would much rather just use the description box as supplied and use a short description in there although a little longer in space than I am given.

    Example image is here

    Thanks for help in advance.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    Your theme may be using <?php the_excerpt();?> instead of <?php the_content();?> in its template files. Try editing the relevant template file(s) and replacing <?php the_excerpt();?> with <?php the_content();?>

    Thread Starter CGeezer

    (@cgeezer)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    Will have a look now. thanks for the tip and will let you know 🙂

    Thread Starter CGeezer

    (@cgeezer)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    I’m inserting the text displayed below the image into the ‘description’ box not a description in another place like into the caption or alt text boxes will this fix posted still apply?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    No. The amount of text added to that description box will be limited.

    Thread Starter CGeezer

    (@cgeezer)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    So I’m not able to add a decent sized description using the description box supplied in the theme 🙁 That’s a pain… Is there an alternative way to do this? Maybe altering the page to add a description manually? I only have about 20-30 I will need to edit.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    You need to ask the theme’s developer these questions.

    Thread Starter CGeezer

    (@cgeezer)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    I guess I will do that then, but I thought it would be a WordPress problem as it would be part of the framework, wouldn’t it?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    No – it is being controlled by the theme.

    Thread Starter CGeezer

    (@cgeezer)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    Ok I will do that, thanks for taking the time to answer. Can you please remove my website link in the first post now as it is not editable by me.

    Thanks

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 5 months ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Deleting_.2F_Editing_Posts

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