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  • ibroughton

    (@ibroughton)


    18 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I’ve just returned to WordPress after being bitterly dissapointed by so many other blogging tools.

    I’ve just upgraded to version 2 only to find that each page displays the full post rather than just the excerpt with a read more link. I’ve tried using both classic and default themes but still get the same result. Can some one point out where I’m going wrong or has this feature been removed in the new version?

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  • skulled

    (@skulled)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    In your theme files, your posts are being posted using the_content() template tag ..

    To post just the excerpt, use the_excerpt() ..

    Take a look here:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

    If you have any other questions, post back.

    Thread Starter ibroughton

    (@ibroughton)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Yeah I’ve had a look at that, but can’t seem to get the tag to work.

    Where abouts should the tag go in my index file?

    Thread Starter ibroughton

    (@ibroughton)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    Ignore me, it’s the blogging tool that I’m using that is messing things up. Seems like Ecto can’t handle the <!–more–> tag.

    If I edit directly in WordPress it shows just fine

    Thread Starter ibroughton

    (@ibroughton)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    OK, the guys over at Ecto think that this is a WP bug as it is sending the

    Quote:
    <name>mt_text_more</name>
    <value><string>this is the extended box</string></value>

    ecto is sending the extended field. If you don’t see that in your WordPress, please post a request on the WordPress forum as I can’t help you with this.

    Any ideas?

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