Is there a setting somewhere that will allow us to have blog post TEASERS on the ‘blog’ archive page, instead of the whole blog post?
So, for example, it would show the first couple of sentences, then it would have a “read more” link.
Those are called excerpts in WordPress:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Excerpt
The blog page and the archive page are two diffrent things in WordPress. The archive is where, for example, you’ll see all posts from a particular month or year. Is that where you’re looking to display excerpts? Or are you thinking of the blog index, where visitors come to see all your latest posts displayed with the newest posts at the top?
For now let’s assume you’re looking to display excerpstThe first thing you’ll need to do to display excerpts on the blog page is create a child theme, so your tweaks won’t be overwritten when updating the theme. Here are some guides in case you haven’t made one before:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
http://op111.net/53/
http://vimeo.com/39023468
Make a copy of content.php and place it in your child theme.
On line 24 of that file in your child theme, change this:
<?php if ( is_search() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>
to this:
<?php if ( is_search() || is_home() ) : // Only display Excerpts for Search ?>
You can learn more about the is_home() conditional tag here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_home
Also, I’m not seeing the option for a featured image.
Sundance doesn’t support featured images, but you can add that if you’re comfortable editing the theme files. Here’s a tutorial:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-add-featured-image-or-post-thumbnails-in-wordpress/
