Title: no archives.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# no archives.php

 *  [jamisonstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamisonstudio/)
 * (@jamisonstudio)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-archivesphp/)
 * I am using the Amazing Grace theme and want to change the first page to just 
   excerpts. Then when you click on them it will take you to the full article.
 * It says to change the code in the index.php (which I did) and the archives.php(
   which I cant find anywhere).
 * Is there a different place where the archives.php is or a different name it is
   under?
    Thanks!

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-archivesphp/#post-1299233)
 * If your theme doesn’t have an archive.php, in that theme folder, wp-content/themes/
   amazing-grace, copy your index.php to archive.php and make the changes.
 *  Thread Starter [jamisonstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamisonstudio/)
 * (@jamisonstudio)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-archivesphp/#post-1299235)
 * Im sorry, I am so new at this. Do I need to make a duplicate index.php and rename
   if archive.php? Are they technically the same folder?
 * Because even in my wp-content/themes/amazing-grace on my host site, there is 
   no archives.php folder.
 * Thank you so much for your help.
 *  Thread Starter [jamisonstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamisonstudio/)
 * (@jamisonstudio)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-archivesphp/#post-1299236)
 * I did this and I tried to Show Full Entries/Excerpts on index page – If you want
   full entries replace the_excerpt() with the_content() and vice versa. Changes
   should be applied to index.php and archives.php
 * I did this, but it will not work. It will show the excerpts on the first page
   but then when you click to get the content all you get is the excerpt. It wont
   let me have it 2 ways.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-archivesphp/#post-1299380)
 * > Im sorry, I am so new at this. Do I need to make a duplicate index.php and 
   > rename if archive.php? Are they technically the same folder?
 * Since you asked, yes you copy the **file** `index.php` to `archive.php` in that**
   folder**. If you are using something like [FileZilla](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla)
   then you might need to download the index.php to your local machine, rename it
   on your local machine to archive.php, edit the file to make the change from `
   the_excerpt` to `the_content`, then FTP that file back up to your host.
 * > Because even in my wp-content/themes/amazing-grace on my host site, there is
   > no archives.php folder.
 *  You seemed to have figured out what I just said above, that in the wp-content/
   themes/amazing-grace folder you copy that index.php to archive.php in the same
   folder. Then you can edit archive.php to apply the_content to those posts.
 * > when you click to get the content all you get is the excerpt
 * If you mean “when you click on a post title all you get is the excerpt” then 
   you will need to apply the_content to the [Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates)
   that controls the display of single posts; typically that is called **single.
   php**.
 * With the help of the [Template Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)
   article, determine what [Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates) WordPress
   uses to render posts in various situations.
 * Also:
    [Stepping Into Template Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Template_Tags)
   [Stepping Into Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates)

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 * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-archivesphp/#post-1299380)
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