Title: post appearance
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# post appearance

 *  [nileta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nileta/)
 * (@nileta)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-appearance/)
 * hi, i have a question:
    i would like to make my front page more brief. which 
   means that for each post i would like to have just one picture and maybe the 
   first four – five lines of my post and then the reader could click on it and 
   read the rest of the entry. how can i do that? thank you
 * here is my blog so that you know what i mean:
    [http://bakingapprentice.wordpress.com](http://bakingapprentice.wordpress.com)

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-appearance/#post-1878665)
 * find the relevant templates in your theme and try replacing:
 * <?php the_content(); ?>
 * with,
 * <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
 *  Thread Starter [nileta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nileta/)
 * (@nileta)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-appearance/#post-1878675)
 * thank you for your help but i cant seem to find what you are saying…
    here is
   my template [http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/twentyten/style.css?m=1295392186g&minify=false](http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/twentyten/style.css?m=1295392186g&minify=false)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-appearance/#post-1878676)
 * **Don’t edit the Twenty Ten theme!** Your changes **will** be over-written the
   next time you upgrade WordPress or the theme. For this reason, it is recommended
   that you consider creating a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   for your customisations.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-appearance/#post-1878708)
 * looks like you are using Twenty Ten theme.
 * in loop.php, find this around line #138:
 * `<?php the_content( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span
   >', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>`
 * and try replacing it with:
 * `<?php the_excerpt( __( 'Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span
   >', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>`
 * please also consider esmi’s suggestion.

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