Title: question about Excerpts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# question about Excerpts

 *  Resolved [Thenook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenook/)
 * (@thenook)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-excerpts/)
 * Hello,
 * I have done this before somehow, but cannot remember how to do it on a new site.
 * I have one page button on my navigation bar actually link to a category list 
   instead of a page, (cars for sale).
 * I want the category list to show excerpts instead of full posts. I have googled
   and searched here for the for way to change “**the_content() and c to the_excerpt()**“.
 * However I cannot find that content text anywhere but the index.php file, which
   doesn’t change category view of course. My theme doesnt have home or category.
   php.
 * Is there someplace special I have to change the category view to show excerpts?

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-excerpts/#post-1392425)
 * archive.php? That’s what controls mine…..
 *  Thread Starter [Thenook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenook/)
 * (@thenook)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-excerpts/#post-1392436)
 * my archive only has:
 * <?php get_header(); ?>
 *  <div id=”contentmaster”>
    <div id=”contentheader”></div> <div id=”content”>
 *  <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/theloop.php’); ?>
 *  </div>
    <div id=”contentfooter”></div> </div>
 * <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
 * <?php get_footer(); ?>
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-excerpts/#post-1392440)
 * looks like theloop.php is controlling the content there
 *  Thread Starter [Thenook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenook/)
 * (@thenook)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-excerpts/#post-1392465)
 * That may have helped, but not quite all the way. I did find the content term 
   to change to excerpt, and it appears to have made an excerpt….
 * take a peek at a site I’m doing for a car shop:
 * [http://alignmentguys.com/?cat=3](http://alignmentguys.com/?cat=3)
 * That category has one test car for sale. It appears to be an excerpt because 
   at the end of the text it has the […] but when I click on the title, there’s 
   no text. Not sure if I broke something.
 * This category will eventually have several posts of cars for sale, which is why
   he wants the shortened excerpts.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Thenook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenook/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-excerpts/#post-1392465)
 * Status: resolved

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