Title: the_excerpt question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# the_excerpt question

 *  [ninjawanda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjawanda/)
 * (@ninjawanda)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_excerpt-question/)
 * When I click on “read full story” under my post, it doesn’t show the full post
   but just give me a black page.
 * Have a look at my code please:
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <!-- BEGIN content -->
       <div id="content">
       <?php
       wp_blogmark();
       $temp_query = $wp_query;
       query_posts(array('post__in'=>array(dp_settings('featured'))));
       if (have_posts()) : the_post();
       ?>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       <?php include("csidebar.php"); ?>
       <!-- BEGIN content content -->
       <div id="ccontent">
       <h2>Recent Articles</h2>
       <?php
       $wp_query = $temp_query;
       if (have_posts()) :
       while (have_posts()) : the_post();
       $arc_year = get_the_time('Y');
       $arc_month = get_the_time('m');
       $arc_day = get_the_time('d');
       ?>
       	<!-- begin post -->
       	<div class="post">
       	<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
       	<p class="details"><a href="<?php echo get_day_link("$arc_year", "$arc_month", "$arc_day"); ?>"><?php the_time('M j, Y') ?></a> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></p>
       	<?php dp_attachment_image(0, 'thumbnail', 'alt="'.$post->post_title.'"'); ?>
       	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
       	<div class="break"></div>
       	<a class="readmore" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read the story &raquo;</a>
       	</div>
       	<!-- end post -->
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       <p id="postnav">
       	<?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries'); ?> &nbsp;
       	<?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;'); ?>
       </p>
       <?php else : ?>
       <div class="notfound">
       	<h2>Not Found</h2>
       	<p>Sorry, but you are looking for something that is not here.</p>
       </div>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       <!-- END content content -->
       </div>
       <!-- END content -->
       <?php get_sidebar(); get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
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 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_excerpt-question/#post-1235685)
 * in your stylesheet, almost all color properties are #000000, which incidentally
   means black. Against a black background is the visibility of this text almost
   nihil 🙂
 * Try changing these to something lighter, #ffffff is white. The fle to change 
   would be style.css.
 * Peter

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 * [excerpt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excerpt/)

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 * Last reply from: [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_excerpt-question/#post-1235685)
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