I figured it out. Apparently you need to upload the file and then set it as “featured image” for the post you want to assign it to. They could have made this much more straight forward if they labeled it “set as thumbnail”.
How do I attach an image to a post without actually inserting it is basically my question.
I understand all the PHP codes, my template is set-up to handle thumbnails.
My problem is that it only recognizes the thumbnail if it is embedded in my post.
I just want to link a thumbnail to my post without inserting it. I click add image in a post and I add an image. But, unless I actually insert the image into the post it does not appear as a thumbnail.
There has got to be a way to do this……
I managed to get it to work. If anyone else is trying to do this……
Simply change the_excerpt to the_content in the loop.php file.
This will cause pages to ignore excerpts and will display the video.
