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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Show Full Posts on main page?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [rkell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkell/)
 * (@rkell)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/#post-1278597)
 * keighl you are a champion – thank you very much for your help on this!
    I was
   worried my lack of knowledge here would have me completely stuffed, but your 
   suggestion has yielded exactly what I wanted. Cheers!
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Show Full Posts on main page?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [rkell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkell/)
 * (@rkell)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/#post-1278590)
 * keighl – I don’t seem to have a directory called apps. The only directories in
   my theme folder are images, js and library.
 * songdogtech – I’m using Modularity lite.
    In page.php, single.php and page-wide.
   php i have the following (already has the_content, and not the_excerpt)
 * page.php:
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div class="span-<?php
       		$sidebar_state = get_option('T_sidebar_state');
   
       		if($sidebar_state == "On") {
       			echo "15 colborder home";
       		}
       		else {
       			echo "24 last";
       		}
       		?>">
       <div class="content">
       		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       			<?php include (THEMELIB . '/apps/multimedia.php'); ?>
       			<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>
       			<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
       		</div>
       		<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>
       	</div>
       	</div>
       	<?php
       		$sidebar_state = get_option('T_sidebar_state');
   
       		if($sidebar_state == "On") {
       			get_sidebar() ;
       		}
       		else {
       			echo "";
       		}
       		?>
   
       <!-- Begin Footer -->
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * single.php:
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div class="span-<?php
       		$sidebar_state = get_option('T_sidebar_state');
   
       		if($sidebar_state == "On") {
       			echo "15 colborder home";
       		}
       		else {
       			echo "24 last";
       		}
       		?>">
       <div class="content">
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       <?php include (THEMELIB . '/apps/multimedia.php'); ?>
       <?php the_content(); ?>
       </div>
       <div class="clear"></div>
   
       <p class="postmetadata alt">
       					<small>
       						This entry was posted
       						<?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
       							You'll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
       							http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2004/08/17/time-since-plugin/ */
       							/* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) - (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>
       						on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
       						and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?><?php if (get_the_tags()) the_tags(' and tagged with '); ?>.
       							You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php post_comments_feed_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.
   
       						<?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       							// Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
       							You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?>" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       						<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       							// Only Pings are Open ?>
       							Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       						<?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       							// Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
       							You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
   
       						<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       							// Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
       							Both comments and pings are currently closed.
   
       						<?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry','','.'); ?>
   
       					</small>
       				</p>
   
       <div class="nav prev left"><?php next_post_link('%link', '&larr;', TRUE); ?></div>
       <div class="nav next right"><?php previous_post_link('%link', '&rarr;', TRUE); ?></div>
       <div class="clear"></div>
       			<?php endwhile; else : ?>
   
       				<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
       				<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
       				<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>
   
       			<?php endif; ?>
       <?php comments_template(); ?>
       </div>
       </div>
   
       <?php
       		$sidebar_state = get_option('T_sidebar_state');
   
       		if($sidebar_state == "On") {
       			get_sidebar() ;
       		}
       		else {
       			echo "";
       		}
       		?>
   
       <!-- Begin Footer -->
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * page-wide.php:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Template Name: Wide Page
       */
       ?>
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div class="span-24 first last">
       		<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       		<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       			<?php include (THEMELIB . '/apps/multimedia.php'); ?>
       			<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page &raquo;</p>'); ?>
       			<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
       		</div>
       		<div class="clear"></div>
       		<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
       	<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.', '<p>', '</p>'); ?>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Show Full Posts on main page?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [rkell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkell/)
 * (@rkell)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/#post-1278495)
 * Thanks for the responses so far guys.
    I don’t want to sound like a total fool,
   but the theme files listed are as follows and I can’t find reference to the loop
   in functions or index…or anywhere else for that matter (am i missing something??);
 * Theme Files
    Templates
 *  * 404 Template (404.php)
    * Archives (archive.php) * Comments (comments.php)*
   Footer (footer.php) * Header (header.php) * Image Attachment Template (image.
   php) * Main Index Template (index.php) * Page Template (page.php) * Search Form(
   searchform.php) * Search Results (search.php) * Sidebar (sidebar.php) * Single
   Post (single.php) * Theme Functions (functions.php) * Wide Page Page Template(
   page-wide.php) * nav.php (nav.php)
 * Styles
 *  * Stylesheet (style.css)
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Show Full Posts on main page?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [rkell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkell/)
 * (@rkell)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-posts-on-main-page/#post-1278461)
 * songdogtech – thanks for your reply – I hadn’t actually posted any code.
 * The ‘editor’ I referred to is in fact the theme file editor – I cannot seem to
   find any reference to where a the_excerpt tag can be changed to the_content.
 * Come to think of it… there doesn’t even seem to be any evidence at all of post
   options in ‘the loop’ on my main index template;
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
   
       <!-- Show the welcome box and slideshow only on first page.  Makes for better pagination. -->
       <?php if ( $paged < 1 ) { ?>
   
       <!-- Begin Welcome Box -->
       <?php if (is_home()) include (THEMELIB . '/apps/welcomebox.php'); ?>
   
       <!-- Begin Slideshow -->
       <?php include (THEMELIB . '/apps/slideshow-static.php'); ?>
   
       <!-- End Better Pagination -->
       <?php } ?>
   
       <!-- Begin Blog -->
       <?php include (THEMELIB . '/apps/blog.php'); ?>
   
       <!-- Begin Footer -->
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Any suggestions??

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