eleven40 theme: Front page shows 100 characters. How to change to excerpt?

[chrisjeub]

On the front page of the eleven40 them, the blog posts following the first show 100 characters with "read more" following. I would rather have the Excerpt show, along with the "read more" link. How do I change this?

http://thickovertwell.wp60.com/

[Erika]

Hi Chris,

When viewing the homepage of your site logged in, click "Customize" in the black admin bar up top and in the panel that opens up, select Theme Settings, then Content Archives. Choose the show Excerpts option.

Once that is done, add the following code at the bottom of your Functions.php file:

// Add Read More Link to Excerpts
add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'link_excerpt_more' );

function link_excerpt_more( $output ) {

$more = sprintf( ' <a href="%s" class="more-link" rel="bookmark">' . __( 'Read More' ) . '</a>', esc_url( get_permalink() ) );

return $output . $more;
}

Let me know if this helps!

[chrisjeub]

This worked for archive pages, but not the front page of the eleven40 Pro Theme. If you scroll down to the list of 8 additional articles (underneath the main article), the excerpt is not published; instead, it is 100 characters with a "continue reading" link. I want the excerpt to publish instead.

Ideas?

[Erika]

Try setting a manual excerpt for one of the posts you'd like to see changed and see if that works. Go into the post editor and click the Screen Options button at the top of the page. Check Excerpts if it's not already, then put a custom excerpt into the box that shows beneath the text editor.

[Andrea Rennick]

This theme is different, Use the more tag in the post like we did on the demo.

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[chrisjeub]

I've got that much done already, Erika. The excerpts are entered, and they appear in blogroll pages, but differently on the front page.

Andrea, the more-tag won't work for my content. I preload metadata, and that's what is showing up on the front page.

This appears to be a tough solution, tougher than I thought it would be. I assumed I'd just add a function of some sort. Any other ideas?

[Erika]

Hi Chris,

I don't have anymore ideas from where I'm standing, but I could fix this if I can inspect the site myself. If you want to email me at [email protected], I can quote you a modest price for resolving this issue.

[chrisjeub]

Thanks Erika, but I already have a developer in the wings to help. I had hoped I could figure this out myself.

[Erika]

No problem. Good luck!

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