How to show full text of the first post?

[korg007]

Hi all,
I have a site with the max characters in posts for the blog list set to show... equal to 200. I did this because I want to automatically limit the amount of text show in the blogs on the blog list.

However, as a first post, I have a "sticky" post for which I want the entire text to show. I don't want a "readmore" link on the blog list page for this post.

How can I override the character limit for this single post? or... is there another approach?
Thanks!

[Genesis Developer]

are you using genesis blog page template? or you just wanting this for home page? Can you give your site url?

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[korg007]

Thanks,
yes, using the Genesis blog page template (I think). It's not on the home page.

here's the link:
http://www.sayingitforward.ca/my-blog/

Cheers,
G

[Genesis Developer]

you can try this code

add_action('template_redirect', 'sp_custom_post_content');
function sp_custom_post_content(){
  // only work for home & blog template page
  if( is_home() || is_front_page() || is_page_template('page_blog.php') ){
    remove_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
    remove_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
    add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_custom_post_content' );
    add_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_custom_post_content' );
  }
}
function genesis_do_custom_post_content(){
  global $wp_query;
  if( $wp_query->current_post == 0 ){
   // Only first post will display full content
    the_content();
  }else{
    the_content_limit( (int) genesis_get_option( 'content_archive_limit' ), __( '[Read more...]', 'genesis' ) );
  }
}

You can change the conditional tag if( is_home() || is_front_page() || is_page_template('page_blog.php') ){ based on your requirement.

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[Genesis Developer]

Ok. Then change this line

if( is_home() || is_front_page() || is_page_template('page_blog.php') ){

by

if( is_page_template('page_blog.php') ){

you'll write the full the code in your functions.php file

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[korg007]

Thanks for the quick response!
I'm coming from Joomla so bear with me.

Do I change or add this code? and... is this all in functions.php of the theme?

I'm assuming there isn't a plugin so I don't have to mess with theme code which will be reset when I update the theme?

If I were to use the READMORE feature (manually in each post) instead of the using the char limit. How do I configure my installation for each post in the blog list to display the first image found in the post, as a "feature image"?
G

[korg007]

I'm confused. Do I simply add the first code snippets in functions.php of the theme?
Thanks,
G

[korg007]

Hi again genwrock,
I added the code at the bottom of the theme's functions.php and changed the cond statement as you suggested.
Nothing changed at all.
What am i missing?

[Genesis Developer]

I’m coming from Joomla so bear with me.

Are you using Genesis framework? I don't anything about Joomla.

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[korg007]

Yes I am. The lifestylePro theme.

[Genesis Developer]

Ok. Are you added this full code in your functions.php file?

add_action('template_redirect', 'sp_custom_post_content');
function sp_custom_post_content(){
  // only work for home & blog template page
  if( is_page_template('page_blog.php') ){
    remove_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
    remove_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_post_content' );
    add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'genesis_do_custom_post_content' );
    add_action( 'genesis_post_content', 'genesis_do_custom_post_content' );
  }
}
function genesis_do_custom_post_content(){
  global $wp_query;
  if( $wp_query->current_post == 0 ){
   // Only first post will display full content
    the_content();
  }else{
    the_content_limit( (int) genesis_get_option( 'content_archive_limit' ), __( '[Read more...]', 'genesis' ) );
  }
}

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