"summary" not working on home page. Only full length text showing.

use <?php the_excerpt() ?>

For each article in a feed, show : Summary.

That is your rss feed

For your index, you can either set up a custom excerpt/summary in the box provided when you create the post

Or in index.php of your theme (or loop.php possibly) you can change the_content to the_excerpt

Thanks.

index.php doesn’t seem to have a place for that?

the loop.php is so full of “stuff” that I can’t really understand which line I’d change? Should I change the php in:
* posts that are in the gallery category,
* when we’re displaying
posts in the asides category,
* and finally all other posts.

goto line 131 and replace

<?php if ( is_archive() || is_search() ) : // Only display excerpts for archives and search. ?>

with

<?php if ( is_home() || is_front_page() || is_archive() || is_search() ) : // Only display excerpts for archives and search. ?>

Thanks! It worked.

thank you for your post.. i used it too!