Hyperlinks in POSTS not working– pages are fine..

  • Hi…I started a site here https://www.bobbycannavale.com but I’m noticing in any POSTS I make, the links do not activate or even show as links. Same with a YouTube Video. I can see it embedded when I’m editing a post, but when I publish nothing shows. Do you think maybe it’s a template issue? Or maybe I have some setting off? For the “Win Win” post, the code in the post is: Check out Bobby’s latest film, “Win Win”, also starring Paul Giamatti, on the <a href="https://www.bobbycannavale.com/movies">Movies </a>page.
    yet it shows like just plain text. Any ideas for me? The theme is called “Blast.”

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  • Thread Starter markasey

    (@markasey)

    Just to add- links show fine on PAGES, just not POSTS.

    Links work just fine on your single post pages. Your theme is probably using the_excerpt() on its post listing pages which removed all formatting from the displayed text.

    Thread Starter markasey

    (@markasey)

    oh i see…i didn’t even notice they were good on the single post pages I was so obsessed with trying to figure out why they didn’t show on the front page haha. thank you! Do you have any idea if removing the_excerpt() would break the theme? I will try it but if you have an experience with that i’d appreciate any feedback.

    You couldy edit the relevant template files and replace <?php the_excerpt();?> with <?php the_content();?> but, with that theme, you’d then use to use the <!--more--> tag after the first few lines of each post.

    Thread Starter markasey

    (@markasey)

    Oh i see, so it would then link to the single post instead of being too long? Thanks again…this is so great to know about. I actually don’t mind the template as it is now that I know it’s not broken or something I did. Gives it kind of a cleaner look. ??

    h i see, so it would then link to the single post instead of being too long?

    Yes – that’s the idea. As it currently stands, the post title of each post on your home page links to the single post.

    I agree – the shorter cleaner excerpt looks good in that theme. ??

    Thread Starter markasey

    (@markasey)

    Do you know how to make a theme (specifically the Blast theme) show a PAGE on the main URL instead of a post? From all the themes I’ve seen the only test on the “home” page is what’s in a post.

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