Inserting an image to the homepage

Your theme may be using <?php the_excerpt();?> instead of <?php the_content();?> in its template files. Try editing your theme’s index.php template file and replacing <?php the_excerpt();?> with <?php the_content();?>

Thanks for the advice esmi… However, I cannot see

<?php the_excerpt();?>

anywhere in the code I have pasted the below. Might it be written in some other way?

<?php
	// load the theme options
	$options = get_option( 'mx_theme_settings' );
?>
<?php get_header(' '); ?>

<div id="post-content">

<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'post' , 'entry') ?>
<?php endif; ?>   

<?php if (function_exists("pagination")) { pagination($additional_loop->max_num_pages); } ?>
</div>
<!-- END post-content -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<div class="clear"></div>
<?php get_footer(' '); ?>

Try looking in post-entry.php.

Thanks esm, but when I change the following code from

`<div class=”post-entry-content”>
<h2><a href=”<?php the_permalink(‘ ‘) ?>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php the_news_excerpt(‘500000′,”,”,’plain’,’no’); ?>
</div><!– END post-entry-content –>`

to

<?php the_news_content(); ?>

I get the following error message

Fatal error: Call to undefined function the_news_content() in /home/bennoh/public_html/wp-content/themes/minimal-xpert/post-entry.php on line 13

Any advice?

This is the code from my functions.php

<?php
// theme admin
include('functions/theme-admin.php');
include('functions/better-excerpts.php');
include('functions/better-comments.php');
include('functions/slides-meta.php');

// get scripts
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts','my_theme_scripts_function');

function my_theme_scripts_function() {

	wp_deregister_script('jquery');
	wp_register_script('jquery', ("https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"), false, '1.4.2');
	wp_enqueue_script('jquery');

	wp_enqueue_script('sliding effect', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/sliding_effect.js');
	wp_enqueue_script('superfish', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/superfish.js');
	wp_enqueue_script('supersubs', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/supersubs.js');

	if(is_front_page()) :
	wp_enqueue_script('nivoSlider', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/js/jquery.nivo.slider.pack.js');
	endif;
}

//Add Pagination Support
include('functions/pagination.php');

// Limit Post Word Count
function new_excerpt_length($length) {
	return 50;
}
add_filter('excerpt_length', 'new_excerpt_length');

//Replace Excerpt Link
function new_excerpt_more($more) {
       global $post;
	return '...';
}
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'new_excerpt_more');

//Activate post-image functionality (WP 2.9+)
if ( function_exists( 'add_theme_support' ) )
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );

// featured image sizes
if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {
add_image_size( 'full-size',  9999, 9999, false );
add_image_size( 'post-image',  150, 150, true );
add_image_size( 'related-posts',  50, 50, true );
add_image_size( 'slider',  960, 360, true );
}

// Enable Custom Background
add_custom_background();

// register navigation menus
register_nav_menus(
	array(
	'main nav'=>__('Main Nav'),
	)
);
/// add home link to menu
function home_page_menu_args( $args ) {
$args['show_home'] = true;
return $args;
}
add_filter( 'wp_page_menu_args', 'home_page_menu_args' );

// menu fallback
function default_menu() {
	require_once (TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/default-menu.php');
}

add_action( 'init', 'create_post_types' );
function create_post_types() {
// Define Post Type For Slider
  register_post_type( 'slides',
    array(
      'labels' => array(
		'name' => _x( 'Slides', 'post type general name' ), // Tip: _x('') is used for localization
		'singular_name' => _x( 'Slide', 'post type singular name' ),
		'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'Slide' ),
		'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Slide' ),
		'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Slide' ),
		'new_item' => __( 'New Slide' ),
		'view_item' => __( 'View Slide' ),
		'search_items' => __( 'Search Slides' ),
		'not_found' =>  __( 'No Slides found' ),
		'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Slides found in Trash' ),
		'parent_item_colon' => ''
      ),
      'public' => true,
	  'exclude_from_search' => true,
	  'supports' => array('title','thumbnail'),
	  'menu_icon' => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/images/admin/slides.png',
    )
  );
}

//Register Sidebars
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Sidebar',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown in the sidebar.',
'before_widget' => '<div class="sidebar-box clearfix">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>',
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'First Footer Area',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown in the footer - left side.',
'before_widget' => '<div class="footer-box">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>',
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Second Footer Area',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown in the footer - middle left.',
'before_widget' => '<div class="footer-box">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>',
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Third Footer Area',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown in the footer - middle right.',
'before_widget' => '<div class="footer-box">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>',
));
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Fourth Footer Area',
'description' => 'Widgets in this area will be shown in the footer - right side.',
'before_widget' => '<div class="footer-box">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h4>',
'after_title' => '</h4>',
));

// functions run on activation --> important flush to clear rewrites
if ( is_admin() && isset($_GET['activated'] ) && $pagenow == 'themes.php' ) {
	$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}
?>

And this is my code from post-entry.php. I have changed both references in post-entry.php so that ‘excerpt’ now says ‘content’. Is this correct?

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>      

    <div class="post-entry clearfix">
        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {  ?>

        <div class="post-entry-featured-image">
			<a href="<?php the_permalink(' ') ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="opacity"><?php the_post_thumbnail('post-image'); ?></a>
        </div>
        <!-- END post-entry-featured-image -->

    <div class="post-entry-content">
        	<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(' ') ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
					<?php the_news_excerpt('500000','','','plain','no'); ?>
        </div><!-- END post-entry-content -->

   <?php } else{ ?>
   <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(' ') ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
			<?php the_news_excerpt('500000','','','plain','no'); ?>.
   <?php } ?>
 	</div>
	<!-- END post-entry -->

<?php endwhile; ?>

Why am I getting the error message above.

Thanks for any help!

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