Partial Posts

Couple options:

1. Use the ‘more‘ quicktag in each post to define where your “Continue Reading” link is to display, then replace:

<?php the_content(); ?>

in your index.php (or home.php) template with:

<?php
if( !is_paged() && is_home() && ($post == $posts[0]) ) :
	echo apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content);
else :
	the_content('Continue Reading');
endif;
?>

The if statement tests on if we are *not* on a paginated page (i.e. page 2, page 3, etc), on the home or front page, and the loop is presently working on the first post in the $posts object ($posts[0]). If so, we bypass the functionality of the_content(), especially for the ‘more’ quicktag. Otherwise it operates as usual.

2. If you choose not to use the ‘more’ quicktag, you can replace the_excerpt() (which displays a summary of the post) for the_content() on all posts but the first:

<?php
if( !is_paged() && is_home() && ($post == $posts[0]) ) :
	the_content();
else :
	the_excerpt();
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
<?php endif; ?>

This is great information and it works fantastic.

However, when I have 1 thumbnail picture at the top of every article, it won’t show the thumbnail in the “excerpt” on the front page.

How can I get it to show the thumbnails on every post on the homepage?

Thanks!

Can anyone answer this?

Option 1. Do not use the_excerpt().

Option 2. Use the_excerpt(), but place what text you want displayed in it (including your image(s)) in the optional excerpt field of a post.

Option 3. Use a plugin like my the_excerpt Reloaded:

https://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the_excerpt-reloaded/

Kafkaesqui thanks for this great solution.

I was using on my blog, but recently when I upgraded to 2.5 it stopped working. I have double checked and verified the code is still there in my theme’s index.php file, but the homepage is still showing all excerpts.

You can view it at https://www.whollysurrender.com.

Here is some code from my theme’s index page:

<div id="content">

        <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

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

			<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> 

				<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

                           	<small><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> | <?php the_author() ?> </small>

				<div class="entry">
					<!--<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>-->

<?php

if( !is_paged() && is_home() && ($post == $posts[0]) ) :
	the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;');
else :
	the_excerpt();
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading</a>
<?php endif; ?>

				</div>

				<p class="postmetadata"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/folder_edit.png" alt="category"></img>  <?php the_category(', ') ?>  <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/images/comments.png" alt="comments"></img>  <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?> <?php edit_post_link('//Edit'); ?></p> 

			</div>

Any ideas why this code is not working with the new upgrade?

Thanks for your help.