Thematic: Display Content For Categories Rather Than Excerpts

You want to change the theme not the function. Edit your archive.php or your index.php and replace the call to the_excerpt() to the_content().

Messing with WordPress innards is no bueno.

I’ve looked into both the Thematic <i>and</i> Boumatic code – this is archive.php:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Archives Page
*/
?>
<?php

    // calling the header.php
    get_header();

    // action hook for placing content above #container
    thematic_abovecontainer();

?>
	<div id="container">
		<div id="content">

            <?php 

            the_post();

            ?>

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

    			<?php 

                // creating the post header
                thematic_postheader();

                ?>

				<div class="entry-content">

                    <?php 

                    the_content();

                    // action hook for the 404 content
                    thematic_archives();

                    edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'thematic'),'<span class="edit-link">','</span>');

                    ?>

				</div>
			</div><!-- .post -->

        <?php

        if ( get_post_custom_values('comments') )
            comments_template(); // Add a key/value of "comments" to enable comments on pages!

        ?>

		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #container -->

<?php 

    // action hook for placing content below #container
    thematic_belowcontainer();

    // calling the standard sidebar
    thematic_sidebar();

    // calling footer.php
    get_footer();

?>

there’s nothing about the_excerpt() – in fact, it IS calling the_content()! I don’t know what to do…

You are correct it looks like it is calling the_content() directly.

Thematic is an abstraction layer. Form looking through the WP code and working on a few plugins I can tell you that the_excerpt() calls the_content() and runs a filter on it. Try commenting out the filter in the_excerpt() and see if you get the same behavior.

In this case I suggest looking at the_content within thematic, they may have over ridden the function. Is thematic an essential part of your site or just the theme?

Sorry I always found extra abstraction layers like thematic a pain. Unless you have a seriously compelling reason for it removing it may be easier. If you modify it you will have to maintain it.

My apologies for being of no further help.

Wow – it took some digging – but I got it figured out.

Thematic had built into the_content() arguments denoting what the_content() actually was in an entirely separate PHP file buried away.

I edited that a little bit and whammo-blammo – got it working how I wanted it to.

If you’re interested, here’s the link that helped me out: https://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/full-posts-in-archive-pages#post-13520

Thanks for taking the time, pkenjora!