truthlighthouse

This worked for me. I wonder if you are trying to find “orderby” within the admin editor panel of WordPress (meaning online) versus going to your hosting provider and navigating to the FTP section and editing the PHP file that way. For me, I am hosted with Godaddy so I go to Godaddy.com and log in and then navigate to my account area and then click hosting->click launch for the particular hosted account I want->click Files & FTP at the top left->file manager->and then navigate to the file that was listed in the above response.

Thank you so much for your help. There are a couple things I am not sure of.

1) You indicated that I needed to replace

.entry { width: 490px; margin-bottom: 35px; position: relative; }

with

.entry { width: 960px; margin-bottom: 35px; position: relative; }

but then mentioned to add

.widemode{ width: 960px; margin-bottom: 35px; position: relative; }

Do I replace the first one and simply add the second one to style.css or were you saying that instead…use the second one?

Also, you mentioned to that I should locate

<div class="entry text">

and replace it with

<div class="entry text widemode">

from my custom page. However I don’t actually have that exact line in my custom page. I have something similar:

<div class="entry">

and assumed that is what you were referring to. So basically I assumed that you meant to use the second code for the CSS page and I made the assumption that you wanted me to replace “entry” with “entry text widemode”. When I did this, it actually sort of worked but the problem I had is that the white background did not stretch along with the content. So I had the content in full width but the white background was not in full width. Additionally on the posts (which I am not using a template for the posts..only the pages) including on the home page began to stretch slightly too much over the white background. So somehow I changed the dimensions of the posts and front page even though I was attempting to change the dimensions of the pages only when I use the custom page template. All others should remain the same. It may help if I paste the custom page code and CSS code so you can see it exactly how I see it.

Below is the CSS page:

/*
Theme Name: LightBright
Theme URI: https://www.elegantthemes.com/
Version: 1.0
Description: 2 Column theme from Elegant Themes
Author: Elegant Themes
Author URI: https://www.elegantthemes.com
*/

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*-----------------[RESET]------------------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

/* https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ */
/* v1.0 | 20080212 */

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; outline: 0; font-size: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; }

body { line-height: 1; }
ol, ul { list-style: none; }
blockquote, q {	quotes: none; }

blockquote:before, blockquote:after,q:before, q:after { content: ''; content: none; }

/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus { outline: 0; }

/* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */
ins { text-decoration: none; }
del { text-decoration: line-through; }

/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*-----------------[BASIC STYLES]-----------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

body { background: #0b3b41 url(images/bg.png) top center no-repeat; text-align: center; line-height: 18px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; color: #8d8d8d; min-height: 25px; }

a { text-decoration: none; color: #000000; }
a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.clear { clear: both; }
.ui-tabs-hide { display: none; }
br.clear { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { padding-bottom: 5px; color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 1em; font-size: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; }
h1 a, h2 a, h3 a, h4 a, h5 a, h6 a { color: #2a2a2a; }
h1 { font-size: 30px; }
h2 { font-size: 24px; }
h3 { font-size: 22px; }
h4 { font-size: 18px; }
h5 { font-size: 16px; }
h6 { font-size: 14px; }
p { padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; }
strong { font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c; }
cite, em, i { font-style: italic; }
pre, code { font-family: Courier New, monospace; margin-bottom: 10px; }
ins { text-decoration: none; }
sup, sub { height: 0; line-height: 1; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; }
sup { bottom: 0.8em; }
sub { top: 0.3em; }
dl { margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; }
dl dt { font-weight: bold; }
dd  { margin-left: 1.5em;}
blockquote  { padding: 0 0 0 1em; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; border-left: 6px solid #f5f5f5; font-size: 18px; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; position: relative; }
	blockquote p { padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px;  }

input[type=text],input.text, input.title, textarea, select { background-color:#fff; border:1px solid #bbb; padding: 2px; color: #4e4e4e; }
input[type=text]:focus, input.text:focus, input.title:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus { border-color:#2D3940; color: #3e3e3e; }
input[type=text], input.text, input.title, textarea, select { margin:0.5em 0; }
textarea { padding: 4px; }

img#about-image { float: left; margin: 3px 8px 8px 0px; }

.clearfix:after { visibility: hidden; display: block; font-size: 0; content: " "; clear: both; height: 0; }
* html .clearfix             { zoom: 1; } /* IE6 */
*:first-child+html .clearfix { zoom: 1; } /* IE7 */

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*---------------[MAIN LAYOUT INFO]---------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

#container { text-align: left; width: 804px; margin: 0 auto; position: relative; padding-top: 79px; }
	#header { text-align: center; }
		p#slogan { font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #06262a; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #186771; margin-top: -7px; }

	#content-area { margin-top: 38px; }
		#main-area { float: left; width: 530px; }

			.entry { width: 490px; margin-bottom: 35px; position: relative; }
				.entry-top { background: url(images/entry-top-transparent.png) no-repeat; width: 490px; height: 17px; }
				.entry .post { background: url(images/entry-bg-transparent.png) repeat-y; position: relative; z-index: 2; }
				.entry .post .content { padding: 12px 38px 15px 45px; }
					h1.title, h2.title { font-size: 40px; float: left; width: 325px; padding-bottom: 20px; }
						h1.title a:hover, h2.title a:hover { color: #eeeeee; text-decoration: none; }
					span.date { color: #e3e3e3; font-size: 36px; text-transform: uppercase; float: right; margin-top:2px; }

					.thumb { /*border: 4px solid #d9d5d5; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px;*/ }
					div.small-thumb { position: relative; float: left; margin: 0px 15px 10px 0px; width: 184px; height: 184px; }
						.small-thumb .overlay { display: block; width: 184px; height: 184px; background: url(images/thumb-overlay.png) no-repeat; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; }
					div.big-thumb { width: 445px; height: 299px; position: relative; margin-left: -27px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
						div.big-thumb .overlay { display: block; width: 445px; height: 299px; background: url(images/big-thumb.png) no-repeat; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; }

					.bubble { text-indent: -9999px; display: block; width: 58px; height: 70px; position: absolute; left: -31px; top: 0px; }

					.text a.bubble { background: url(images/text-bg.png) no-repeat; }
					.photo a.bubble { background: url(images/photo.png) no-repeat; }
					.quote a.bubble { background: url(images/quote.png) no-repeat; }
					.video a.bubble { background: url(images/video.png) no-repeat; }
					.link a.bubble { background: url(images/link.png) no-repeat; }
					.audio a.bubble { background: url(images/audio.png) no-repeat; }
					.comment-icon .bubble { background: url(images/comment-icon.png) no-repeat; }

					.quote_bg { background: url(images/quote-bg.png) no-repeat; width: 22px; height: 29px; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: -11px; }

					.entry-bottom-top { background: url(images/bottom-top.png) no-repeat; height: 2px; width:483px; }
					.entry-meta { background: #d6d7d4 url(images/post-meta-bg.png) repeat-x; width: 483px; }
						.entry-meta p.meta { float: left; width: 363px; background: url(images/meta-separator.png) no-repeat top right; font-size: 15px; color: #8d8b8b; font-family: Century Gothic, sans-serif; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #fafbfa; padding: 12px 0px 4px 21px; }
							.entry-meta p.meta a { color: #686868; }
							.entry-meta p.meta a:hover { color: #3c3c3c; text-decoration: none; }

							p.meta span.main { float: left; padding-top:2px; margin-right: 10px; }
							span.comment-count { background:url("images/comment-bubble.png") no-repeat; display:block; float:left;
width:35px; height:28px; padding-top:1px; }
								.entry-meta span.comment-count a { padding-left:11px; color: #ffffff; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #888888; font-size: 14px; }

							a.readmore { float: right; background: url(images/readmore.png) no-repeat top right; padding-right: 16px;display: block; height: 23px; line-height: 23px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #626262; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #ffffff; margin: 12px 7px 0 0; }
								a.readmore span { background: url(images/readmore.png) no-repeat; display: block; padding-left: 15px; height: 23px; }
							a.readmore:hover { color: #2c2c2c; }

						.video-block { margin: 0px 0px 10px -24px; border: 4px solid #e6e6e6; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -border-radius: 5px; }
						.video-text { margin: 0px 0px 0px -24px; }

						.audio-block { margin-bottom:10px; }

				.entry-bottom { background: url(images/entry-bottom-transparent.png) no-repeat; height: 22px; position:relative;
z-index:2; }

				.share { position:absolute; right:-38px; top:18px; width:44px; z-index: 1; }
					.share .share_button { background: url(images/share-top-bg.png) no-repeat; display: block; width: 38px; height: 19px; font-size: 10px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #ffffff; text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.3) -1px -1px 1px;  display: block; padding: 4px 0px 0px 5px; }

						.share .buttons { background: url(images/share-bg.png) repeat-y; padding: 6px 0px 0px 6px; display: none; }
							.share .buttons a { position: relative; display: block; color: #ffffff; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; }
							.share .buttons a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
								.share .buttons a span.tooltip { position: absolute; top: -5px; left: 49px; display: block; padding: 8px 16px 8px 14px; background: rgba(3,38,42,0.7); border: 1px solid #174a51; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; box-shadow: 2px 3px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -moz-box-shadow:2px 3px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 3px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); display: none; width: 77px; }
									.share .buttons a span.tooltip span.left-arrow { position: absolute; width: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0; background:url(images/tooltip-left-arrow.png) no-repeat; display:block; height:12px; left:-7px; top:11px; width:7px; }

							.share img { margin-bottom: 8px; }

							.share a.arrow { display: block; height: 23px; background: url(images/share-down-button.png) no-repeat; }
							.share .open a.arrow { background: url(images/share-up-button.png) no-repeat; }

							share .open .buttons { display: block; }

				.entry ul { list-style-type: disc; margin: 10px 0px 10px 20px; }
				.entry ol { list-style-type: decimal; list-style-position: inside; margin: 10px 0px 10px 2px; }
					.entry ul li ul, .entry ul li ol { margin: 2px 0px 2px 20px; }
					.entry ol li ul, .entry ol li ol  { margin: 2px 0px 2px 35px; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*---------------[DROPDOWN MENU]------------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/		

ul.nav { float: left; margin: 23px 0px 0px; }
	ul.nav li { background: url(images/menu-link-bg.png) no-repeat bottom right; padding-right: 17px; margin-right: 4px; }
		ul.nav li a { font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #031112; display: block; padding:12px 8px 8px 19px; height:22px; background: url(images/menu-link-bg.png) no-repeat; }
			ul.nav li a:hover, ul.nav > li.current_page_item > a { color: #ace360; text-decoration: none; }

				ul.nav ul { background: url(images/dropdown-bg.png) repeat-y; width: 191px !important; padding: 8px 9px 12px 6px; border: 1px solid #052529; box-shadow: 2px 3px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -moz-box-shadow:2px 3px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 3px 8px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); -moz-border-radius: 8px; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; }
					ul.nav ul li { background: url(images/menu-link-separator.png) no-repeat bottom left; width: 191px; padding: 0 0 0 17px; }
						ul.nav ul li a { background: none; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: left; padding: 12px 0px 11px 15px; background: url(images/menu-bullet.png) no-repeat left 16px; }

	span.top-arrow { background:url("images/top-arrow.png") no-repeat; display:block; height:10px; left:92px; position:absolute; top:-10px; width:22px; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*-------------------[COMMENTS]-------------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

h3#comments { font-size: 40px; }

.comment-icon { background: url(images/comment-bottom-bg.png) no-repeat bottom left; padding-bottom: 14px; }

.comment-icon .post { padding: 3px 0px 0px; }

div.authordata { width: 100px; }
		div.avatar { float: left; position: relative; }
			div.avatar span.avatar-overlay { background: url(images/avatar-overlay.png) no-repeat; display: block; top: 0px; left: -1px; position: absolute; width: 59px; height: 59px; }

	.comment-wrap { float:left; margin-left:14px; }

		.reply-container { display:block; float:right; margin-bottom:15px; }
			.reply-container a { color: #000000; text-shadow: none; font-weight: bold; }
			.reply-container a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #383838; }

	li.depth-1 .comment-wrap { width: 334px; }
	li.depth-2 .comment-wrap { width: 264px; }
	li.depth-3 .comment-wrap { width: 194px; }
	li.depth-4 .comment-wrap { width: 124px; }

	ol.commentlist { list-style:none outside none; padding-top:8px; }
		ol.commentlist ul { list-style:none outside none; }

		.commentlist li.comment li { background: none; padding: 0px; }
		.commentlist li.comment ul { margin: 8px 0px 8px 70px; }

	#respond { padding-top: 15px; }
		#commentform textarea#comment { width: 88%; }
		#commentform input[type=text] { width: 40%; }

		li.comment #respond textarea { width: 88% !important; }
		li.comment #respond input[type=text] { width: 50% !important; }

	#respond h3#comments { background: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } 

	.comment-author { color: #c7c0aa; font-size: 18px; }
		.comment-author .comment-meta, .comment-author .comment-meta a { color: #c7c7c7; font-size: 15px; font-family: Century Gothic, Arial, sans-serif; }
		span.fn, span.fn a { color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 24px; }

	.comment-content { padding-top:5px; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*---------------------[FOOTER]-------------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

#footer { padding: 0px 0px 30px 0px; color: #032226; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #0f4e56; }
	#footer a { font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: #02171a; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*--------------------[SIDEBAR]-------------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

#sidebar { float: right; width: 254px; color: #588990; text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #022327; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding-top: 28px; }
	#sidebar a { color: #467a81; }

	#sidebar .widget { margin-bottom: 35px; }
		.widget h3.title { color: #ffffff; font-size: 30px; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 0px 0px 6px 20px; text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #032328; }
		.widget-content { min-height: 150px; background: url(images/widget-bg.png) no-repeat; padding:12px 0 0 37px; }

			#sidebar ul { margin:-4px 0 0 -17px; }
				#sidebar ul li { background: url(images/sidebar-separator.png) no-repeat bottom left; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; }
					#sidebar ul li a { color:#467A81; display:block; padding:9px 0 9px 26px; background: url(images/bullet.png) no-repeat 11px 14px; }
						#sidebar ul li a:hover { color:#7cabb1; text-decoration: none; background-color: #0e4148; }

			#sidebar .search { background: url(images/search-bg.png) no-repeat; position: relative; width: 232px; height: 42px; margin-left:13px; }
				#sidebar .search input#searchsubmit { position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; }
				#sidebar .search input#searchinput { background: none; border: none; font-size: 17px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: #1f4c51; text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #001b1e; width: 174px; margin: 8px 0 0 10px; }
			#sidebar p.taxonomy { padding:8px 0 2px; }
	#sidebar #recentcomments li { padding: 10px 0px 10px 15px; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*------------[CAPTIONS AND ALIGNMENTS]-----------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

div.post .new-post .aligncenter, .aligncenter { display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
.wp-caption { border: 1px solid #ddd; text-align: center; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
.wp-caption.alignleft { margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; }
.wp-caption.alignright { margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; }
.wp-caption img { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0 none; }
.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text { font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0; }
.alignright { float: right; }
.alignleft { float: left }
img.alignleft { display:inline; float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom: 5px; }
img.alignright { display:inline; float:right; margin-left:15px; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*---------------[DEFAULT DROPDOWN SETTINGS]---*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/

.nav ul { position:absolute; top:-999em; background-position: bottom; background-repeat: no-repeat; z-index: 10; }
.nav li { float:left; position:relative; }
.nav a { display:block; float: left; }
	.nav li:hover ul, ul.nav li.sfHover ul { left:-64px; top:50px; }
	.nav li:hover li ul, .nav li.sfHover li ul { top:-999em; }
		.nav li li:hover ul, ul.nav li li.sfHover ul { left:201px; top:0px; }
	.nav li:hover ul, .nav li li:hover ul { top: -999em; }
	.nav li li {	display: block;	padding: 0px; float: left; height: auto !important; }
	.nav li ul { width: 202px; }
		.nav li li a:link, .nav li li a:visited {	display: block; height: auto; float: left; }
		.nav li:hover { visibility: inherit; /* fixes IE7 'sticky bug' */ }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*-----------------[WP CALENDAR]-----------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/
#wp-calendar { empty-cells: show; margin: 10px auto 0; width: 240px;	}
	#wp-calendar a { display: block; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color:#EEEEEE; }
		#wp-calendar a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
	#wp-calendar caption {	text-decoration: none; font: bold 13px Arial, Sans-Serif; }
	#wp-calendar td {	padding: 3px 5px; color: #588990; }
		#wp-calendar td#today { color: #ffffff; }
	#wp-calendar th {	font-style: normal;	text-transform: capitalize;	padding: 3px 5px; }
		#wp-calendar #prev a, #wp-calendar #next a { font-size: 9pt; }
		#wp-calendar #next a { padding-right: 10px; text-align: right; }
		#wp-calendar #prev a { padding-left: 10px; text-align: left; }

/*------------------------------------------------*/
/*-------------------[PAGE NAVI]------------------*/
/*------------------------------------------------*/
.pagination { overflow: hidden; padding: 4px 12px 35px 0; }
	.pagination a { color: #ffffff; }
	.pagination a:hover { color: #eeeeee; text-decoration: none; }

.wp-pagenavi { position: relative; padding: 4px 12px 50px 0; }
.wp-pagenavi span.pages { padding: 5px 7px 5px !important; margin: 2px !important ; color: #eeeeee; border: none; font-size: 15px; margin-right: 10px !important; }

.wp-pagenavi a, .wp-pagenavi a:link, .wp-pagenavi a:visited { background: url(images/pagenavi-bg.png) no-repeat !important; padding: 8px 22px 22px 16px !important; margin: 1px; font-weight: normal !important; color:#ffffff !important; border: none !important; text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.5); }
.wp-pagenavi span.current, .wp-pagenavi span.extend, .wp-pagenavi a:active, .wp-pagenavi a:hover { background: url(images/pagenavi-bg.png) no-repeat !important; padding: 8px 22px 22px 16px !important; margin: 1px; font-weight: normal !important; color:#ace360 !important; border: none !important; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #5a1709; }
.wp-pagenavi span.current, .wp-pagenavi a.page { font-size: 18px !important; }

.wp-pagenavi a.previouspostslink, .wp-pagenavi span.extend { display: none !important; }
.wp-pagenavi a.nextpostslink, .wp-pagenavi a.previouspostslink, .wp-pagenavi span.extend, .wp-pagenavi a.last, .wp-pagenavi a.first { background: none !important; padding: 0px !important; }
.wp-pagenavi a.nextpostslink, .wp-pagenavi a.previouspostslink, .wp-pagenavi a.first { margin-right: 10px !important; background: none !important; }

a.readmore:hover, #sidebar div.custom-sidebar-block ul.control li a:hover, ul#cats-menu li a:hover, ul#page-menu li a:hover, div#slider-control div.featitem h2 a  { text-decoration: none; }

.js #feat-content, .js div#from-blog div.entries {display: none;} 

.foursixeight { margin: 0px 0px 15px 84px;}

.fullwidth { width: 100% !important; }

Below is the Page template code:

/*
Template Name: Full-Width Page Template
*/
<?php get_header(); ?>
	<?php the_post(); ?>

		<div class="entry">
			<div class="entry-top"></div>

			<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/share.php'); ?>

			<div class="post clearfix">
				<div class="content clearfix">

					<h1 class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

					<div class="clear"></div>

					<?php $thumb = '';
						  $width = 184;
						  $height = 184;
						  $classtext = '';
						  $titletext = get_the_title();

						  $thumbnail = get_thumbnail($width,$height,$classtext,$titletext,$titletext,false,'thumb');
						  $thumb = $thumbnail["thumb"]; ?>

					<?php if($thumb <> '' && get_option('lightbright_page_thumbnails') == 'on') { ?>
						<div class="thumb">
							<?php print_thumbnail($thumb, $thumbnail["use_timthumb"], $titletext, $width, $height, $classtext); ?>

							<span class="overlay"></span>
						</div> <!-- end .thumb -->
					<?php }; ?>					

					<?php the_content(); ?>

					<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>'.__('Pages','LightBright').':</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
					<?php edit_post_link(__('Edit this page','LightBright')); ?>

				</div> <!-- end .content -->

				<div class="entry-bottom-top"></div>

				<div class="entry-meta clearfix">
					<p class="meta"><span class="main"><?php _e('Posted by','LightBright');?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?></span> <span class="comment-count"><?php comments_popup_link('0','1','%'); ?></span></p>
					<?php if(!is_single()) { ?>
						<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="readmore"><span><?php _e('read more','LightBright'); ?></span></a>
					<?php }; ?>
				</div> <!-- end .entry-meta -->		

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

			<div class="entry-bottom"></div>
		</div> <!-- end .entry -->

		<?php if (get_option('lightbright_show_pagescomments') == 'on') comments_template('', true); ?>

	</div> <!-- end #main-area -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Hope that helps. Thanks for yours. It definitely is getting me going in the right direction though! I just now have to figure out how to 1) make the white background stretch and 2) make sure the posts don’t spill over their white borders (even though it is very slight…like only 1-2 characters over).

alchymyth – Would you be able to give me some further guidance on what you are suggesting? I am very new so some of this does not make sense to me. I reviewed the links and continued researching but was unable to determine exactly what code I might need to make it happen.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the help! I haven’t tried it yet but I’ll give that a go. My only thought however is that I seem to recall if you use the_content versus the_excerpt it will not display the excerpt. Instead you will have to use <!–more–> which won’t work for me since sometimes my excerpt comes from the middle of the post. If that is true, I know there must be a way while still using the_excerpt because I have another theme that does use the excerpt function and still allow the “read more” link to occur after the excerpt. Check out truthlighthouse.com. It has the ability.

Any ideas on if this can be done using the excerpt?

I found an amazingly similar situation in another topic but I tried this and it did not work. Maybe I set it up wrong?

Similar topic

I tried the code below using the method listed but it did not work:

<!-- Middle Column -->
		<div id="midcolumn">
			<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
			<!-- Loop for latest news -->
			<?php $oddentry = 'class="gray" '; ?>
			<?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts("cat=13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,29,30,22,23,24,25,28,26,27&orderby=rand&showposts=10&paged=$paged"); ?>
			<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
			<div <?php echo $oddentry; ?>>
				<div class="midcolumnpost">
					<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
					<?php the_excerpt('Read More', '<img><a>', 'content', false, 'More...', true);?>
					<div class="details">
						 | <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" title="Read More">Read More</a>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
			<?php /* Changes every other post to a different class */	$oddentry = ( empty( $oddentry ) ) ? 'class="gray" ' : ''; ?>
			<!-- End of Loop for middle column -->
			<?php endwhile; else : ?>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</div>
		<!-- /Middle Column -->

I am very new to PHP but I did some research and I think I see what you mean. From what I gather, since I am calling only select categories using query posts, it is unable to paginate. So I tried to input various lines of codes but none of them produce the necessary results. I checked out that link that you mentioned and saw the line that you referred to about “paged” but whenever I inserted that, it did not resolve the issue. I think I need additional lines of code which is where I fall off the wagon since I know no code. I searched Google and found a website that offered up something where it created a variable which is probably what I need but I don’t know exactly how to use it. Could you possibly clarify what you are referring to? Maybe an example of how the code should read would really help. Thanks so much for your assistance!

Thanks so much for your response. As soon as you posted that and I reviewed it, I tried something similar and it worked! Basically something I was doing earlier was right but because I had not put anything into the excerpt field, it was reading from the main article instead. So this works. The only catch is that it removed my forum link under each post but I am ok with that. Thanks again!

Bueller?

Hello. I too have lost the ability to show the excerpts on my index page. I know how it started. I installed a plugin a while back that shows the content instead because I wanted to show videos on the home page. However I later realized that that was not the best idea and uninstalled it. However it still does not show the excerpt. Instead, in order to get it to show just an excerpt, I have to put <!--more--> in the post after the part that I want to show on the home page. Now I don’t know how to get it to read excerpts again. Any ideas?

The website is Truth Lighthouse. Also, please note that I know very little PHP code. So if possible it would really help to know which part I should edit and maybe even specifically what line.

P.S. One thing I have already tried is changing

<?php the_content('Read More', '<img><a>', 'content', false, 'More...', true);?>
					<div class="details">

to

<?php the_excerpt('Read More', '<img><a>', 'content', false, 'More...', true);?>
					<div class="details">

However, all that did was move the “Join the forum” link to inside the excerpt and make it to where it was no longer a link.

Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

I fixed it. It was probably the longer way around but I created an archive1.php and when people loaded that page template, the archives would point to the original archive.php so it remained true to the theme.

Sorry for this latest bit I just discovered. It will show up as a widget on my sidebar if I want it to. So it is pulling it that way. But my ultimate desire is to not have it as a widget and instead listed as a page.

Also, I am confident this is a theme issue since when I switch back to another theme, the archive section is there and visible. But as soon as I switch to my desired theme, it is not available.

P.S. I know virtually no code in PHP so any help using layman’s terms would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again!

Had the question answered.

Thanks

I apologize but I am still unable to get that to work. I may be still doing it wrong but I tried a few different routes. I tried applying it between the lines I mentioned above as well as a few different areas. One thing I notice is if I replace the part above, a variable $oddentry is assigned in the old code and never gets used if I replace the part that I indicated above that I would replace. If possible could you take a look at this? Thanks so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated. Below is what I tried and I got a parse error. The error states “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDWHILE in /html/wp-content/themes/Wordpress_Magazine/index.php on line 73”. Also, for now while I play with it, I am changing this up on a dummy website which is different than the one above.

<<!-- Middle Column -->
		<div id="midcolumn">
			<h2>Latest News</h2>
			<!-- Loop for latest news -->
			<?php $oddentry = 'class="gray" '; ?>
			<?php
$args=array(
  'category__in' => array(1,15,3),
  'orderby'=>'rand',
  'post_type' => 'post',
  'post_status' => 'publish',
  'posts_per_page' => 5,
  'caller_get_posts'=> 1
);
$my_query = null;
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
  echo 'List of Posts';
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?>
    <p><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
    <?php
  endwhile;
}
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>

						 | <?php comments_popup_link(__('Leave comment'), __('1 Comment'), __('% Comments'));?> | <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" title="Read More">Read More</a>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
			<?php /* Changes every other post to a different class */	$oddentry = ( empty( $oddentry ) ) ? 'class="gray" ' : ''; ?>
			<!-- End of Loop for middle column -->
			<?php endwhile; else : ?>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</div>
		<!-- /Middle Column -->

Or better yet, is there a place to put the business organizations hours of operations that can be viewed by the public?