Wordpress question: Code or plugin to summarize post on blog.

[Cory W]

Basically, I want to see about summarizing blog post, causing the user to only view the title, a paragraph of the text, and have to click through for the rest.

I seem to recall someone posting code that did that, but I can't find it.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

[munki]

Fired...

[fris]

its built into wordpress to do this

[Cory W]

its built into wordpress to do this

That's what I thought. I am sure I am missing it. I found the RSS Summary.

[Cory W]

Nevermind. Munki showed me.

I am stupid. I just write.

[stickyfingerz]

To make this thread useful to those who don't know how to do this. To the right of the add image icon there is a little piece of paper that looks like its been split horizontally. You can either click that icon at the spot you want in your post, or under code you can add <!--more--> where you want the post to split.

[Cory W]

To make this thread useful to those who don't know how to do this. To the right of the add image icon there is a little piece of paper that looks like its been split horizontally. You can either click that icon at the spot you want in your post, or under code you can add <!--more--> where you want the post to split.

That's what Munki told me also, but I not only don't have the icon, but it doesn't work when I manually insert it. I am on 2.5, maybe that's the issue?

[stickyfingerz]

That's what Munki told me also, but I not only don't have the icon, but it doesn't work when I manually insert it. I am on 2.5, maybe that's the issue?

Hmm no 2.5 should do it. Its been in wordpress for as long as I can remember.

Here is 2.6 version.

[Cory W]

Hmm no 2.5 should do it. Its been in wordpress for as long as I can remember.

Here is 2.6 version.

I'm a fucking moron.

Thanks.

[stickyfingerz]

I'm a fucking moron.

Thanks.

hehe no worries. Happens to all of us from time to time.

[datatank]

+ Excerpt Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content. You can use them in your template

That is the cleanest way to do it IMO, Unless you want to get into fancy things like Custom Fields

[Cory W]

+ Excerpt Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content. You can use them in your template

That is the cleanest way to do it IMO, Unless you want to get into fancy things like Custom Fields

I tried filling in the Excerpt form field. It didn't seem to work for me.

[datatank]

I tried filling in the Excerpt form field. It didn't seem to work for me.

I think you might have to add something to your theme then. Works on some themes and not others

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

[Cory W]

I think you might have to add something to your theme then. Works on some themes and not others

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt

What's the advantage to doing it this way, as opposed to the < more > break?

Here's how it looks now:
http://surfelport.com/

[datatank]

What's the advantage to doing it this way, as opposed to the < more > break?

Here's how it looks now:
http://surfelport.com/

You can use different text in there than the actual post
Just more flexible I like it better

[StarkReality]

What's the advantage to doing it this way, as opposed to the < more > break?

By adding it to the index template, you can make all your posts just show excerpts automatically, without even inserting a more tag manually.

My favourite is displaying the latest post as full post, all the other ones as excerpts (on the frontpage).

[Cory W]

You can use different text in there than the actual post
Just more flexible I like it better

By adding it to the index template, you can make all your posts just show excerpts automatically, without even inserting a more tag manually.

My favourite is displaying the latest post as full post, all the other ones as excerpts (on the frontpage).

Thanks guys. I get it now. That's pretty cool.

[d-null]

By adding it to the index template, you can make all your posts just show excerpts automatically, without even inserting a more tag manually.

My favourite is displaying the latest post as full post, all the other ones as excerpts (on the frontpage).

good thinking, I know there are a couple of plugins around that do something like that automatically