i have started to create a wordpress theme for my self and with the help of the designing-for-wordpress-complete-series i'm doing well and understanding the procedure.
though from following the tutorial - on my home page a get all my posts showing one after the other in full - though i would like for them to appear in short version and then have the read more like
at the moment i have this
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
i looked on the wordpress docs and it recommends to to the following : (though it does not work)
i have started to create a wordpress theme for my self and with the help of the designing-for-wordpress-complete-series i'm doing well and understanding the procedure.
though from following the tutorial - on my home page a get all my posts showing one after the other in full - though i would like for them to appear in short version and then have the read more like
at the moment i have this
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>i looked on the wordpress docs and it recommends to to the following : (though it does not work)
<?php the_content('read more'); ?>can you give me any suggestions
thanks in advance
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You can also use the_excerpt(); if you're never planning on having full posts on that page.