The easiest way to do this without modifying the theme is to add a <!--more--> tag to your posts wherever you want to create a “read more” link.
If you want to modify the theme, you can create a child theme, then copy and paste the parent theme’s content.php into your child theme. Modify content.php and use a conditional check (probably ! is_single()) to output the_excerpt() instead of the_content() when on the blog/archive pages.
Thanks a lot! I used the first method with perfect results.
I’ll try the second one to practice anyway 😉
Hi!
Thank you for this theme! I also like it! 🙂
I have a question similar to this. At first I was actually looking for this problem and with the “<!–more–>” tag it was solved!
But there’s still one thing bothering me. Is there a way to enable a image preview that you put in your post as a “Featured Image” ?
Here’s how the post would look when looking at it on the “home” page as a latest post. Not reading the post, just seeing it with the “continue reading” link/button.
Image (Featured image preview)
Text text text text text text text text
Continue reading ling/button.
How would I do this? Cause my featured image does not seem to show up even if I have the posts format set to standard or any other format for that matter, which btw is the format I want. Oh btw, I can’t access the css or php or html or whatever as I have not upgraded my wordpress to the Custom Design thingy.
Regards.
@bonenose: It sounds like you’re using WordPress.com (Custom Design is specific to WP.com), which is a slightly different version of the theme — if so, please post your question on http://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/themes/
In short, the featured image will only display if you set the post format to Image. With a Standard post, you’d need to add the image to your content area. This can’t be changed on WP.com, but could be customized if you’re on a self-hosted install.
