Well, since I could not get the “the_excerpt” function to work properly, apparently there is a conflict with one of my other plugins. I do not want to deactivate any of the others I am using, but it was giving me the full post contents everytime including pictures, etc. so it was creating a HUGE page!
it was giving me the full post contents everytime including pictures, etc. so it was creating a HUGE page
I have now activated the excerpt and added them to the archives page. I think it adds to it, so you can see a little bit about the post rather than just the title the “Teaser” if you will. I would like to get the formatting to not skip a line (using <br>) which would condense it a little further. Also need to add some page breaks. But overall I am happy with the results.
This seems like the best way to let a user browse the old postings without resorting to a search… since they may not know what they are searching for. Hopefully a good excerpt will pique the readers interest enough to go to the post and read it. We’ll see what happens.
Expect an excerpt until the exceptions are resolved,