Weird Home Page Behavior Started Today

An update: I checked source code on the actual web page and it appears that image links are getting stripped from the home page, but do appear on the individual pages. Any ideas??? I also still baffled about the “more” tag behavior described above.

Thanks,
Chris

Check for the_excerpt() in index.php. If it is there, replace it with the_content().

Ok. Thanks so much for the feedback. I will definitely check that. Will this place my entire article on the front page instead of just an excerpt? I definitely only want a part of the article on the front page.

Any idea why all of sudden I would have this problem? Especially since I haven’t changed the index.php? The code should not change itself?? I just ask b/c I am trying to figure out if I caused this. Thanks! Chris

If you use the_content, then it will show everything on the home page unless you put in the more link thingy somewhere yourself.
Using the_excerpt does it automatically, with the number of lines shown on the home page set to whatever you set it to in the dashboard (under Reading, I think)

No – the_excerpt defaults to 55 words unless you use the Optional Excerpt to add your own customised version. The Full text/summary options in Settings/Reading refer to the RSS feeds.

Ah, K. Never actually used it before.

Only 55? Yikes. What’s the “Optional Excerpt”?

Mine has both the_excerpt() and the_content(). Here is the code:

<?php if (is_single() || is_page()) { the_content(); } else { $excerpt = explode("[...]",get_the_excerpt()); echo $excerpt[0]; ?> <a class="more-link" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">More...</a><?php } ?>
				<?php link_pages('<p>Pages: ', '</p>', 'number'); ?>

Should I change it to the_content()? I cannot images why I would be fiddling with the code on the index.php since I didn’t change anything??

Thanks again for the interest in my issue.

I previewed my site in a different template, thought i did not activate the other template, and the images and “more tag” appeared to be functioning OK. This may be a template issue.

I just remembered that the “WP Post Columns” plug-in was automatically updated yesterday. I am going to see if that could be the culprit too.

Deactivated the WP Post Columns plugin and it didn’t help. I may try to track down the original author of the template.. this is weirdest thing…

The template author got back to me and told me to change this:

<?php if (is_single() || is_page()) { the_content(); } else { $excerpt = explode("[...]",get_the_excerpt()); echo $excerpt[0]; ?> <a class="more-link" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">More...</a><?php } ?>

To this:

<?php the_content(); ?>

geezerd- you were right on track with your suggestion. I still cannot figure for the life of me how I have always used the initial code above since I started using this template… I guess it does not matter because the template is functioning properly now. Thanks to everyone for their responses!! Chris