how to use the_excerpt with classic theme?

  • I’ve searched through the site but cannot find a solution to this problem. I am modifying the classic theme to integrate wordpress into my site. I replace the_content with the_excerpt in my index.php and it works for the main blog page. but when I click on the post, I still get only the excerpt. It must be using the same index.php to display the post. So how do I show the excerpt only for the main blog page or category page but show the real post when someone clicks on it? Is it possible with the classic theme?

    Thanks

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  • Thread Starter cunparis

    (@cunparis)

    I just found the <!–more–> tag which seems to do what I want better than the_excerpt, but I’m still curious if there is a solution to my problem with excerpt. Hopefully this will help others as well.

    First mandatory reading about template files:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Hierarchy

    When a theme is using the index.php to display everything (which is the case for Classic) the only way to achieve different look in different views – to use conditional tags.
    Or, you can just add/create new template files for it.

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