Show just excerpt instead of content

review https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Customizing_the_Read_More#How_to_use_Read_More_in_Pages

Ahh, Thanks! that seems to be the solution.

Having virtually no coding abilities, I assume it would go in the content.php file associated with the page template.

This is the current content file that calls the posts into the page. Where should the new code go?

Thanks!

<?php
/**
 * The default template for displaying content
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Eleven
 * @since Twenty Eleven 1.0
 */
?>

<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
    <header class="entry-header">

        <?php
        if (function_exists('get_smooth_slider')) {
            $slider_id = get_slider_for_the_post(get_the_ID());
            if ($slider_id) {
                ?>
                <div id="entry-slider-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="entry-slider">
                    <?php
                    global $smooth_slider;
                    $smooth_slider['goto_slide'] = '1';
                    get_smooth_slider($slider_id);
                    ?>
                </div>
                <?php
            }
        }
        ?>

        <h1 class="entry-title<?php echo (is_sticky()) ? ' entry-title-sticky' : ''; ?>">
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(sprintf(__('Permalink to %s', 'twentyeleven'), the_title_attribute('echo=0'))); ?>" rel="bookmark">
                <?php $position = blc_get_extra_title_position(); ?>
                <?php if ($position !== 'above') { ?>
                <?php the_title(); ?>
                <?php echo blc_get_extra_title(); ?>
            <?php } else { ?>
                <?php echo blc_get_extra_title(); ?>
                <?php the_title(); ?>
            <?php } ?>
            </a>
        </h1>

    </header><!-- .entry-header -->
    <div class="clear"></div>
    <aside class="entry-sidebar">

        <?php if ('post' == get_post_type()) : ?>
            <div class="entry-meta">
                <?php
                printf(__('<time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>', 'twentyeleven'), esc_attr(get_the_date('c')), esc_html(get_the_date())
                );
                ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-meta -->
        <?php endif; ?>

        <?php if (is_object_in_taxonomy(get_post_type(), 'location')) : // Hide category text when not supported  ?>
            <?php
            $terms_list = get_the_location_list(get_the_ID(), 'location', '', ', ', '');
            if ($terms_list):
                ?>
                <span class="cat-links">
                    <?php
                    echo $terms_list;
                    ?>
                </span>
            <?php endif; ?>
        <?php endif; ?>
        <?php if ('post' == get_post_type()) : ?>
            <div class="entry-meta">
                <?php
                printf(__('<span class="by-author"> <span class="sep"> by </span> <span class="author vcard">%3$s</span></span>', 'twentyeleven'), esc_url(get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID'))), esc_attr(sprintf(__('View all posts by %s', 'twentyeleven'), get_the_author())), get_the_author()
                );
                ?>
            </div><!-- .entry-meta -->
        <?php endif; ?>
        <?php
        global $wpsociallikes;
        if (is_a($wpsociallikes, "wpsociallikes"))
            echo $wpsociallikes->add_social_likes();
        ?>
    </aside>

    <?php if (is_search()) : // Only display Excerpts for Search     ?>
        <div class="entry-content">
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        </div><!-- .entry-summary -->
    <?php elseif (is_front_page()) : ?>
        <div class="entry-content">
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        </div><!-- .entry-summary -->
    <?php else : ?>
        <div class="entry-content">
            <?php the_content(__('Read more', 'twentyeleven')); ?>
            <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<div class="page-link"><span>' . __('Pages:', 'twentyeleven') . '</span>', 'after' => '</div>')); ?>
        </div><!-- .entry-content -->
    <?php endif; ?>

    <div class="clear"></div>

    <footer class="entry-meta">
        <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit', 'twentyeleven'), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>'); ?>
        <div class="clear"></div>
    </footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
    <div class="clear"></div>
</article><!-- #post-<?php the_ID(); ?> -->

Ok, got it. My coding was a bit different. Had to change the

<?php elseif (is_front_page()) : ?>

to

<?php elseif (is_page( 'lodgings' )) : ?>

But you put me on the right track. Many thanks.