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Wait, I think I got it. Now it’s dsiplaying the full content of my post complete with links! Great! Thank you so much!!

Last question… If I ever choose to do so, is there a way for me to still display an excerpt, but still have the option to display links if they appear near the beginning of the post? I assume this could be done by inserting a page break in my post, but Im still new at this.

You are correct. I have the following options in the admin panel:

Post Excerpt or Summary Handling
Where should the theme use post excerpts when showing full column posts?

Posts/Blog Page
Single Post Pages
Search Results
Category Lists
Post Archives

Full Post Content
In addition to single post pages and page templates, where should the theme place the full content of posts?

Posts/Blog Page
Search Results
Category Lists
Post Archives

Which options sould I select/deselect to get the layout I’m looking for?

I agree. I really appreciate all the help and attention you have given me.

My theme is called Platform by pagelines. I’m using the free version which is a top download on www.ads-software.com. You can download it here.

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/themes/platform

Here is my template.load file: https://wordpress.pastebin.com/xiRur0Px

LOL!

Yes, I do have a file called template.load.php.

Ok, here it is. https://wordpress.pastebin.com/KATHfQ0t

Esmi, my theme doesnt have a loop.php or a loop-index template.

Rev. Voodoo, I pasted my index code into pastebin as you suggested. I’m not familiar with pastebin. Do I just paste and submit, or do I need to send it to a particular email. The form references Name/Title, Email etc. What needs to be filled in before I click submit to ensure that it gets to you?

index.php doesn’t have a reference to <?php the_excerpt();?>. I’m new to CSS so im kind of lost… Do you suggest that I add the code myself versus editing existing code?

If so how and where would I pasted the a <?php the_content();?> code in the editor. I tried to paste it into the editor and received errors when reloading my blog in the browser so I had to remove it to fix it. Is it because the <?php the_content();?> needs to be wrapped in additional CSS/HTML commands to work?

I could private message you the template contents if it would help. I’m just so confused and searches on Google are only confusing me more… Thank you again for your help and patience as I struggle with this.

Thank you esmi for the fast response. I’m sort of new at this so I may need a little extra direction. Would the needed changes need to be done in the Appearance>Editor Menu? If so, which template file would be the most logical place to look? I have the following template files to choose from.

[Template list moderated]

weird… still getting the xhtml error in the validator. the same one from the beginning….

it this because i need to wait for DNS to propogate?

update:

looks like that did the trick. at least i hope so anyway. deleated the 2 default godaddy nameservers leaving only the bluehost ones an the DNS report has come back with fewer error than before.

check it out.

thank you drmike for stepping in and helping me with a very frustrating but ultimately simple issue. huge thanks!

Thanks for the reply.

I followed the link you provided. much appreciated. I see there are a few errors listed. Is my main problem the following error?

ERROR: One or more of the nameservers listed at the parent servers are not listed as NS records at your nameservers. The problem NS records are:
ns1.bluehost.com.
ns2.bluehost.com.

If so, those are the nameservers that my host requires. There are two other nameservers that were the defualt godaddy ones. should i delete those? Maybe that’s the problem…

Any additional help is really appreciated.

Hi drmike,

Many thanks for your reply.

Yeah, I did know I had to find my own host. The thing I wanted to be sure of was that I would be able to achieve my goal of placing some ads to help offset the hosting costs without too much coding.

I guess another question I’m unsure of is I’ve heard that widgets like the adsense manager could get you banned from google because it violated some part of their TOS. Could you offer any insight into that?

Like I mentioned, I want to make sure I know what I’m doing. Thanks again!