hobkirk

Thank you. I get answers 2 and 4.

1) I tried your solution but did something wrong. I activated WordPress Classic 1.5 and modified the relevant (I think) div code in /WoodLoon/Blog/wp-content/themes/classic/index.php to:
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<div <?php post_class() ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h3 class=”storytitle”>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<div class=”meta”><?php _e(“Filed under:”); ?> <?php the_category(‘,’) ?> — <?php the_tags(__(‘Tags: ‘), ‘, ‘, ‘ — ‘); ?> <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__(‘Edit This’)); ?></div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php the_excerpt(__(‘(click to read more…)’)); ?>
</div>

<div class=”feedback”>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__(‘Comments (0)’), __(‘Comments (1)’), __(‘Comments (%)’)); ?>
</div>

</div>
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The front page worked, showing just the excerpts (including the pictures that had been embedded in the first 160 characters).
1A) I was surprized that the “…” at the end of the excerpt did not get replaced with “click to read more…”
1B) But when I clicked on the heading the new page only showed the excerpt, not the full post.

3) By “support embedded pictures” I mean –
If I use a theme with “php the_excerpt” and there is a picture included in the first 160 characters (whatever the actual “excerpt” portion is), will that picture be automatically included in the excerpt shown on the main page? E.g., My Blog Based on what happened when I tried WP Classic I think the answer is YES, embedded pictures in the first 160 characters will show on the front page.

I added a few notes that may help someone reading this thread. Thank you for your answers, esmi. I am marking this “solved”.

Q1 & Q2: solved. The strong paragraphs were caused by the way I emphasized some text.
Question 3: How can I get the text to jump down to the area below that bottom of the previous image?
I went into HTML view and entered:
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<br style=”clear:right”>
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The first horizontal was in line with the preceding text and the second horizontal line was immediately below the picture on the right.
Q4 & Q5: Solved. “content” had a width of 645px.
Q6: Is there a way to get two pictures to align next to each other on one line (in one paragraph?)?
I haven’t really figured out where I would find this is the Theme files, but I will play with this on my own.
Q7: I figured this was the answer. I haven’t tried it yet but I consider this Q solved.