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I suppose this was a bit simpler than I imagined. I simply went into the theme’s functions.php file and removed any functions that dealt with “excerpt.” It worked like a charm.

I discovered the problem.

In case any other PHP beginners have the same question/problem, here’s the fix.

The <?php endif; ?> after the “without custom page header” section should be removed, and in its place, add:

<?php } ?>

Hi Ipstenu,

This was my original structure:
https://my-site.com/year/month/day/this-is-the-title/

And I changed it to this:
https://my-site.com/this-is-the-title/

However, I also did something that I realize now was foolish.

Many of my posts were titled “XHTML Lesson 1: title subject” or some other lesson # and subject. I didn’t want “xhtml-lesson-#” in every URL (because I read that shorter, to the point URLs are more effective) so I edited the permalinks to just contain the subject/title of the post.

I don’t have that many posts yet, so perhaps I could set up a manual / hardcoded htaccess redirect for the 10 or so posts that are effected by this? I’ll search around for a htaccess guide.

Thanks!

I just figured this out.

In the case that anyone else is looking for the same solution, I’ll explain how.

I looked for themes that styled the first post differently. I found one and downloaded it, then looked at the “index.php” file to see how it was done. This is the method I’m currently using. I’m sure there is a better way, but I’m not much of a PHP guru, so…

<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php if(have_posts()) : ?><?php while(have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
your code for first post
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php query_posts('offset=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
code for all the other posts
<?php endwhile; ?>

Cheers,
LWC

I figured out the problem.

Comment #186 asks my same question:
https://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/syntaxhighlighter/

The solution is to remove any mention of “code” or “pre” elements in your CSS files. It causes problems with the updated version of the plug-in.