roblav

Hi Tony,

I’ve just implemented something similar on a blog that I run. I think this is what you’re looking for. It’s on the site https://www.fireschool.org.uk/

To make the change I updated the index.php file in the template I use. Make sure you have the correct template. It’s always worth saving a copy of this file before you change it if things go wrong.

I commented out the original code using php comment tags <!– comment here –>, this keeps the original code there incase I want to change back.

Original code in index.php in ‘mytemplate’ folder

<?php the_content('Read the rest of
this entry &raquo;'); ?>

Updated with this code:

<!-- <?php the_content('Read the rest
of this entry &raquo;'); ?> -->

<?php the_excerpt('Read the rest of
this entry &raquo;'); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"
title="full post">Read more...</a>

This will convert all front page posts to excerpts, and provide a Read More.. link at the end of the post.

Hope that helps,

Rob