thehealthyskeptic

Must be a theme-specific issue, because I switched to the default theme and changed “the_content” to “the_excerpt” in that theme and it worked just fine. Something in Tarski is preventing that change from taking effect. I’ve posted a message to the Tarski support forum, but if you have any ideas I’d love to hear them!

Yep. That’s the file. Here’s the relevant section of code:

‘<div class=”content”>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>’

Could there be something in the theme that overrides the change?

Thanks for your reply. I have definitely changed it, the change is definitely being saved, and yet the excerpts aren’t appearing.

Take a look: https://thehealthyskeptic.org

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Which index.php file? The one in my root directory only has this:

‘<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);
?>’

In the index.php file within my theme, I was able to find the code you listed and change it to ‘<?php the_excerpt() ?>’ but absolutely nothing changed. I still see the full-length posts on my index screen.

How many lines of the post does an excerpt show?

That doesn’t seem to help. I even have a utility that disables my browser’s cache (Safari), so I’m quite certain it isn’t a browser issue.

I have also tried several different themes. Here’s how it goes:

1. I add a widget in current theme. When I view my blog, it doesn’t show up in the sidebar.

2. I change to a different theme. The widget I had added previously shows up!

3. While still in the new theme, I add another widget. But when I go to view the blog, the change hasn’t showed up!

4. Then I change to yet another theme. The widget I added in #3 shows up!

But once again, if I attempt to add or remove a widget once I am in the new theme, it doesn’t work.

Something very strange is going on here. Any ideas? Please help!

I found out that the problem was due to a corrupt plugin. Using your FTP program, rename the “plugins” folder in WP-Content to something else. This will disable all of your plugins. Then see if you can login to WP-Admin. (Worked for me.) If you can, then enable plugins one at a time to see which one is causing problems.

I should also mention that I was having blank/white screen problems BEFORE I moved the WP installation to a new server. On the old server, I could login to the WP-Admin panel without a problem; but after making a change or editing a post or something like that I’d get the white screen.

I checked with my host and they told me my PHP memory is 40MB.

I am also having this problem! Unfortunately, I don’t understand the solutions proposed in the last two posts. Can someone give me more specific instructions about exactly where to find the files I should modify, and where to put the code?

Thanks.

I am having this problem also. It’s very frustrating.

mgoitein, I’m not sure how the instructions you posted for installing MAMP (which as I understand it is a program for running SQL & PHP locally on a Mac) has anything to do with this? Am I missing something?

Anyone else found a solution that works?

I guess I could just use PHPMyAdmin to download the database?

As you can see, I’m incredibly new to all of this.

Okay, I did something REALLY dumb and I’m hoping you can help me fix it!

I changed the URLs as indicated in #2 and saved the changes BEFORE downloading the database. Now I cannot get back into my WP-Admin panel because when I enter the old blog address nothing shows up (of course, since I just changed the URL to my new address).

How do I get back in so I can download the database file?

Thanks for your response.

Can anyone answer my first question?