After 1st post - I want excerpts.

[Muhammad Haris]

I want to modify my blog. I want to show full read for ONLY 1st post. After 1st post, I want to show excerpts of the post with read more link.

I'm PHP noob. I have no idea how to do this. Even though, I read wordpress documentation 10 times. I can't get this to work.

Any help will be appreciated.

[Mittineague]

The codex can be a bit hard to digest at times. You may have better luck with Lorelle's explantions and examples
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07...-in-wordpress/

[Muhammad Haris]

The codex can be a bit hard to digest at times. You may have better luck with Lorelle's explantions and examples
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/07...-in-wordpress/

Thanks,

I'm going to trial and error, soon.

[RetroNetro]

How about something like:

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $postcount++; ?>

<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<p class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></p>

<?php if ($postcount == 1) { ?>
<?php the_content("Continue reading: " . the_title('', ' &raquo;', false)); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read more of <?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<? } ?>

<p class="postmetadata">Posted in: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?> <?php edit_post_link('Edit',' | ',' '); ?></p>

<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->

<?php endwhile; ?>

This replaces the loop in index.php. Seems to work, if I understood what you wanted.

[michaelper22]

This replaces the loop in index.php. Seems to work, if I understood what you wanted.

Remember to set the variable before entering the loop, and change it somewhere within the first run of the loop so that you get the desired effect.

[Muhammad Haris]

How about something like:

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $postcount++; ?>

<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<p class="date"><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></p>

<?php if ($postcount == 1) { ?>
<?php the_content("Continue reading: " . the_title('', ' &raquo;', false)); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
<p><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read more of <?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
<? } ?>

<p class="postmetadata">Posted in: <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?> <?php edit_post_link('Edit',' | ',' '); ?></p>

<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->

<?php endwhile; ?>

This replaces the loop in index.php. Seems to work, if I understood what you wanted.

Thanks,

It worked.

http://www.proxybucket.com/blog/