Hey all. I am using the Arthemia free theme at UAVpilot org. Next to the large Headline image and article, on the very right, are 3 Featured Posts with thumbnails. There SHOULD be a small excerpt included with these posts, but I cannot get it to display. It's nothing as easy as posting something in the Excerpt box of the Post creation page... An example of how the theme should look: How it looks for me: Any help would be so appreciated. This seems to be the code related to that part of theme in the index.php file if it's relevant for a fix. <div id="featured"> <img src="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/wp-content/themes/arthemia/images/featured.png" width="72px" height="17px" alt="" /> <?php query_posts("showposts=4&category_name=Featured"); $i = 1; ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div class="clearfloat"> <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); if (isset($values[0])) { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> <img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=100&h=65&zc=1&q=100" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="left" width="100px" height="65px" /></a> <?php } ?> <div class="info"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <div class="meta">[<?php the_time('j M Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comment', 'One Comment', '% Comments');?> | <?php if(function_exists('the_views')) { the_views(); } ?>]</div> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> </div> And this is from the stylesheet file: #featured { width:300px; background:#fff; float:right; padding:10px 10px 9px 10px; } #featured .clearfloat { margin-top:7px; margin-bottom:8px; } #featured .info { margin-top:5px; padding-top:5px; float:right; width:180px; } #featured .title { font-weight:bold; } I notice that in my theme, for the Featured section, it displays the views/date/comments, whereas in the theme pictured, it just shows the excerpt. So maybe if I delete something in those sections I posted related to that... Like this part? <div class="info"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <div class="meta">[<?php the_time('j M Y') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link('No Comment', 'One Comment', '% Comments');?> | <?php if(function_exists('the_views')) { the_views(); } ?>]</div>
This needs to be somewhere near php the_title: It won't show an excerpt unless you place the excerpt there. Put that after php the title. You may also need some css work to place it correctly. I feel arthemia has it by default, but I don't see any arthemia functions here.
Okay... So place that code where you suggest, and see what happens. I'll give it a try, thanks so much for your time!
OK! I changed some things, and the excerpts are showing up. Thank you! Any idea on how to make them look a little different from the Post Title? They're the same 'link color' now. This is what my code looks like now... <?php query_posts("showposts=4&category_name=Featured"); $i = 1; ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div class="clearfloat"> <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); if (isset($values[0])) { ?> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"> <img src="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("Image"); echo $values[0]; ?>&w=100&h=65&zc=1&q=100" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="left" width="100px" height="65px" /></a> <?php } ?> <div class="info"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" class="title"><?php the_title(); ?><?php the_excerpt(); ?> </div> </div> <?php endwhile; ?> </div>
I mean make the excerpt text black. Sorry to be vague. Chasing a 3yo around. Either way, thanks a ton for the help, I've used this theme for two months and had no idea how to change it.