Show first 3 lines of every post only?

Forum members,

I am new to WP. Currently visitor can read complete post on the home page. I want to show summary of every topic on my blog's home page. I want to add 'Read more' link after the 3 or 5 lines of post. How can I do this?

 

The X most recent posts can be featured on the home page.

I think the tease or full text for the X is selectable.

The length of the tease is set in characters not lines.

Both options are set in the control panel. Off the top of my head I don't recall where.

 

The quicktags are the little buttons found above the editing window in your Administration > Write > Post SubPanel. They include bold, italic, links, and others, and the famous more. Put your cursor where you want to end the excerpted content of your post and click the more quicktag button.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More#The_Excerpt_Basics

 

Is it your own hosting or is it a free wordpress blog

 

Thanks Richie_Ni,

It works. Green Rep for you. Thanks guys for your time.

 

I believe the more tag cuts off RSS feeds though.

I use a plugin called: The Excerpt Reloaded.

 

This plugin fixes that problem.

http://cavemonkey50.com/code/full-feed/

Best of luck