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    • #404
      ferrydd
      Member

      I’m trying to re-create the same blog archive as the demo site (http://demo.themevan.com/preview.php?theme=simplekey): a list with thumbnails and just the intro text of each post.

      I have created a page titled “Blog” with template “Full width blog archives”. With regards to the body, I have tried:

      leaving it empty
      [blog category=”” number=5 fullwidth=1]
      [post_list thumbnail=1 category=”” number=””]

      but I keep seeing the entire posts on the page, not just the intros. Any ideas?

      On the home page, I very much would like to show the latest 3 posts next to eachother instead of below eachother. Right now I have created a “Latest articles” page with “[blog category=”” number=3 fullwidth=0]” in the body. A “col=3” property would be nice 🙂 Is there a way to present the latest articles in 3 columns on the home page?

    • #409

      Hi

      1. Have you insert the more tag to the content?

      <!--more-->

      2. In currently, it’s not support 3 columns layout, it need a lot of customize work that is not included in support service, so sorry!

    • #416
      ferrydd
      Member

      1. Yes, I have. The weird thing is that I see the entire posts on my blog archives template, but I see just the excerpts on the homepage. What should be the settings (template and body text) on my blog archive page?
      2. Too bad 🙁

    • #418
      ferrydd
      Member

      Regarding the 3-column presentation: if I would use a standard template with these shortcodes:
      [one_third]…your content here…[/one_third]
      [one_third]…your content here…[/one_third]
      [one_third_last]…your content here…[/one_third_last]

      Is there a way to call one specific blog post. I guess I could call the latest post using [post_list number=1]. But if there is a way to call the 2nd or 3rd latest blog post, it would be solved. If there isn’t a shortcode, do you know if there is a WordPress function to do this?

    • #424

      1. Can you send me your wp account with private reply? I’m not sure how about your detail setting, so I wanna check it.
      2. No, there’s no feature for call the 2nd or 3rd latest posts. I will add 3 columns for latest posts in next version, but maybe you have to wait for a few days, OK??

    • #432
      ferrydd
      Member
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    • #446

      For blog excerpt issue, it’s a bug, I have fixed it, now it will display excerpt by default, you can customize excerpt in “Excerpt” textarea, check the latest posts and you will know how to use it.

    • #1658
      sramos14
      Member

      Hi, can you tell me what you changed in the php file to make the excerpt display by default? I don’t want to have to manually put in the more tag on each post.

      Thanks,
      Stephanie

    • #1664

      I forget what I changed, but I think you can use the latest version, all changes is included in the new version.
      If you set featured image for the blog post, the ecerpt text is auto generated by the code. Or you can use more tag or add excerpt text manual.

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