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January 19, 2015 at 4:24 pm #137990thisonelifeMember
So I haven't been using the featured image option on my blog but now I'm wanting to readjust the look of it by adding that featured image and stop having full posts and do excerpts instead (basically what the Fabric demo looks like)
Re: Featured Image:
1. I just tried to experiment with it and added a featured image and then I'm not seeing ANYTHING? I'm wondering if I did something to disable it back in the day. I have no idea why it wouldn't be showing up. I hit the "add featured image" and picked the image and the size and then updated the post. The post I experimented on: http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/2015/01/ten-2014-releases-i-meant-to-read-but-didnt-get-to.html
2. When I do get this working..is there a way to make the featured image NOT appear in the actual post when you click into it?
3. Am I going to have to go back and do this for every post ever? (please hand me some strong liquor if there isn't an easy way to do this.)
With the excerpts: it just is a text "continue reading" .....is there a way I can make this prettier like this blog, for example: http://thenectarcollective.com/ I'd love to customize the "continue reading"
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/January 23, 2015 at 9:10 am #138414thisonelifeMemberAnyone? 🙂
January 23, 2015 at 12:28 pm #138434pxfortiParticipantShould be pretty easy. In wordpress admin, go to Genesis > Theme Settings > Content Archive and check the option to include featured image and set image size. Also, in same place, you can set to show excerpt instead of content. Finally, by default, the featured image doesn't show in the full post.
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WordPress and Ecommerce Website DesignJanuary 23, 2015 at 12:29 pm #138435pxfortiParticipantBTW: You will have to go back and add a featured image to all posts.
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WordPress and Ecommerce Website DesignJanuary 23, 2015 at 2:56 pm #138454TennsMemberYour featured image will only show up on your Home Page (if you have one) or Blog Page, but not your individual posts when you click on them. The only way to get them to show up on the individual pages is to add code for it. This post is a good reference for doing so: http://sridharkatakam.com/how-to-display-featured-image-in-single-posts-in-genesis/.
Additionally, you would need to go back and add a featured image to posts that don't have one, otherwise Genesis will grab the first image that was inserted into the post. This isn't an issue if that's the image you want featured, if its not then you'll have to go in and manually change it.
For you content to look similar to the Nectar Collective site, you actually won't select excerpt in your Genesis Settings. You will actually select Display Post Content and input the amount of characters you want to show.
Hope this helps!
March 29, 2015 at 7:57 pm #146042thisonelifeMemberI tried it out but didn't really dig how it took out any images and styling within the post.
So I decided to just utilize the "read more" in the editor every time so I can choose where it goes/what posts I want to use it on.
I want to make it into a rectangular button (like the example I used above) using an image but I can't seem to get it to work. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
April 19, 2015 at 4:22 pm #148468thisonelifeMemberbump
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