Excerpt Length on Archive / Category Pages

[Bama]

Hey there!

I’m using the display / blog type “mini” on my archive / category pages, which works for the most part but there are 2 things which bother me.

1. The theme doesn’t display the entire excerpt content of my blog posts (on archive and category pages). (Example: http://tellingbeatzz.com/tag/piano/) I assume the excerpt content is limited to a certain amount of characters somewhere in the theme files. Could you please tell where i can change this?

2. Some of my posts on the archive / category pages have a different font style (italic) and the bottom divider / border is missing. How can i fix this?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
1- Please open to edit archive.php file.

Find this code:-
<?php echo sf_get_post_item($post->ID, $blog_type); ?>

Change to :-
<?php echo sf_get_post_item($post->ID, $blog_type,$excerpt_length = "100"); ?>

2- I need specific page url to see this difference.

Thanks
Mohammad

[Bama]

Hey!

1. Thanks for your help, however, i can’t find the code you provided in my archive.php. Can you tell me on which line it is?

2. You can see this also on: http://tellingbeatzz.com/tag/piano/

[Bama]

2. Oh and you can see the difference here: http://tellingbeatzz.com/beats-instrumentals

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
1- Please try to edit category.php file also.

2- I dont see any italic at this page http://tellingbeatzz.com/beats-instrumentals .

Thanks
Mohammad

[Bama]

Hey!

1. I’ve replaced the code in my category.php file on line 112 and 158 and now my article headings are missing. It also had no effect on the excerpt length. You can see it live here: http://tellingbeatzz.com/instrumentals/hip-hop/

2. No, this is how it should look like: http://tellingbeatzz.com/beats-instrumentals and this is how it currently looks on archive and category pages: http://tellingbeatzz.com/tag/piano/ The text is italic from the 5th post on.

[Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT]

Just assigned it to my colleague so he can reply when he comes online.
Let’s wait for the reply.

-Rui

[Bama]

Thanks Rui, appreciate it!

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
1- Please roll back that change and make this change now

Find this code:-
<?php echo sf_get_post_item($post->ID, $blog_type); ?>

Change with:-
<?php echo sf_get_post_item($postID, $blog_type, $show_title = "yes", $show_excerpt = "yes", $show_details = "yes", $excerpt_length = "100", $content_output = "excerpt", $show_read_more = "no"); ?>

2- Please use this custom css code:-

.mini-items .blog-item h3{
font-style:normal !important;
}

.desc {
    font-style: normal !important;
}

Thanks
Mohammad

[Bama]

Hey Mohammad,

1. I’ve replaced the code in my archive.php and category.php but it still had no effect on the excerpt length. (http://tellingbeatzz.com/instrumentals/hip-hop) What else could i do?

2. This worked, thanks but the the bottom divider is still missing on some of my posts. (http://tellingbeatzz.com/instrumentals/hip-hop/) Any idea what could cause this?

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
1- I checked this post http://tellingbeatzz.com/reflection-instrumental/. There is no description excerpt here.

2- It seems fine to me.

Thanks
Mohammad

[Bama]

Mohammad,

1. Yes, but this is a post page, not a category or archive page. I want my descriptions and buttons to be visible on category and archive pages and in order to do this it’s necessary to increase the excerpt length and your provided code didn’t work. I’ve attached screenshots.

2. It’s ok, but as mentioned above some bottom divider of my posts aren’t visible. I’ve attached screenshots.

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[rosanna]

Hi,

I have a related issue (even if I am using Flexform). I already discovered how to change the excerpt length for archive/category pages changing the proper .php:

wp-content/themes/flexform/includes/sf-content-display

sf-post-formats.php

sf_get_post_item($postID, $blog_type, $show_title = “yes”, $show_excerpt = “yes”, $show_details = “no”, $excerpt_length = “XXXX”, $content_output = “excerpt”, $show_read_more = “yes”)

My problem is that with theme-updates this change goes lost. Is there a way to put it through custom css, so to preserve from future updates?

Rosanna

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,

@rosanna – Please copy this whole changed function sf_get_post_item and insert at functions.php of child theme.

@Bama – Please use this custom css code:-

.blog-item:first-child {
border-bottom: 1px solid #e4e4e4 !important;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}

Thanks
Mohammad