Blog view but not on the front page WordPress

Doug Montgomery comments:

I've updated my menu a bit. If you look at blg/Aj or Dave...those are categories. If you'll notice when viewing them they are excerpts only. I'd like these expanded to show the content. If there is a way to add a 'switch' that would be great but at the moment I'll settle for them to show all the the content of the post in cat view.

Doug Montgomery comments:

Wow...is my typing so poor? Sorry for all the screw ups in that last post...And to think I'm working on an English language website for ESL students.

Kannan C comments:

i think the pages you mentioned is sharing a common page which will have the loop so that a change reflected on there pages. If you can catch where is the function the_excerpt() is located, then change it like below

if(is_archive()) the_content();
else the_excerpt();


Kannan C comments:


if(!is_home()) the_content();
else the_excerpt();

this will show full content of the posts on all pages except home page

Doug Montgomery comments:

Thanks...the trick now is finding where that is...This is my page-blog.php

<?php

/*

Template Name: Blog Page

*/

?>

<?php

$et_ptemplate_settings = array();

$et_ptemplate_settings = maybe_unserialize( get_post_meta($post->ID,'et_ptemplate_settings',true) );



$fullwidth = isset( $et_ptemplate_settings['et_fullwidthpage'] ) ? (bool) $et_ptemplate_settings['et_fullwidthpage'] : false;



$et_ptemplate_blogstyle = isset( $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_blogstyle'] ) ? (bool) $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_blogstyle'] : false;



$et_ptemplate_showthumb = isset( $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_showthumb'] ) ? (bool) $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_showthumb'] : false;



$blog_cats = isset( $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_blogcats'] ) ? (array) $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_blogcats'] : array();

$et_ptemplate_blog_perpage = isset( $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_blog_perpage'] ) ? (int) $et_ptemplate_settings['et_ptemplate_blog_perpage'] : 10;

?>



<?php get_header(); ?>



<?php get_template_part('includes/breadcrumbs'); ?>

<?php get_template_part('includes/top_info'); ?>



<div id="content" class="clearfix<?php if($fullwidth) echo(' fullwidth');?>">

<div id="left-area">

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="entry post clearfix">

<?php if (get_option('chameleon_page_thumbnails') == 'on') { ?>

<?php

$thumb = '';

$width = 186;

$height = 186;

$classtext = 'post-thumb';

$titletext = get_the_title();

$thumbnail = get_thumbnail($width,$height,$classtext,$titletext,$titletext,false,'Entry');

$thumb = $thumbnail["thumb"];

?>



<?php if($thumb <> '') { ?>

<div class="post-thumbnail">

<?php print_thumbnail($thumb, $thumbnail["use_timthumb"], $titletext, $width, $height, $classtext); ?>

<span class="post-overlay"></span>

</div> <!-- end .post-thumbnail -->

<?php } ?>

<?php } ?>



<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>'.esc_html__('Pages','Chameleon').':</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>



<div id="et_pt_blog">

<?php $cat_query = '';

if ( !empty($blog_cats) ) $cat_query = '&cat=' . implode(",", $blog_cats);

else echo '<!-- blog category is not selected -->'; ?>

<?php

$et_paged = is_front_page() ? get_query_var( 'page' ) : get_query_var( 'paged' );

?>

<?php query_posts("showposts=$et_ptemplate_blog_perpage&paged=" . $et_paged . $cat_query); ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>



<div class="et_pt_blogentry clearfix">

<h2 class="et_pt_title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>



<p class="et_pt_blogmeta"><?php esc_html_e('Posted','Chameleon'); ?> <?php esc_html_e('by','Chameleon'); ?> <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> <?php esc_html_e('on','Chameleon'); ?> <?php the_time(esc_attr(get_option('chameleon_date_format'))) ?> <?php esc_html_e('in','Chameleon'); ?> <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php comments_popup_link(esc_html__('0 comments','Chameleon'), esc_html__('1 comment','Chameleon'), '% '.esc_html__('comments','Chameleon')); ?></p>



<?php $thumb = '';

$width = 184;

$height = 184;

$classtext = '';

$titletext = get_the_title();



$thumbnail = get_thumbnail($width,$height,$classtext,$titletext,$titletext);

$thumb = $thumbnail["thumb"]; ?>



<?php if ( $thumb <> '' && !$et_ptemplate_showthumb ) { ?>

<div class="et_pt_thumb alignleft">

<?php print_thumbnail($thumb, $thumbnail["use_timthumb"], $titletext, $width, $height, $classtext); ?>

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><span class="overlay"></span></a>

</div> <!-- end .thumb -->

<?php }; ?>



<?php if (!$et_ptemplate_blogstyle) { ?>

<p><?php truncate_post(550);?></p>

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="readmore"><span><?php esc_html_e('read more','Chameleon'); ?></span></a>

<?php } else { ?>

<?php

global $more;

$more = 0;

?>

<?php the_content(); ?>

<?php } ?>

</div> <!-- end .et_pt_blogentry -->



<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="page-nav clearfix">

<?php if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); }

else { ?>

<?php get_template_part('includes/navigation'); ?>

<?php } ?>

</div> <!-- end .entry -->

<?php else : ?>

<?php get_template_part('includes/no-results'); ?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>



</div> <!-- end #et_pt_blog -->



<?php edit_post_link(esc_html__('Edit this page','Chameleon')); ?>

</div> <!-- end .entry -->

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

</div> <!-- end #left-area -->



<?php if (!$fullwidth) get_sidebar(); ?>

</div> <!-- end #content -->



<?php get_footer(); ?>

Doug Montgomery comments:

And my blogs-loop.php

<?php

/**
* BuddyPress - Blogs Loop
*
* Querystring is set via AJAX in _inc/ajax.php - bp_dtheme_object_filter()
*
* @package BuddyPress
* @subpackage bp-default
*/

?>

<?php do_action( 'bp_before_blogs_loop' ); ?>

<?php if ( bp_has_blogs( bp_ajax_querystring( 'blogs' ) ) ) : ?>

<div id="pag-top" class="pagination">

<div class="pag-count" id="blog-dir-count-top">
<?php bp_blogs_pagination_count(); ?>
</div>

<div class="pagination-links" id="blog-dir-pag-top">
<?php bp_blogs_pagination_links(); ?>
</div>

</div>

<?php do_action( 'bp_before_directory_blogs_list' ); ?>

<ul id="blogs-list" class="item-list" role="main">

<?php while ( bp_blogs() ) : bp_the_blog(); ?>

<li>
<div class="item-avatar">
<a href="<?php bp_blog_permalink(); ?>"><?php bp_blog_avatar( 'type=thumb' ); ?></a>
</div>

<div class="item">
<div class="item-title"><a href="<?php bp_blog_permalink(); ?>"><?php bp_blog_name(); ?></a></div>
<div class="item-meta"><span class="activity"><?php bp_blog_last_active(); ?></span></div>

<?php do_action( 'bp_directory_blogs_item' ); ?>
</div>

<div class="action">

<?php do_action( 'bp_directory_blogs_actions' ); ?>

<div class="meta">

<?php bp_blog_latest_post(); ?>

</div>

</div>

<div class="clear"></div>
</li>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>

<?php do_action( 'bp_after_directory_blogs_list' ); ?>

<?php bp_blog_hidden_fields(); ?>

<div id="pag-bottom" class="pagination">

<div class="pag-count" id="blog-dir-count-bottom">

<?php bp_blogs_pagination_count(); ?>

</div>

<div class="pagination-links" id="blog-dir-pag-bottom">

<?php bp_blogs_pagination_links(); ?>

</div>

</div>

<?php else: ?>

<div id="message" class="info">
<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, there were no sites found.', 'buddypress' ); ?></p>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php do_action( 'bp_after_blogs_loop' ); ?>


Kannan C comments:

i think truncate_post(550) from blog.php is doing the thing. so try change

<p><?php truncate_post(550);?></p>

to

<p><?php
if(is_archive()) the_content();
else truncate_post(550);
?></p>


Doug Montgomery comments:

Made the change but to no affect.

Kannan C comments:

can you pm the wp admin login details, so i will try it on your theme?

Doug Montgomery comments:

I'll be honest, I'm a little leary of just giving out admin login details. That being said, 'pm sent'

Kannan C comments:

i got it. checking it...

Kannan C comments:

Please change <p><?php truncate_post(600); ?></p> to <p><?php if(is_archive()) the_content(); else truncate_post(600); ?></p> in chameleon/includes/entry.php