Link to the excerpt from front_page. WordPress

My site is set to show a static page as the front page.

I have then created a blank page called "Latest News" and have set this to display one post on the default template which I believe is index.php. I have modified index.php to show the_excerpt.

From the_excerpt on index.php there are the read more links that take the user to the_content on single.php

My question is this:

How can I link from my homepage to the excerpt of the post that is displayed on index.php, considering that the page id of the excerpt of the post is updated each time I add a new post.

At the moment when I click the link on the homepage it takes me to the full post display on single.php.

Here is the code for the link:

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail('300-thumb', array('class' => 'thumbnail')); ?></a>

Answers (5)

2012-02-07

Francisco Javier Carazo Gil answers:

Jules,

If I have understood well, you can use this function: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt

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Francisco Javier Carazo Gil comments:

Or something like this: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-the_excerpt-with-read-more-link

2012-02-07

John Cotton answers:

Hi Jules

Your question isn't clear to me...

Where do you want to link to if not the permalink for the page?

Just a pop-up of the excerpt?

JC

2012-02-07

Luis Abarca answers:

For home page you should use home.php in your templates.

The info could be stored in post meta, you can store the post ID and then use get_post($post_id) to show the excerpt

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Luis Abarca comments:

index.php is a fallback for your templates, if category.php, archive.php, single.php, etc, are missing, then WP will use index.php to show the info.

So, you dont need to use a static page, you can create a custom home.php and show the last post or a selected post.

But if you need the static page, you can store the last post ID in page custom meta to show the excerpt of the last post.

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Luis Abarca comments:

<blockquote>But if you need the static page, you can store the last post ID in page custom meta to show the excerpt of the last post.</blockquote>

And you can use front-page.php to create the custom template.

2012-02-07

MDan answers:

Hello Jules,

Check this plugin:
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/homepage-excerpts-wordpress-plugin/

Daniel

2012-02-08

Arnav Joy answers:

can you explain some more points about your question , it is not clear..
Sorry!!!!