How to Show a Full Post or Increase The Size of a Preview on Home Page

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How to Show a Full Post or Increase The Size of a Preview on Home Page

Solution Take the following steps to change the default excerpt to a full post on your home page. You will be able to trim the size of the post on the home page by placing the  tag in the text of your post, which will cut off the text and insert the "Read the rest of this entry" link on the home page of your blog.
1. Click on Appearance -> Editor and select the index.php file for editing.
2. Find the following code:
the_excerpt()
and replace it with the following:
the_content('Read the rest of this entry »')
IMPORTANT! Be careful when editing and make sure to leave all the other code and punctuation before and after this code snippet intact! It is a good idea to save the contents of the original file in the notepad on your computer.
3. Click "Update File".

Now you'll be able to use the "More" tag to limit the size of the preview.

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Article ID:	8
Category:	Expert WordPress KB
Date added:	2009-12-21 09:28:10
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