Buddypress Default theme frontpage modifications.
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hello there
I’m new to theming in WordPress, but having a blast! Just loading my own childtheme for the first time is a great feeling.
I have learned how to add code to header, sidebars etc..
I have two questions that seems to trick me a bit.1. How to set a maximum character amounts for the post summary (which isn’t really a summary, since the whole post is being show) so it automatically just cut the text and add a “read more” afterwards?
2. The summary has the author avatar shown on the frontpage.
If I wanted to get rid of that and have a thumnail there, (It already shows an image, but that’s the one
in the article. What if ai wanted to have a smaller thumbnail..?
Basically I’m trying get a more “magazine” look and a feel to my theme.Would appreciate any direction:)
Cheers, Dan
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#1.
a) Copy over index.php file from bp-default theme to your child theme folder.
b) Open up index.php in child theme folder and make the following change. On line # 37 of that file, replace:
“
with
`<?php
if ( is_home() ) {
the_excerpt();
} else {
the_content( __( ‘Read the rest of this entry ?’, ‘buddypress’ ) );
}
?>`
c) If you don’t have one yet, create a blank functions.php file in your bp-default child theme folder, then add the solutions to excerpt length and “Read more” are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt#2. The avatar with username is wrapped in div.author-box lines 22 – 29 in the same index.php file you copied over
EDIT – took too long to answer. Didn’t see Xevo’s post
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