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raincoaster on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

raincoaster — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:28:58 +0000

You cannot use a Zemanta photo as the featured image. Only images uploaded directly to your media library can be used as featured images.

xenogirl on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

xenogirl — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:03:03 +0000

I wish the developer would fix this... it really is a big pain. Is there a way to do this without having to manually enter the read more button? Also, I can't figure out how to easily use a Zemanta photos as the featured image.

1tess on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

1tess — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:03:59 +0000

You are right! On my Chateau blog there is a "continue reading link." But I only now noticed on my Imbalance2 blog there is no "read on" link. Nor is there one on my zBench!

You could use the "featured image" and still have the automatic link.
or
You could manually add the link to the custom excerpt.
or
just type in "click the post title to read more"

fatinmanhattan on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

fatinmanhattan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:18:08 +0000

Ohh ok so I got the pictures on the front page, but now there is no "continue reading" button. How do I get one of those?

1tess on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

1tess — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:10:52 +0000

Yes, I really like the custom excerpt function: so much more personalized than the read-more tag.

fatinmanhattan on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

fatinmanhattan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:08:08 +0000

Perfect, thank you. I will use the excerpt function.

1tess on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

1tess — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:04:31 +0000

In the Grisaille theme, you choose a picture to be the featured image so it will appear on your front page.

Make a custom excerpt with the images and text you want:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/

http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/the-excerpt-function/

fatinmanhattan on "Why don't pictures appear on front page?"

fatinmanhattan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:45:21 +0000

The pictures from my blog posts only appear when you click the posts - not when you see them all on the front page. I have tried the "more" HTML, and that doesn't do anything.
Blog url: http://fatinmanhattan.wordpress.com/