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[taxguycpa 0]

I need a way to put my most recent post in one of the boxes that can be inserted or features. It is done in the demo, but I don't know how. Right now it just shows all posts the same size. www.cafetax.com I want to remove the carousel and feature the most recent post. How can this be done? Thanks

[taxguycpa 0]

I want it to be like this.. http://www.pagelines.com/demos/platformpro/blog-2

[catrina 103]

To remove the Carousel, you have to go to Template Settings and in the "Select Template" dropdown menu, select the template where the carousel is located and disable it by dragging it to the right side (the template it's located in is probably Posts Pages, but I can't be sure). To create the appearance with posts appearing in boxes, select Blog Layout Mode under Blog and Posts in your Theme Options.

[taxguycpa 0]

Hi Catrina, if I put it in Blog mode, it shows the entire post of every blog from top to bottom , it doesnt highlight the last 2 blogs and then have the rest like the magazine style (like in the link of the demo). What am I missing here?

[catrina 103]

Switch back to Magazine Layout Mode in your Theme Options and then below that setting, select 3 from the dropdown menu under Full Width Posts (Magazine Layout Mode Only). This will create the smaller posts clips below the full-width posts.

[taxguycpa 0]

Ok, so how can I take that format, and shorten what the post shows on the main page to the excerpt still. I don't wan the entire post to show, I just want it to be highlighted by taking up more space, like in the demo...

[kastelic 6]

Joe, have you tried inserting a "more" tag in your wordpress post?

[taxguycpa 0]

No.. what what a "more" tag do?

[taxguycpa 0]

I did try it, did not change anything.

[Kate 3]

@Joe A more tag would need to be used in conjunction with the full content ("the_content()") as opposed to the excerpt ("the_excerpt()"). This is done by choosing to show entire posts on you post pages, and then going in and manually inserting more tags where you want them to appear. (Not as much of a backwards compatible solution. The other option is to use the excerpt box, which appears on the post edit screen below the main box.

[taxguycpa 0]

Ha, brilliant, worked. Thank you! Sorry, I am an amateur with the website stuff but learning. One other question, is there any way to hide the tags on the main page but then have them show up in the actual post?

[cmunns 16]

with css you could do it easily. `.home .tags {display:none;}`

[taxguycpa 0]

Thank you cmunns. I appreciate the feedback / help.

[taxguycpa 0]

To make it easier on me, could I input this in the custom CSS code css section under platform settings? like adding a hash mark in front of what you have suggested? Or would I need to write that code differently?

[taxguycpa 0]

I figured out where to put it! Eventually I will become proficient at CSS. I appreciate it guys. -Joe

[Kate 3]

@Joe No problem - Glad you got it figured out. I'm going to mark this as resolved, then.