Excerpt with Thumb
 

On one of my blogs i am trying to set it up so it shows excerpts on the main page but with a little thumb for each post, thumb of the picture used in the post. I know WP makes the thumb, it's in my upload directory, but getting it to work with my theme, I can't seem to get it.

I know I can do this by setting it up when I write the post, but I don't want to go back and have to edit old posts. I looked through a couple themes that do this, but can't seem to get it to work on the theme I am using.

I'm sure I am missing some little thing, usually the case. I've also spent quite some time searching the WP site but can't seem to find the answer.

Any suggestions?

I'm not sure but I think it has to do with which template tag your using in your loop. If your using then it wouldn't display a thumb as that either takes what you've put in the excerpt area on your write page or, by default, 55 words. Either way I think it ignores any HTML.

I think what you want to use is which would be inserted into your post.

I'm not sure cause I've never tried it so in case I'm wrong here is where I got my information from

See, thats the rub, I'd like to keep from going back in and editing every old post. Of course it only matters for the posts on the main page, but I might be using this else where.

I have a couple theme's I've downloaded that do this, I guess i just need to dig in and figure it out.

Thanks for the reply though..:)

Don't know if you still around much but with a little luck you'll still get e-mail alerts...probably not though.

Anyway I ran across this plugin today that will do the trick for you, Advanced Excerpts

Oh you bet I'm still around, some one has to keep any eye on you...|club|

I really like that plug-in, it does give you much more control over the excerpt. The only thing, it doesn't say anything about images, that was what I was really looking for.

I will try this out though, it has some nice features. Thank you!

It does pass the image tag. I'm using it on Porn Blog Surfer if an image is at the beginning of the post (first 300 characters) the image becomes a part of the excerpt.

Well Duh.. I should have known better. You found the solution. Thanks again..:)