If you want to display excerpts on index pages there are 2 ways to go about this. The easiest option in most cases is to use the built in ‘<!--more-->’ tag.

Inserting the more tag into posts tells WordPress where to stop the excerpt. This tag only works with ‘the_content’ and not ‘the_excerpt’.

The advantages of using the ‘<!--more-->’ tag …

If you’ve opted for using custom excerpts instead of WP’s built-in ‘more’ tag, there are a couple excerpt related plugins that will help you make the most of these features.

Advanced Excerpt Plugin

For super quick and flexible, check out the Advanced Excerpt plugin by Bas van Doren. This one can be installed by going to your Plugins>Add …

You’ve got a div container to which you’ve assigned a background image that repeats, but for some reason the background image gets cut off before the bottom of the container “”it’s not repeating. Or maybe it’s repeating in FF but not IE…

Common Culprit…

Maybe you have a dynamic menu with dropdown sub-pages that are being hidden by other layers in your web site. After coming across this web design issue several times and spending many hours trying to get the z-index value to help me position the layers of web pages… I came across some useful web design tips relating to …

A rotate script is one of the simplest ways to include files from specified folders randomly. Whether the random content you want to display are images or blocks of html code, just drop the rotate.php file into the folder you want to randomly draw from and then call the rotate.php file where you want the random content to appear.

There …

Whether you want to present random ads or random pictures, displaying areas of random content is a great way to keep your site fresh and encourage eyes to flow to different areas of your layout as elements move and change from page to page.

There are also some great randomness plugins out there that can be used in conjunction with …

Creating a multi-level membership site with WordPress, aMember, and the View Level plugin.

There is a newer article on WordPress + aMember integration here.

The View Level plugin is a popular and solid solution for assigning a ‘wordpress level’ to each article. If you’re not seeing the correct behavior as far as posts being displayed according to a member’s level, make sure that you have taken all …

Complete WordPress + aMember integration guide.

How to show teasers/excerpts to anonymous aMember users.