[Jill]

HI, I am new to both WordPress and Themes and I apologise for the long question. But the issues listed below are related and are the only thing keeping me from 100% happy with the website I have created.

I have constructed the basics of my site using Ambition Pro Theme and in general am very happy. However, I have a general navigation and user experience issue that I am not sure how to handle and if in fact it is a WordPress issue and if I can get around around it using something within the theme. Whilst creating a child theme and even doing some specific PHP adjustments may be necessary I was hoping to avoid them as I am trying to keep as much “Out-Of-The-Box” as I can as I am construcinting teh site for someone else who is not technical.

Website: http://www.eustonstud.com/wp/

What I have working is…

The web site is for my pony stud and I want to set a pattern when I can have a page of posts that is limited to a specific category. For example a Page of “For Sale” and another page of “Stallions” and another page of “Broodmares” and when the visitor uses a menu item to go to each Category Page. I get the Posts exerts and the featured image.

Example: http://www.eustonstud.com/wp/category/forsale/

What I don’t have working is….

On the category post pages I want to have the full content rather than the excerpt and to have the full content HTML aware so that I can include links to external sites etc.

Failing that then…

If I can’t do that then by default the READ MORE appears and the HTML is stripped from excerpt text. Therefore, I can use that but…

1. The page I then go to then allows you to navigate backwards and forwards through ALL post categories. Is there a way to continue to limit it to just the parent category that was used to get there in the first place?
2. Can I change this “READ MORE” to use the theme Call_To_Action class so that it displays like ot does on the homepage?

Thanks for getting this far and I would really appreciate any support.
Cheers

[Theme Horse Support Team]

Hi Jill,

First of all you are asking a support on wp portfolio forum but the above url is of ambition theme. So we recommended you to always post on specific forum not on other’s theme forum.

To display the full content instead of excerpt Create a page > and select blog full content display template which show the full content but if you want to display specific category then its not possible with it, because our default template is blog image large with excerpt text and read more button.

One thing you can do is customize the code. Go to theme folder -> inc -> structure -> content-extension.php on Line no 219 and you will find <?php the_excerpt(); ?> and replace it with <?php the_content(); ?>

We recommended not to change the code because if you change the code then while updating to our new version all your customisation code will be lost. So better make child theme and first unhook the functions and the edit the code.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

Thank you

[Jill]

Thanks Keymaster for your reply and I understand your answer. However, two things…

1. Unless I am mistaken I did actually raise this question within the “Ambition (Premium) forum”. If I go to the WP Portfolio forum this question does not appear but it does under “Ambition (Premium) which I am licensed for”

2. I understand your response and I have already created a child theme but have not added any modifications as yet. BUT can you please confirm that Ambition Pro does or does not support POST FORMATS?

Thanks again

[Theme Horse Support Team]

Hi Jill,

Post formats is not supported by ambition pro. It needs code customization. You need to hire a developer to have post formats.

Thank you

[Jill]

ThankYou. May I suggest it as a new feature request.
Thanks for your time

[Theme Horse Support Team]

Hi Jill,

Currently we are busy on other projects so we are focusing on next projects. Sorry for now.

Thank you

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