<div dir="ltr">Themes are required to use the_content() in single-post view, but otherwise, use of content vs excerpt is left to design aesthetic.<div><br></div><div>The Settings -> Reading setting only applies to RSS feeds, not to the site itself.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Matt Beall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbeall@starverte.com" target="_blank">mbeall@starverte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Is there a requirement to use the_content over the_excerpt?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">I haven't found anything, but personally feel there should be, because the_content allows the user to choose in Settings>>Reading whether to display "Full text" or "summary."</span></div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><br></span></div><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Matt Beall</span><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">
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