[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22049: Reading settings let users choose between "Full text" or "Summary" for the feeds but not for the blog page

[WordPress Trac]

#22049: Reading settings let users choose between "Full text" or "Summary" for the
feeds but not for the blog page
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 Reporter:  Lorangeo         |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new              |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Awaiting Review  |  Component:  General
  Version:                   |   Severity:  major
 Keywords:                   |
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 Please make the life of new Wordpress users easier.

 Why not let users chose with a simple option if they want Wordpress to
 show the "Full text" or a "Summary" of the posts on the blog page?

 == Scenario ==

 '''> OPTION 1:'''

 If user checks option 1 ("Full text") the blog page would ''always'' (!)
 show Full text.

 '''> OPTION 2:'''

 If user checks option 2 ("Summary") the blog page would show summaries
 based on the following priority order:

 '''1)''' Teaser (generated with the "more" tag")

 '''2)''' Manual excerpt (if there is no "more" tag in the post)

 '''3)''' Automatic excerpt (if there is no manual excerpt and no "more"
 tag in the post)

 The way it is working now seems very confusing to me. Relation between
 ''manual excerpts'', ''automatic excerpts'' and ''teasers'' is everything
 but simple to understand for a beginner. Moreover some themes use the
 "''the_content()''" tag in their post template while others use the
 "''the_excerpt()''" tag. This makes the whole thing even more difficult to
 understand when switching from a theme to another.

 Such a '''basic''' option is available for the feeds. It should also be
 available for the pages, shouldn't it?

 '''Please check the attached image as my English is not perfect.
 '''

 Thanks

 P.S. The "[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-teaser/ Post teaser]"
 plugin might be a good starting point.

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