How can i force the main page to use 'full posts'

Posted by SnowWolfX on October 4, 2012 at 12:57pm

When i make a post on the page, it automaticaly gets 'cut in 2'

And you have to click on 'Read More' to get to the rest of the post.

I want my Posts on my Main pages to appear fully! not cut of half!

How can i do that ?

Comments

Views

Posted by spovlot on October 4, 2012 at 1:09pm

You can use Views to replace the front page. There is a default view called frontpage that you can enable. Then you can edit it to show Full content instead of teasers.

Views ?

Posted by SnowWolfX on October 4, 2012 at 1:17pm

Views ?

Where can i find that

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Posted by VM on October 4, 2012 at 1:35pm

one method:

backup the database
edit the content type
add a new body field with long text and no summary
move your data
delete the old body field

else as instructed, use the views.module to create your own front page without teasers/summaries

The views.Module page only

Posted by SnowWolfX on October 4, 2012 at 1:54pm

The views.Module page only lists downloads. no Installation instructions..

And the Drupal7 Views.Module is dependant on Chaos.Tools.Suite

And Chaos.Tools.Suite also has no Installation instructions neither.

I have no clue in which folder to put them on my server.

Thank you.

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Posted by VM on October 4, 2012 at 2:57pm

there's a README.txt file in views and ctools that intends to clear up your confusion

all contributed modules are uploaded to the same folder in your installation sites/all/modules

there's also documentation which discussion tasks such as this = http://drupal.org/node/120641

There is no file called

Posted by SnowWolfX on October 4, 2012 at 3:40pm

There is no file called Readme.txt in the downloaded folder "\tools-7.x-1.2\ctools \"

The only file called 'Readme.txt' is located in '\ctools\ctools_plugin_example\" and that file explains nothing about how to install.

I now have Ctools and views

Posted by SnowWolfX on October 4, 2012 at 4:03pm

I now have Ctools and views running...

I have changed the setting under Modules --> Views UI Configure -->
There i have set the FrontPage to Full content

FORMAT
Format:Unformatted list | Settings
Show:Content | Full content

Yet somehow it doesnt register.
I still see only part of my posts on my mainpage..

One more step

Posted by spovlot on October 4, 2012 at 7:40pm

Go to admin/config/system/site-information

Set the "Default front page" to frontpage

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Posted by VM on October 4, 2012 at 8:52pm

Great job! ok, so ctools didn't have a README.txt file. My bad for not downloading it and checking first. views.module though, did have one which you failed to mention. Lastly the documentation link I also provided for you discusses installation of modules. Considering that 2 out of 3 of my points of guidance helped, I'm not sure why you've chosen to focus on the one point that didn't help. Either way, you're welcome! ;)