# Blog Summaries Not Working

**URL:** <https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243>\
**Category:** Sparkling\
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243 "2016-07-12T07:17:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/bobshehan/32/3654_2.png) [@bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/bobshehan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243/1 "2016-07-12T07:17:34Z")

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I have set up a Blog page and have selected “Summary” under Settings/Reading. Shouldn’t that display blog post summaries on the Blog page instead of the full blog post? It is displaying each blog post in its entirety down the page. What am I missing?

Please advise…

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**Author:** ![bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/bobshehan/32/3654_2.png) [@bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/bobshehan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243/2 "2016-07-12T07:30:28Z")

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UPDATE: After looking into it more, I guess I need to use the “Read More” feature in the post?

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**Author:** ![bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/bobshehan/32/3654_2.png) [@bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/bobshehan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243/3 "2016-07-12T08:04:12Z")

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UPDATE 2:

My “Read More” is not displaying. I saw in a preview ticket where someone else had this problem, you asked them to add this CSS code:

body.home a.more-link {  
display: block;  
color: #DA4453;  
}

I added the code and saved/published, but I still don’t see it. I DO see the red Read More button and […] in the customize preview mode but not when I look at it live.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/bobshehan/32/3654_2.png) [@bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/bobshehan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243/4 "2016-07-12T08:21:33Z")

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UPDATE 3:

Ok, when I look at my Blog page in Customize/Preview Mode, all of the post excerpts look great along with the Read More buttons, without having to add \<!–more–\> to the code. However, when I look at the Blog page live, it doesn’t show excerpts at all, it shows the entire blog post one after the other.

Now, if I add \<!–more–\> to the post, it will force an excerpt but doesn’t show the Read More button.

I hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/bobshehan/32/3654_2.png) [@bobshehan](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/bobshehan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243/5 "2016-07-12T08:40:58Z")

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Well, I unchecked and rechecked the Show Post Excerpts option and now the excerpts are working and the red Read More button is showing. But I tried adding the custom CSS to change the text of the button and it’s not working…

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**Author:** ![movin](https://colorlibsupport.com/user_avatar/colorlibsupport.com/movin/32/10922_2.png) [@movin](https://colorlibsupport.com/u/movin)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/blog-summaries-not-working/11243/6 "2016-07-12T12:58:54Z")

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Hi @bobshehan,

I hope you are well today and thank you for your questions.

> Well, I unchecked and rechecked the Show Post Excerpts option and now the excerpts are working and the red Read More button is showing.

Glad it’s working for your now 🙂

> But I tried adding the custom CSS to change the text of the button and it’s not working…

You can try changing it by using the solution posted in the following topic.

[https://colorlibsupport.com/t/change-read-more-button-text-and-color/](https://colorlibsupport.com/t/change-read-more-button-text-and-color/)

Best Regards,  
Movin