[Resolved] Excerpt set to 0 but showing "…" & post styling.

[Christian]

Hello,

I have set the excerpt length to 0, but now it shows “…”. I have tried disabling some options in WP but I did not get it right.
I have searched and found that it can be hidden through CSS, but that is not good for SEO. Is there a fix or an option that does not hurt SEO and hids the “…”?.

On the other hand, and using this post for it, I would like to know if there is a way of showing the posts as in the image attached. I mean offsetting the image and setting the post style as more or less as in the picture.

Style: Styling example

Thank you very much.

[Leo]

Hi there,

Hiding the dots with CSS shouldn’t hurt the SEO. Here is the CSS:

.entry-summary p:not(.read-more-container) {
    display: none;
}

As for moving the featured image, that would require quite a bit of custom coding to make it work with the columns gap etc. If you decent with CSS and feel like tacking it, this should help to get started:

.post-image-above-header .inside-article .post-image {
    margin-top: -50px;
}

Let me know if this helps 🙂

[David]

Hi there,

currently the CSS option is the easiest way of doing this – i can’t see that hiding the content would be a problem for SEO.

Try this CSS to shift the image over the top of the article container:

.post.generate-columns {
    padding-top: 50px;
}
.post-image-above-header .inside-article .post-image {
    margin-top: -60px;
}

[Christian]

Hi guys!

Regarding the SEO topic is because for SEO I will write an excerpt but I will not be showing it, and apparently you cannot hide things. But honestly, it’s information I’ve read… I am not an expert by any means. I will actually believe you haha.

Thanks for the CSS Styling both, It worked!

[David]

If the Excerpt is not being displayed then it won’t be picked up by the search engines anyway 🙂
Glad to be of help.

[Author]

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