No excerpt / summary instead just (...)

[frojnd]

Not sure if this is a theme issue or not. I fell in love with this theme so I didn't test with any other theme... The problem is that I don't see excerpt at all. I only see three dots (...) instead.

For excerpts/summaries to work do I need to set anything under config.toml?

This is the source for how excerpt with three (...) dots looks like:

<section class="post-excerpt">
    
    <a class="excerptlink" href="http://localhost:1313/post/test/"><p>&hellip;</p></a>
    
    <p class="readmore"><a href="http://localhost:1313/post/test/">Keep reading <i class="fa fa-angle-double-right" style="padding-left: 5px;"></i></a></p>
</section>

EDIT: Reading source code: https://github.com/digitalcraftsman/hugo-steam-theme/blob/master/layouts/_default/summary.html

{{ if and (not .Description) (.Site.Params.useSummaryIfNoDescription)}}

What does this line do exactly? If I don't have description inside my post/test.md then I see three dots. But if I add description = "blabla" I see "blabla" as my excerpt. Wouldn't expected behaviour be to use .Summary if no description?

[jrr]

That source code you reference says that, if there's no description, and the useSummaryIfNoDescription option is enabled, then use the summary.

So, the behavior you want is hidden behind a flag. Presumably somebody did this to maintain backward compatibility.

To enable the option, put useSummaryIfNoDescription=true in your config.toml.

[frojnd]

@jrr

Still not working. Only see three dots ... when putting useSummaryIfNoDescription=true in config.toml

[extraymond]

Hi! I tried this too but without success, is there anything I should be aware of?

[extraymond]

Hi! I found the way to properly do this!
I have to add the parameters in the params section in config.toml
Thx for helping!

[Teebusch]

Hi! Thank you. Had the same problem, putting
useSummaryIfNoDescription = true in the [params] section of config.toml helped.
This parameter should be there by default.

[digitalcraftsman]

For a fix please have a look at #19