Long form blogging - HomePage layout

Hosting on Micro.blog
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Hello Micro-bloggers

I am exploring Micro.blog for my blog - merecivilian.com

I noticed most blogs hosted on Micro.blog appears to be micro-blogs. I kindly request the community to share examples of blogs that are doing long-form writing on the Micro.blog platform, so I can get an idea on how that works.

For my homepage, I prefer not to have the entire blogpost. I prefer the homepage to have a list of articles (with description), please see image below as an example. How can I do this using Micro.blog

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Many thanks :pray:

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You can achieve this by using a summery instead of all the content.

Something similar to

 <div class="e-content">
    {{ .Summary }}
    {{ if .Truncated }}
      <p><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">Read More</a></p>
    {{ end }}
  </div>
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thanks Greg

I also found this:
https://help.micro.blog/t/truncated-posts-on-your-microblog/60

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Thats where I got the code I was using from I think.

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Thanks @moondeer

I checked out your persona-favourite page and I like what I see. It sure does look nice and pretty.

I kindly request you to please advice which file I need to edit for the Marfa theme for me to get it like you have setup. What would be the exact code so I can copy paste it?

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Wholeheartedly thanking you @moondeer

Following the first part of your instructions, I have uploaded the theme and now my blog looks a closer to what I was hoping:
https://merecivilian.micro.blog

It seems I need to learn a few things. Its not as easy as it is with Ghost. However, learning is part of the fun and definitely makes the journey enjoyable.

I will now be subscribing to see if I can import all my posts from my ghost blog: merecivilian.com