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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Way to renumber permalinks?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/)
 *  Thread Starter [dougatwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougatwordpress/)
 * (@dougatwordpress)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/#post-1881520)
 * Thank you for replying esmi. Sorry for the delay in responding, but my computer
   was down with a bug. I meant to say loop.php (not log.php). I’m going to mark
   this thread resolved.
 * I really appreciate all the help esmi. This is actually the first time I’ve ever
   used a community forum (though I hand-coded my first web page in ’97).
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Way to renumber permalinks?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/)
 *  Thread Starter [dougatwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougatwordpress/)
 * (@dougatwordpress)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/#post-1881480)
 * Thank you again esmi.
 * Ok. I created a child theme and uploaded it to my hosting site. Whew, that took
   me some time. Thank goodness for the great link you referenced ([Child Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes))
   which cited a really detailed step-by-step tutorial with images ([How to make a child theme for WordPress: A pictorial introduction for beginners](http://op111.net/53/)).
   The latter site was just at the right level for me.
 * I replaced the original log.php file with one exactly the same except I made 
   the change from `<?php the_excerpt();?>` to `<?php the_content();?>` in two places.
 * Now the archives are showing just as the original posts do (with line breaks 
   and everything). I did have to upload my header again.
 * Two questions now that this is done. First, do plug-in updates ever change the
   log.php file (because if they do, I’ve just overridden the change)? Second, as
   per my last post, is there any reason, though maybe not obvious to a complete
   newbie, to just use an excerpt of the original post in the archives? Even if 
   I change it back, I’ve certainly learned something from creating the child theme
   file:)
 * Thank you so much for your help.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Way to renumber permalinks?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/)
 *  Thread Starter [dougatwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougatwordpress/)
 * (@dougatwordpress)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/#post-1881472)
 * Thanks for replying esmi. I went to the “Appearance” subpanel, then the “Editor”
   submenu, and I found the `archive.php` file on the right side under the heading“
   Templates.” When I clicked on the `archive.php` file, it showed the file coding
   on the left side, but I didn’t find any place where it referred to “the_excerpt”.
 * I’m using the Twenty Ten 1.1 theme. Might it be in another file?
 * From your reply, it seems there was a choice made to just use an “excerpt” for
   archives. I’m a complete newbie at WordPress so maybe my original question is
   off base. Is there some advantage to using an excerpt without formatting over
   the original post?
 * Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Way to renumber permalinks?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/)
 *  Thread Starter [dougatwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougatwordpress/)
 * (@dougatwordpress)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/way-to-renumber-permalinks/#post-1881460)
 * Thank you for your help esmi. I tried emptying the trash, and it worked great.
   It even deleted the archived copy, which was excellent because the archived copy
   had removed the line breaks from the original post.
 * I tried enclosing the poem in preformatted text tags `<pre></pre>`, but the font
   is not very attractive. In any event, with the TinyMCE Advanced plug-in installed(
   and the box checked in settings to stop removing the <p> and `<br>` tags), I’m
   not having this problem anymore.
 * What I’m still having problems with is how to ensure the archive page looks like
   the original post. The post now has all the right line breaks, but the archive
   of the post has removed the line breaks so the poem runs all together. Is there
   a way to get the archive page to look like the original post?
 * Thanks for any help.

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