Reading

The third item in the Settings drop-down list is Reading. Click the Reading link to open the Reading Settings page (see Figure 3-3).

You can set the following options in the Reading Settings page:

✦ Front Page Displays: Select the radio button for what you want to

appear on the front page of your blog: your latest posts or a static page. You can find detailed information about using a static page for your front page in Book IV, Chapter 2, including information on how to set it up by using the drop-down menus in this section.

✦ Blog Pages Show at Most: In the text box, enter the maximum number of
posts you want to appear on each blog page.

✦ Syndication Feeds Show the Most Recent: In the text box, enter the

maximum number of posts that you want to appear in your RSS feed at
any time.

✦ For Each Article in a Feed, Show: Select the radio button for either Full

Text or Summary. Full Text publishes the entire post to your RSS feed,
whereas Summary publishes only an excerpt. (Check out Book I,
Chapter 1 for more information on WordPress RSS feeds.)

✦ Encoding for Pages and Feeds: UTF-8 is the default, and recommended,
character encoding for your blog. Character encoding is code that han-
dles the storage and transmission of the text from your blog through
the Internet connection. Your safest bet is to leave the default setting in
place because UTF-8 is the most commonly accepted character encod-
ing and supports a wide range of languages.

Be sure to click the Save Changes button after you set all your options in the Reading Settings page to make the changes take effect.