Hello steve_nyhof,

You can increase the content length by changing the following code in your "/blog/code/BlogEntry.php"

Current Code :
function ParagraphSummary(){
      if(self::$allow_wysiwyg_editing) {
         return $this->obj('Content')->FirstParagraph('html');
      } else {
         $parser = new BBCodeParser($this->Content);
         $html = new HTMLText('Content');
         $html->setValue($parser->parse());
         return $html->FirstParagraph('html');
      }
   }

New Code :
function ParagraphSummary(){
      if(self::$allow_wysiwyg_editing) {
         return $this->obj('Content')->BigSummary(200);
      } else {
         $parser = new BBCodeParser($this->Content);
         $html = new HTMLText('Content');
         $html->setValue($parser->parse());
         return $html->BigSummary(200);
      }
   }

I hope this will help you

I got my page to look good by adding a side area.

I just need to get my archives working - have it in dev mode, any ideas to fix this? I have tried some things on the forum, but I get the same result.

I kind of thought so, I'm good! Thank you