Blog page doesn't display featured image when using excerpts (Bedford template)

I'm using the Bedford template. I'd like to set my blog page up to show just the title, featured image and excerpt of each post with a 'read more' link. However, when I set an excerpt under 'Options', the blog page no longer displays the featured image of each post, just the title and excerpt. I don't want to have to set up summary blocks in place of the blog page. Is there a way around this or something that I'm missing?

Hi,

Can you share link to blog page? We can check easier

5 hours ago, tuanphan said:

Hi,

Can you share link to blog page? We can check easier

Hi Tuan, yes it's https://cathrynworrell.com/blog

Also, I spoke to SS support the other day and was told that the Bedford template won't display images when an excerpt is set. It would be good if SS offered the option to insert a 'read more' break inside the text/post rather than having to copy and paste an excerpt.

Have you found a solution to this? I'm trying to figure out how to have images included in excerpts as well.

A Blog summary block will display an image along with an excerpt. You can use a page of blog summary blocks as your front-facing blog page and lay out the items (posts) with read-more buttons or links.  You can list them, make a grid, a wall, a carousel, and shape the items as well. You can add blocks to a second blog page and have a subject pull-down menu in your header or in a sidebar, with lots of options. If you choose to do this you move the actual blog, where the posts reside, into the unlinked section of your site. This works for any template. With Bedford, you would get that nice-looking banner at the top of the page if you used summary blocks on in a blog page, one post for each subject. Think about it. You can take a look at my blog, built using Avenue. 

https://myrandomviews.com/blogsummary