I have been starting to customize my lovebirds blog, adjusting some things. 

I don't know if I picked a weak template, but there are things it isn't doing the way I see blogs by default, so I will count with the help from you guys.

For instance, in the archives list, I normally see a list of titles under each the month (collapsable probably, but I don't even bother much about that).  When I click on the month, the posts appear in the right place, however they are cropped, and you only know there is more either if you click on the title and open a specific thread, or because some posts have "[...]" that hints a continuation.  I thought that at least something like "Read more" would appear.  Some of my posts have very little text, but the photos are not showing and looking at the list this way the images don't even seem to exist.

The same happens if I click on a category.

Is there a way to show the whole post when I click on a month or category?

As the name says, Wordpress is about the written word, not photographs, so the photos don't always appear in the monthly and category summaries. They do appear in the default theme, so you might need to try a few more or do some customising. http://photoblog.travelling-light.net/ is based on the default. Otherwise, you might be better adding one of the photoblog plugins, such as YAPB.

If you want the 'Read more' to appear, you need to insert the tag. There's a button for it on the visual editor toolbar, and you can edit the exact wording it shows.

HTH, Colin

Thanks for your replies.  

I have found the answer in Wordpress Codex: the_content() is used on the main page and in individual posts and it shows the complete post; the_excerpt() is used in the categories and archives by default, and then it shows only a part of the text, and hides photos even if they are the only thing in the post.  

We can set the ammount of text by including in the post the <!--more--> tag, and then the "read more" or whatever you set will appear.

So I can use the_content() in the categories and archives form if I want everything to show. Or I can include the <!--more--> tag in every post with a "see the photo(s)" message to make it more obvious to the reader.

Warren,
I think this is a separate problem. Yes, editing is not very easy in WP environment, but in this case it's the PHP code as explained above. I still haven't tried your suggestion, but I will.

I'm learning. One of these days I'll be able to teach "wordpressing".