Make the_excerpt() clickable

I want my site to show excerpts everywhere (start page, category archive, search).

To to this I’ve changed my entry.php from

<?php
if(is_archive() || is_search()){
get_template_part(‘entry’,’summary’);
} else {
get_template_part(‘entry’,’content’);
}
?>

to:

<?php
if(is_archive() || is_search() || is_home()){
get_template_part(‘entry’,’summary’);
} else {
get_template_part(‘entry’,’content’);
}
?>

That did the trick.

Problem is that the only link in excerpt that leads to full post is post title. I would like to make the whole excerpt as link to the post.

I have no knowledge of coding but thanks to Google i have found a way to set post thumbnail to lead to the post, so I’ve changed:

<div class=”entry-summary”>
<?php the_excerpt( sprintf(__( ‘continue reading %s’, ‘startup’ ), ‘<span class=”meta-nav”>&raquo;</span>’ )  ); ?>

to following code:

<div class=”entry-summary”><?php if ( has_post_thumbnail()) : ?>
 <a href=”<?php the_permalink(); ?>” title=”<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>” >
 <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>
 </a>
 <?php endif; ?><?php the_excerpt( sprintf(__( ‘continue reading %s’, ‘startup’ ), ‘<span class=”meta-nav”>&raquo;</span>’ )  ); ?>

Is there some better way for this to be done or can it be done at all?

Once again, I’ve made all the changes relying on Google, since my knowledge of code is equal to zero.

Thanks in advace!