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<$mt:EntryExcerpt$>

Ouputs the value of the excerpt field of the current entry in context. If the excerpt field is empty, it will draw from the main text of the entry to generate an excerpt.

Attributes:

  • no_generate (optional)

    If the excerpt field is empty, this flag will prevent the generation of an excerpt using the main text of the entry.

  • words (optional; default "40")

    Controls the length of the auto-generated entry excerpt. Does not limit the content when the excerpt field contains content.

  • convert_breaks (optional; default "0")

    When set to '1', applies the text formatting filters on the excerpt content.

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Guin Author Profile Page

August 13, 2009 1:15 PM | Reply

Can you please give an example of how to use the words option in this tag?

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Gautam Patel Author Profile Page

September 13, 2009 5:21 AM | Reply

@Guin

       <mt:entryexcerpt words="15">

spits out 15 words.

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Baiyan Huang Author Profile Page

October 17, 2009 10:06 AM | Reply

Original text format is messed up in the entry excerpt as default, and I was trying to show the correct format with following code:

but unfortunately, this just doesn't work, is this the right way to go? what did you guys do to achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

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Baiyan Huang Author Profile Page replied to comment from Baiyan Huang

October 17, 2009 10:11 AM | Reply

code:(brackets trimed) mt:entryexcerpt words="15"

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