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Is it possible to truncate cms content?

#1

Hi there,

Is it possible to have text entered into the CMS be truncated once it's added to the page?

For example I have a field for the client to add in a description of their services and I want to use the first 100 characters of that field as the snippet text on the directory page of their website.

Thanks

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#2

You can use custom code and text-overflow: ellipsis which will truncate the text when it overflows a box, and place an ellipsis character after it (...)

Typical use case:

.truncate {
width: 250px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

However, the good practice is to have an extra field with a specifically written teaser text, and that field in the collection will be limited to 100 characters. Better for SEO too.