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Hi, what does your Block Template look like?

Ive limited the excerpt like this,
in your functions.php add

//limit length of Excerpt
function limit_words($string, $word_limit) {
	// creates an array of words from $string (this will be our excerpt)
	// explode divides the excerpt up by using a space character
	$words = explode(' ', $string);
	// this next bit chops the $words array and sticks it back together
	// starting at the first word '0' and ending at the $word_limit
	// the $word_limit which is passed in the function will be the number
	// of words we want to use
	// implode glues the chopped up array back together using a space character
	return implode(' ', array_slice($words, 0, $word_limit));
 }

Im using the “post” block type to display a chose post, in the template im using the following to display & limit the exerpt..

<?php echo limit_words(get_the_excerpt(block_sub_value( 'your-block-type-sub-value' )->ID), '55'); ?>

mines a sub-value as its in a repeater field, so adjust that as necessary..

hope that helps?

Hi, I’ve tried this and it works perfectly with the wrap, however it stops the actual “load more” working, I’ve set the inital display to 16 using the shortcode

<?php
echo do_shortcode('[ajax_load_more post_type="cc_porfolio" taxonomy="portfolio_cat" taxonomy_terms="'.$term->slug.'" button_label="loading" posts_per_page="8" order="ASC" orderby="menu_order"]');
?>

Cant figure this out at all, any ideas musch appreciated

you could also use magic fields – to create a custom write panel for each type of post (news, bibliography etc) – you than set that write panel so it automatically assigns a chosen category to a new post.

Just leave ‘template directory’ as it is, thats a standard reference to your theme, you dont need to edit it.

it shouldnt matter if the images are in an assetts folder,
i tested by instertng an image through the html editor stored in an assetts folder, like

themename/images/assetts/myimage.jpg

as long as the image is in the post it should still be found.

this what i used to show the first image if no feature image was set up, im also using tim thumb to create a thumbnail, but ignore that bit if not needed, you should be able to see i’ve placed the call to ‘catch_that_image’ in a div just before the excerpt, athough you could put it any where in the loop

<div class="thumbTest">
        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
			the_post_thumbnail();
			} else { ?>
				<img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/scripts/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo catch_that_image() ?>" alt="" />
			<?php  } ?>

        </div>

					<div class="entry-content">
						<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
						<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div class="page-link">' . __( 'Pages:', 'twentyten' ), 'after' => '</div>' ) ); ?>
						<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyten' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?>
					</div><!-- .entry-content -->
                    <span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></span>
				</div><!-- #post-## -->

hope that helps