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  • February 18, 2013 at 8:51 am #20991

    bamajr
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    My website is http://bamajr.com. My Front Page displays my Latest Posts. The current theme is a very basic child theme, providing only small customizations to the basic Genesis Framework layout.

    I have a specific visual idea, which I’m having trouble implementing. I want the text, to the right of my featured image and below the stars (ratings) to only display a specific number of lines, instead of number of words/characters.

    If you look at the linked image below, there are four complete lines of text and a fifth partial line.

    https://bamajr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/front-page-displays-your-latest-posts.jpg

    Sometimes, the fifth line only contains:


    [...]

    I’m trying to find a way, to only display four lines of text total, no more and no less. I don’t care how many words/characters are shown in those four lines. I just do not want these “summaries” to ever wrap to a fifth line.

    Does anyone know of built-in way (filter or something) to implement this?

    If not, does anyone have any suggestion as to how to achieve this?

    Where to find me: APP.net | Facebook | Google + | Twitter | Website

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    February 18, 2013 at 11:36 am #21039

    braddalton
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    Use the content rather than excerpt in the Content Archives settings and use the same featured image size on all so that way you can set the character limit to 4 lines only.

    Display Post Content

    Limit Characters to …..

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    Brad Dalton @ WP Sites – Click Here to Get Genesis Child Theme Tips Delivered.

    February 19, 2013 at 1:43 pm #21411

    bamajr
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    @braddalton,

    Thanks for your response. However, I’m not quite sure I’m following you. I’m already displaying the information by Content.

    Where to find me: APP.net | Facebook | Google + | Twitter | Website

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