quick question on the text next to thumbs

[jewlicious]

hi there! so on the homepage, we have thumbs and text from the posts from the categories we specify - that much I understand. I know the code is php the_content_limit and then it limits it to a certain amount.

my question is: what if next to one or two thumbs, I want it to display content on the homepage from a different part of the post (a paragraph further down, lets say)?

does this mean if have to edit the php code on home.php? because just putting the content i want for those posts in the excerpt slot in the posts themselves doesn't work.

I'm guessing i have to change php the_content_limit to something else.. but i'm afraid that if i change it, then the posts that i want to display regulary may not show up regularly anymore (meaning that on the homepage, im afraid that the top content portion of the post may no longer display automatically next to the thumb).

any ideas?

thanks!