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Template Tag: Item Excerpt

This template tag displays the excerpt an Item.

Example

Quick Template

[Item:excerpt|before=<div class="excerpt">|after=</div>|excerpt_more_text=Read more&hellip;]

PHP Template

  $Item->categories( array(
     'before'              => '<div class="excerpt">',
     'after'               => '</div>',
     'excerpt_before_more' => ' <span class="excerpt_more">',
     'excerpt_after_more'  => '</span>',
     'excerpt_more_text'   => 'Read more &raquo;',
     'format'              => 'htmlbody',
  ) );

Parameters

Param

Default

Usage

before
  • '<div class="excerpt">' for PHP templates
  • '' for quick templates

Displayed before the excerpt.

after
  • '</div>' for PHP templates
  • '' for quick templates

Displayed after the excerpt.

excerpt_before_more
  • <span class="excerpt_more"> for PHP templates
  • <span class="evo_more_link"> for quick templates

Displayed before the more link.

excerpt_after_more

</span>

Displayed after the more link.

excerpt_more_text

#more_arrow

String to display for the more link.

  • If empty, no "more" link will be displayed.
  • If #more_arrow, then more ยป will be displayed.

format

htmlbody

Format to output. Possible values: raw, htmlbody, urlencoded, entityencoded, htmlfeed, htmlhead, htmlattr, htrmlspecialchars, formvalue, xml, xmlattr, text, syslog.

Return value

This tag displays content only, it does not have a return value.

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