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[dageraad Friend dageraadJoin date: May 2011Posts: 93Downloads:32Uploads:17 Thanks: 17]

#845491

Hi,

for the homepage, the featured articles:

Is it possible for the big leading article on the top left to show more text?

thx

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#845746

Hello @dageraad
could u share your site url and a screenshot how u needed the intro text in on featured page .
so i can check it and suggest you some changes .

[dageraad Friend dageraadJoin date: May 2011Posts: 93Downloads:32Uploads:17 Thanks: 17]

#846471

tuinhuizenfabrikant2.mascom.be

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#846765

Hi
Go to templates/ja_magz_ii/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
Find this code `

    $this->item->introtext = substr(($this->item->introtext), 0, 200);

Increase the value from 200 to 400 . save and check.

[dageraad Friend dageraadJoin date: May 2011Posts: 93Downloads:32Uploads:17 Thanks: 17]

#847597

Thanks!
But there’s still something strange: even when I increase the value to 1000, it keeps cutting off the last word and puts dots in its place ( now I’ve manually typed "…" at the end of the article so it doesn’t remove the last word).

Also another question regarding the same section: In the article some words are , and there are also different paragraphes, but it seems to automatically remove those elements. Can I do something about this?

thx

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#847632

Hi
go to the same file
find this code

  $this->item->introtext = substr(($this->item->introtext), 0, 200);
        $this->item->introtext = substr($this->item->introtext, 0, strrpos($this->item->introtext, ' ')) . " ...";
        echo $this->item->introtext;

replace it with

  $this->item->introtext = substr(($this->item->introtext));
        echo $this->item->introtext;

Let me know if it helps

[dageraad Friend dageraadJoin date: May 2011Posts: 93Downloads:32Uploads:17 Thanks: 17]

#848440

Hi,

No, I get this: Warning: substr() expects at least 2 parameters, 1 given in /home/joomla10/public_html/tuinhuizenfabrikant2/templates/ja_magz_ii/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php on line 77

my original code looks like this btw:

$this->item->introtext = substr(strip_tags($this->item->introtext), 0, 200); $this->item->introtext = substr($this->item->introtext, 0, strrpos($this->item->introtext, ‘ ‘)) . " …"; echo $this->item->introtext;

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#848742

Hi
i replaced this code

        <?php 
        $this->item->introtext = substr(($this->item->introtext), 0, 400);
        $this->item->introtext = substr($this->item->introtext, 0, strrpos($this->item->introtext, ' ')) . " ...";
        echo $this->item->introtext;
      ?>

into this

        <?php 
        $this->item->introtext = ($this->item->introtext);
        echo $this->item->introtext;
      ?>

And its working fine at my local system .
If it not solve issue , you post your site details via private reply . I will fix it directly on your site .

[dageraad Friend dageraadJoin date: May 2011Posts: 93Downloads:32Uploads:17 Thanks: 17]

#852592

Yes it works! Thanks Pankaj.

A last question concerning these adjusted php-files:
Will these modifications be kept when updating the template? Is there something like php overrides, like the custom.css we have for the stylesheets?

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#852637

Hi
You need to save the custom changes , it can be override on template update .
Try to make override in /local folder if its not work you need save changes and apply them again when they override ..
Path : /ja_magz_ii/local/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php

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