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12:17 am
October 18, 2007


Dan

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How do you get the search results to truncate so that only x number of lines are shown in the result for each item in the list of results?

12:18 am
October 18, 2007


Jean-Luc

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I use the_excerpt in search.php (see WordPress - Template Tags - the_excerpt).

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12:19 am
October 18, 2007


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Sorry to be a bother but I’m new to WP. I am using a downloaded template and the only search.php I can find is not in that template but in the default template. Is this the one I modify, and, if so, what and where do I put the excerpt code? I’m using WP 2.3 by the way.

12:20 am
October 18, 2007


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In the WordPress default theme, I see this in search.php :

    <h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> *** </h3>
    <small><?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?></small>

    <p class="postmetadata"> *** </p>

In the theme we use here, I have this :

    <h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> *** </h3>
    
    <div class="entry">
     <?php the_excerpt() ?>
    </div>
  
    <p class="postmetadata"> *** </p>

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12:21 am
October 18, 2007


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Thanks, that pointed me in the right direction and I was able to get it working like I desired. I really like this plugin for the way my site will be structured. Thanks again for your quick response and help.
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