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Question

This is the mockup I have:
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3172/featuresb.jpg
Each section will be an excerpt of a post that has a certain tag.
Is there any way of doing this so a client doesnt have to touch and tags or code like that?

Answer 1

You could filter the content with your own function.
Instead of using <?php the_content() ?> its better to use this: <?php your_function(get_the_content()) ?>
The function can be put on functions.php and you are free to code.

Answer 2

You can use the_content filter like so,
add_filter('the_content', 'my_content_filter'); //
function my_content_filter($content) {
global $post;
if($post->post_excerpt == ''){ // check if the post has excerpt
$content = strip_tags($content); //strip tags
$cont_array = explode(' ',$content);
if(count($cont_array) > 55) //number of words wanted in excerpt default is 55
$content = implode(' ',array_slice($cont_array, 0, 55)).'...';
$content = '<p>'.$content.'</p>';
}else{
$content = $post->post_excerpt; //copy excerpt to content
}
return $content; //return content
}
The above code checks if the post has excerpt, if it has excerpt it returns excerpt else returns first 55 words (default length for excerpt).

Answer 3

use this code for limit the post content.
<?php substr($post->post_content, 0, 12); ?> ...

Answer 4

Put this in your themes functions.php file:
function excerpt($limit) {
$excerpt = explode(' ', get_the_excerpt(), $limit);
if (count($excerpt)>=$limit) {
array_pop($excerpt);
$excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt).'...';
} else {
$excerpt = implode(" ",$excerpt);
}
$excerpt = preg_replace('`\[[^\]]*\]`','',$excerpt);
return $excerpt;
}
then add this this in your loop:
<?php print '<p>'.excerpt(40).'</p>'; ?>