Skipping characters for summarytext

[maarten19855Participant]

Hi,

The first X characters on every post are always the same. So for the summary shown in the search results for ajax search pro I would like to skip X characters by default. How can I set a default characters to skip before taking the content shown in the results? Or perhaps add some code at the beginning of the paragraph I want to show per page?

Both can be seen when you use my main ajax search box on the website provided.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

• This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by  maarten19855.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi!

Only by using a custom code, but luckily you don’t have to edit any of the plugin files, so this should be update-proof as well.

Try putting this code to your currently active theme folder, into the functions.php file:

add_filter( 'asp_result_content_after_prostproc', 'asp_cut_from_content', 1, 1 );

function asp_cut_from_content( $content ) {
  // Change this to the number of characters you want to cut
  $charaters_to_cut = 50;
  
  return substr($content, $charaters_to_cut);

}

Change the $characters_to_cut variable to the number of characters you want to remove from the beginning.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[maarten19855Participant]

Thanks for the reply and the code Ernest. It seems to work fine with just 50 characters to skip. But when I choose to skip the first 600 characters it doesn’t show the description. The only thing showing is the title of the page. Is there a max characters to which the plugin uses the description. I need it to skip the first 600 characters.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Yes, you probably need to increase the description length. By default it’s 130 characters. You can change that on the Layout Options -> Results Layout panel with the Description (content) length option. I recommed trying like 730 at first, and perhaps increasing it until you start seeing the description.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
If you like my products, don't forget to rate them on codecanyon :)

[maarten19855Participant]

Ah, why didn’t I think of that :). Thanks, it works perfectly now!

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