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Hi there,

I’m really digging EE!

I have a Channel called “Articles” with a template in Articles/index which displays the multiple entries.  I have two questions:

1) When displaying the multiple entries on the screen, I want the article body text(article_body) to be limited to a smaller amount of words or characters.  Is there anyway to do this without adding a new “summary” field and doing it manually?  I’d love to have something like:

{articleBody maxChars="200"}

2) After the article_body text I have a link to the single-entry page like so:

<a href="http://{comment_url_title_auto_path}">more</a>

I would really like to have two templates, one for multiple-entries one for single-entries.  The single entry template would have the typical comment section and some other features.  Can you help me to achieve this?  Or if there is a different way I should be thinking about this, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jeff

Welcome to the ExpressionEngine forums, Jeff!

Since you’re new to the EE forums, have you seen EEWiki:// How to Post a Support Request?

1. Look on Devot-ee.com for plugins that will limit the characters or number of words. There are several there.

2. The {comment_url_title_auto_path} doesn’t have to be for comments per se. You can use it for any sort of single entry page. You might want to make a permalink page as well.. for example, if you have a template called site/info - you’d build your link like this:

Does that help?

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Ah, your image just came through and made a lot more sense than the original code block 😊

Thanks for the quick reply with this, it is very helpful.

-Jeff

Hi, Jeff -

You might also find the first article in The Importance of Semantics will help you in building this dynamically.

Does that help, and did you have any further questions?

Thank you!