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{exp:channel:entries channel="news_articles" limit="3" orderby="date" sort="desc"}
        <div class="news">
            <div class="feeditem">
                <h4>{title}</h4>
<p>                {entry_date format="%D, %F %d, %Y"}<br />
                <div class="feedbody">{body_content}</div><br />
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            </div><br />
        </div><br />
        {/exp:channel:entries}

In the above code I am creating a few news stubs for a news article channel. {body_content} is the full article. What I am hoping to do is crop a small portion; the first couple of sentences perhaps? Is there a parameter to limit length or such? Would I be best served to have a separate channel field for preview text?

There’s a variety of addons that can limit characters. You could add a preview or summary field if you want tight control, but there’s lots of other solutions.

I think it’s best you just add a preview field. Less code to run and you have more control over the field length and what info you want to have in there and display. Just my 2 cents.

Cheers,

Mike

HI, Its very simple.

Just use the following code

<div class="feedbody">{exp:char_limit total="100"} {body_content} {/exp:char_limit}</div>

Note: before going to use this char_limit, you must update the third party plugin to as specified location of expressioneengine installed. Download http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/character-limiter

If still you have any clarification, let me.