An excerpt is a short summary or description of the blog post it refers to. Unless otherwise directed, WordPress will create an excerpt using the first thirty five characters of the content. Xidipity provides a recommended method which gives authors the ability to create custom excerpts using the “insert excerpt” toolbar selection located under the miscellaneous ( ​ ​ ) options. The purpose of this template is to display the available excerpt with an optional read more link.

Appearance

Editor view

Web view

Template

<!-- wpX:DISPLAY/EXCERPT -->
<div class="bdr:bas-2 bdr:lt-so-3x bkg:tint-bas-1 cnr:arch-sm fx:r fxa:1 fxc:3 web[dsp:none]">
  <div class="pad:hrz+0.5">
    <span class="fnt:siz-lg-5x sm)fnt:siz-lg-6x"><i class="icon:signature"></i></span>
  </div>
  <div class="pad:hrz+0.5">
    <h5>Excerpt</h5>
    <div>
      <span class="pad:rt+0.125"><i class="icon:file"></i></span>
      <span class="fnt:wgt-500">#title#</span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="mar:vrt+0.5 mce[dsp:none]">[excerpt "readmore"] #post# [/excerpt]</div>
<!-- /wpX:DISPLAY/EXCERPT -->

​Template may scroll horizontally in some circumstances.

Markers

Installation

Steps

1. highlight & copy template to clipboard
2. if content 1st line is not empty, move content down a line
3. click the 1st line of your content
4. open the Xidipity Template Editor in a separate tab
5. click the toolbar insert template (  ) icon
6. paste clipboard into the editor
7. update the #title# marker with Blog title or as desired
8. delete readmore flag to remove link if desired
9. update the #post# marker with Blog title
10. highlight & copy updated template to clipboard
11. click the toolbar insert template (  ) icon
12. paste clipboard into the tool
13. click OK to insert

​Notes

Excerpts can also be added to pages. Even though they do not display they help with the search function.