From 76a35c1a4d09b78e11ba6c4d5542ce999f325662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Luo <contact@ohevan.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:46:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add configurable excerpt length for home page articles
 #414

- Introduce new `excerpt_length` option in `_config.yml`
- Implement dynamic excerpt truncation based on user-defined length
- Default to 200 characters if not specified
---
 _config.yml                       | 2 ++
 layout/_partials/home-content.ejs | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 32e88eaf..6b50479e 100755
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ home:
       # ...... # you can add more
   # Article date format
   article_date_format: auto # auto, relative, YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss etc.
+  # Article excerpt length
+  excerpt_length: 200 # Max length of article excerpt
   # Article categories visibility
   categories:
     enable: true  # Whether to enable
diff --git a/layout/_partials/home-content.ejs b/layout/_partials/home-content.ejs
index 89591760..a349008e 100755
--- a/layout/_partials/home-content.ejs
+++ b/layout/_partials/home-content.ejs
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
                         <% } else if (post.excerpt && post.excerpt !== "false") { %>
                             <%- render(post.excerpt, "markdown") %>
                         <% } else { %>
-                            <%- truncate(strip_html(post.content), {length: 300}) %>
+                            <%
+                                const excerptLength = theme.home.excerpt_length || 200;
+                            %>
+                            <%- truncate(strip_html(post.content), {length: excerptLength}) %>
                         <% } %>
                     </div>