Karl -- Also, fyi, the insertAfter method spec'd in the plugin doesn't seem to play nice in Safari 3.1. But the other choice you mention in the comments, appendTo, works just fine.
Best, --Carl. On Jul 6, 5:11 pm, clorentzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Karl -- > > Wow! Thank you so much for this! Exactly what I needed! > > Best, > > --Carl. > > On Jul 6, 3:50 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > sorry, but I'm changing the name from summarizer (with an r) to > > summarize. Seems to make more sense as a verb. so now you can find it > > at: > > >http://plugins.learningjquery.com/summarize/ > > > --Karl > > ____________ > > Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com > > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Karl Swedberg wrote: > > > > sounds like a reasonable thing to want, so I just whipped up a new > > > plugin for you: > > > >http://plugins.learningjquery.com/summarizer/ > > > > Please keep in mind that it hasn't been tested extensively, and the > > > documentation is kind of spotty, but it shouldn't be too hard to > > > figure out how it works. > > > > One important thing to note is that your selector should be the > > > parent element of the elements you want to expand/collapse. > > > > --Karl > > > ____________ > > > Karl Swedberg > > >www.englishrules.com > > >www.learningjquery.com > > > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:55 AM, clorentzen wrote: > > > >> I am looking to add an expander/truncator feature to a site I'm > > >> building. However, the plugins and other code snippets I've found cut > > >> off text based on character count. What I'm looking for is something > > >> that cuts off based on a specific number of paragraphs. So, for > > >> example, inside a targeted div, after the second <p> it would hide > > >> all > > >> remaining <p>s, and insert a "read more" link. Clicking would expose > > >> the hidden elements and add a "read less" link. > > > >> I haven't been able to figure out a way to do this... Can anyone > > >> point > > >> me in the right direction? I've posted an example page here: > > > >>http://www.cement-site.com/truncator/example.shtml > > > >> It's making use of the truncator plugin found here: > > >>http://henrik.nyh.se/2008/02/jquery-html-truncate > > > >> (I've also tried Karl Swedberg's Expander plugin, but it doesn't seem > > >> appropriate in this case since it's not intended to truncate/expand > > >> across multiple block-level elements.) > > > >> Can this truncator plugin code be modified to count <p>s rather than > > >> characters? Or is there a simpler/better way to accomplish this? > > > >> Thanks!
