implement my own truncate with plain erb

AimeeKnight · Jun 26, 2014 · a64ad27 · a64ad27
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diff --git a/app/views/blogament/posts/index.html.erb b/app/views/blogament/posts/index.html.erb
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
         </div>
         <div class="panel-body">
           <blockquote>
-            <p><%= raw post.text.truncate(50) %></p>
+            <% if raw(post.text).length >= 40 %>
+              <p><%= raw post.text.slice(0..40).concat(" ...") %></p>
+            <% else %>
+              <p><%= raw post.text %></p>
+            <% end %>
           </blockquote>
 
         <%= raw post.tags.map(&:name).map { |t| link_to t, tag_path(t), class: "label label-default" }.join(' ') %>