Re^2: Splitting long text for Template

> you could probably use simple conditional IF blocks in the template

I fully agree. Especially if you want to hide the rest of the text for a purpose, e.g. show the full text only to the paying customers. Hiding it via JavaScript would still make them have the full text at their disposal. The distinction of a paying/not paying customer is definitely not part of the View's business.

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Re^3: Splitting long text for Template by LanX (Saint) on Feb 08, 2021 at 00:06 UTC
> The distinction of a paying/not paying customer is definitely not part of the View's business. But that's another use case, which would affect the Model too, cause you'd need a `table customer` for a paywall scenario. The OP said "if the text is too long" This can also depend on the output media is it ... a large desktop browser? a mobile? for print? ... Clearly presentation! Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Splitting long text for Template by Bod (Parson) on Feb 08, 2021 at 00:12 UTC
Especially if you want to hide the rest of the text for a purpose, e.g. show the full text only to the paying customers. I hadn't even considered that as a possibility! In this case, it is only to keep the amount of text short enough to get lots of entries on a page. The user can expand any they for which they want further information. So, something like `[% IF text.length > 150 %]` - I can't see how to ensure the text is split on a word boundary with a simple IF condition.	[reply] [d/l]