Hello, I am using {{ .Summary }} to show just a part of the content… but my code define some ellipsis “…” after it. It looks like this: <div class="summary">{{ .Summary }}…</div> The problem is that in some cases I’m using to define my own summary, and in some others not. And I don’t want the “…”…

[image] javiercuello: Is there any way to know the difference to show the “…” just when the summary is not user-defined? Use a conditional Have a look at with in particular.

Thanks. While I understand the logic and the structure, I fail to see how to get if the summary has been automatically done, or by me using

.Summary is the variable that holds both the automatic 70 words and the manual method with  The manual method overrides the automatic word limit. For the purposes of explaining to you how to go about it I will assume that you want to use the manual summary for content that is longer tha…

Thanks! I think this is better solution and closer to what I actually need.

Detect the kind of summary (automatic or manual)

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regis June 3, 2018, 12:51pm 5

Here is an alternative suggested by Bep. It uses .Contains to test the presence of the more tag: Detect if a more tag is in the markdown

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Detect the kind of summary (automatic or manual)

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