By pwndius_pilatus on

Hi,
I wanted to make the teaser text of the views module smaller. It has about 480 characters and is bigger than a standart teaser text on news websites (about 220 chars). Is this a Theme or Module issue and how can I change this? Couldn't find a related option in the views module. TIA

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f4o commented

I suggest to switch your view to use fields instead of standard teasers. When using fields, you can specify which one your want (e.g. title field and body field). After that, body field has options to configure length as you wish.

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pwndius_pilatus commented

Alright, thanks for the fast answer. Will try this and report how it works.

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pwndius_pilatus commented

Seems to work well but with one issue: with views a thumbnail picture was posted over the summary, but now the small picture is under it. In the teaser version and in the main version of the content type. How can I fix this? Tried to work it out with Weight..but this is more for lists and menus. TIA

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f4o commented

If that thumbnail picture is separate field, you can arrange fields order with weight and that should work. Try to check your output HTML and see fields order. If fields are in the right order in HTML , maybe you have to fix something with css.

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pwndius_pilatus commented

Your tip worked like a charm!