"Continue Reading?" link at end of program description

[djsavlon]

I'm not sure if this is related to PowerPress or WordPress itself, but I noticed recently in my feed that instead of showing the entire description of a program, the description field is truncated and the end is replaced with a "Continue Reading" link. Is there an iTunes reason why the description needs to be abbreviated like this? If not, how can I return my feed to a place where the entire description shows up no matter how long it is?


1. Are your a paying customer? No
2. Your show name: Netcast Church
3. Your site URL: www.netcastchurch.org/podcast
4. Your contact email: dansavlon@netcastchurch.org
5. Your feed URL: www.netcastchurch.org/podcast/feed
6. Details on how you are using the plugin, channels, categories etc: No channels, no categories. Every blog post is an audio podcast item.
7. List any caching or SEO plugins you may be using: None
8. Your template creator: WordPress


Thank you!

[djsavlon]

Figured this out if anyone else encounters it. It was an issue due to an update of the Twenty Ten theme. It recently started using a 40 character excerpt as the episode description for the feed.

Just make an edit to Twenty Ten: Theme Functions (functions.php)

Change the statement

function twentyten_excerpt_length( $length ) {
   return 40;
}

to be a higher number like

function twentyten_excerpt_length( $length ) {
   return 999;
}

[mgdell]

Thank you for posting this!

-Mike