this is one part of #2

gezegen/config.ini

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ days_per_page = 0
 feed_timeout = 15
 encoding = utf-8
 locale = tr_TR.UTF-8
+limit_per_entry = 1500
 
 date_format = %d %b %Y @ %I:%M %p
 #date_format = %B %d, %Y %I:%M %p
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ new_date_format = %d %B %Y
 [DEFAULT]
 facewidth = 64
 faceheight = 64
-
 #[http://feeds.feedburner.com/gl]
 #name = Gezegen Ekibi
 #face = gezegenekibi.png
@@ -488,4 +488,3 @@ name = LKD.org.tr
 [http://gunluk.lkd.org.tr/ftp/feed/]
 name = FTP ekibi
 #email = ftp@linux.org.tr
-

gezegen/gezegen.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#-*- encoding: utf8 -*-
+
+"""
+The purpose of this file is to store some common Python functions
+that we can use everywhere inside the code..
+
+Author: Alper KANAT  <alperkanat@raptiye.org>
+"""
+
+def summarize(text, limit=0):
+	"""
+	Removes all HTML tags and cuts the text by limit
+	
+	text (string): blog entry that needs to be summarized
+	limit (int): number of characters that the summary can include
+	"""
+	
+	import re
+	
+	regex = re.compile("<[^<>]*?>")
+	
+	if limit > 0 and text.__len__() >= limit:
+		return regex.sub("", text)[:limit] + " [...]"
+	
+	return regex.sub("", text)

planet/__init__.py

@@ -279,6 +279,18 @@ class Planet:
 
             # Gather item information
 
+            # Use summary to summarize the entry to N characters and
+            # put a JS link inside to expand and show the content..
+            from gezegen import gezegen
+
+            # getting the limit from the config.ini file
+            limit_per_entry = int(self.tmpl_config_get("Planet", "limit_per_entry", 1500))
+
+            for item in items_list:
+                if item["content"].__len__() >= limit_per_entry:
+                    item["summary"] = gezegen.summarize(item["content"], limit_per_entry)
+                    item["read_the_rest"] = True
+    
             # Process the template
             tp = htmltmpl.TemplateProcessor(html_escape=0)
             tp.set("Items", items_list)

www/common.js

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var entries = []
+
+function toggleEntry(id) {
+	// hide summary
+	$("#summary_" + id).slideToggle()
+	if ($("#summary_" + id).css("display") == "none") {
+		// change the link text
+		$("#toggle_content_" + id).text("Bu yazıyla ilgili detayları okumak için tıklayın.")
+	} else {
+		// change the link text
+		$("#toggle_content_" + id).text("Bu yazının detaylarını kapatmak için tıklayın.")
+	}
+	// show the content
+	$("#content_" + id).slideToggle();
+}