Adding more than excerpt

Hi all,

I’m trying to add more than an excerpt in my article list. I’m using td_module_10 and a child theme.

The current php reads this:

<div class=”td-excerpt”>
<?php echo $this->get_excerpt();?>
</div>

I want to add a maybe 50 word post with “Read More..” underneath the manual excerpt.
Is this information in the tagdiv API, or can I gleam some of this from the WordPress site?

Many thanks

I figured out the “read more” part:

<div class=”td-read-more”>
“> Read More…
</div>

… still looking for help on the non-manual excerpt/post summary part!

thank you!

Nevermind,

Found it!

<div class=”td-short-content”>
<?php $content = get_the_content();
$content = strip_tags($content);
echo substr($content, 0, 100);?>
</div>

A better way to use substr incase anyone in the future finds this post useful:

<div class=”td-short-content”>
<?php $content = get_the_content();
$content = strip_tags($content);
echo substr($content, 0, strpos($content, ‘ ‘, 155));?>…
</div>