How can I make it so that the items that I pin Globally have less text under them. They take up a lot of space on the page, and I want to leave some space open so people don’t have to scroll through the pinned Topics every time they want to get to the other topics. How do I shorten the amount of wor…

Filter for excerpt in the Admin. There are several settings you can adjust, including hiding the excerpt on mobile view. /admin/site_settings/category/all_results?filter=excerpt

Which setting do I use here to control that [image]

Uncheck Show excerpt on pinned topics in mobile view.

Right, but I still want to be shown… Like this [image]

In that case your option is to reduce the post excerpt maxlength back to the default 300 characters or play with it to see what works for you.

I set it to that and it changed nothing

Correction: adjust the topic excerpt maxlength instead of post. The default is 220.

That still didn’t change anything…

Well, you’re right. I can’t get the expected behavior, either. The only change that makes any difference is the show pinned excerpt mobile setting.

How to make pinned items have less text underneath them

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) November 18, 2020, 1:22am 13

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How to make pinned items have less text underneath them

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