Index: /trunk/wp-content/plugins/xpressme/include/custom_functions.php
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--- /trunk/wp-content/plugins/xpressme/include/custom_functions.php	(revision 56)
+++ /trunk/wp-content/plugins/xpressme/include/custom_functions.php	(revision 57)
@@ -297,4 +297,21 @@
 }
 
+function xpress_the_content($more_link_text = '',$excerpt_size = 0,$show = true)
+{
+	$content = get_the_content();	
+	if($excerpt_size > 0) {
+
+		$content = apply_filters('the_excerpt_rss', $content);
+		$content = strip_tags($content);
+
+		if (mb_strlen($content) > $excerpt_size){ 
+			$content = mb_substr($content, 0, $excerpt_size); 
+			$content .= '... ';
+			if (!empty($more_link_text)) $content .= '<p align="center"><a href="'. get_permalink() . "\">".$more_link_text .'</a></p>';
+		}
+	}
+	if(empty($show)) return $content;
+	echo $content;
+}
 
 ?>
Index: /trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/blocks/recent_posts_content_block_theme.php
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--- /trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/blocks/recent_posts_content_block_theme.php	(revision 56)
+++ /trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/blocks/recent_posts_content_block_theme.php	(revision 57)
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@
 				the_tags(__('Tags').': ',' &bull; ','');
 				$tags = ob_get_contents();
-			ob_end_clean();	
-							
-			ob_start();
-				the_content();
-				$post_content = ob_get_contents();
-			ob_end_clean();	
-						
+			ob_end_clean();
+			
+			if ($except){
+				$post_content = xpress_the_content(__('more'),$except_size,false);
+			} else {	
+				$post_content = xpress_the_content(__('more'),0,false);		
+			}
+
 			ob_start();
 				the_modified_date(get_settings('date_format'));
Index: /trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/index.php
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--- /trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/index.php	(revision 56)
+++ /trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/index.php	(revision 57)
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@
 
 				<div class="entry">
-					<?php the_content(__('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;', 'kubrick')); ?>
+					<?php xpress_the_content(__('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;') ); ?>
 				</div>