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;
+}
 
 ?>