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 54)
+++ trunk/wp-content/themes/xpress_default/blocks/recent_posts_content_block_theme.php	(revision 57)
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@
 				the_tags(__('Tags').': ',' • ','');
 				$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'));