From a987db2c553fd8e41dff2b3e65ef8503cc9848a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikael Nordfeldth <mmn@hethane.se>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:47:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Section notices should not take up too much space.

No configuration options for the max amount of characters yet.
---
 lib/noticesection.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/noticesection.php b/lib/noticesection.php
index 4c6aeb3b5d..35423e4f9b 100644
--- a/lib/noticesection.php
+++ b/lib/noticesection.php
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ define('NOTICES_PER_SECTION', 6);
 
 class NoticeSection extends Section
 {
+    protected $maxchars = 140;
+
     function showContent()
     {
         $notices = $this->getNotices();
@@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ class NoticeSection extends Section
         $this->out->elementEnd('span');
 
         $this->out->elementStart('p', 'entry-content');
-        $this->out->raw($notice->rendered);
+        $this->out->text(mb_strlen($notice->content) > $this->maxchars
+            ? mb_substr($notice->content, 0, $this->maxchars) . '…'
+            : $notice->content);
         $this->out->elementEnd('p');
 
         $this->out->elementStart('div', 'entry_content');