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Tom Stock
3,614 PointsHow to combine the Wordpress loop and Javascript variables
I am currently working on a Wordpress theme, I am now in the stage that I am going to make it responsive. Unfortunately I got stuck at the part where Javascript and the php from Wordpress get together.
What I want is that the length of the excerpt is different per screen size. I already made a function in functions.js so you can simply edit the size of the excerpt, the problem however is that the excerpt itself doesn´t change and only display´s the first excerpt instead of updating it as the loops runs again.
Is this fixable? Or is there a better way to do this? Thanks in advance!
Tom
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Tom Stock
3,614 PointsYes, it does. The code only executes with the first value of the loop, as the loop goes around is doen't update the value. And even if it did it will fill all the div's with the class with the same value, so also the div's that should have another value.
What I want is that every time the loop goes around there will be a different value. I know Javascript isn't the best way to do this but I don't know how to achieve this with PHP or CSS. And if I don't resize the excerpt the text will be to long for the div so it will go outside the div.
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Tom Stock
3,614 Pointstext-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
My problem isn't achievable with Javascript so I decided to use a CSS solution. The code above works just fine, the only thing is that you can see only the upper part of the last sentence if the div has a particular height.
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Pointsmikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 PointsI'm not sure if that would work or not, because that function would be executed on the server side, so as you resize the browser it wouldn't be executing again. Does that make sense?