3 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/news/index.html.j2 b/news/index.html.j2
index ee62d49e..814066ec 100644
--- a/news/index.html.j2
+++ b/news/index.html.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                   </p>
                 </header>
                 <p class="item-abstract">
-                  {{ item['abstract'] }}...[<a href="{{ item['page'] }}" title="{{ item['date']}}">read more</a>]
+                  {{ item['abstract'] }} [<a href="{{ item['page'] }}" title="{{ item['date']}}">read more</a>]
                 </p>
               </section>
             </div>
diff --git a/template.py b/template.py
index cee18aff..9fe859fd 100755
--- a/template.py
+++ b/template.py
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ def preview_text(filename):
             k.append(i)
         b = ''.join(str(e) for e in k)
         text = b.replace("\n", "")
-        return(text)
+        textreduced = (text[:300] + '...') if len(text) > 300 else (text + '..')
+        return(textreduced)
 
 
 def abstract_news(filename):
diff --git a/template/index.html.j2 b/template/index.html.j2
index a6a1b924..86bf86af 100644
--- a/template/index.html.j2
+++ b/template/index.html.j2
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
               </p>
             </header>
             <p>
-              {{ item['abstract'] }}... [<a href="news/{{ item['page'] }}">read more</a>]
+              {{ item['abstract'] }} [<a href="news/{{ item['page'] }}">read more</a>]
             </p>
           </section>
         </div>