} // end of if news page if (($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] === '/') || ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] === '/index.php')) { require_once('simplepie.inc'); function shorten($string, $length) { $suffix = '...'; $short_desc = trim(str_replace(array("\r","\n", "\t"), ' ', strip_tags($string))); $desc = trim(substr($short_desc, 0, $length)); $lastchar = substr($desc, -1, 1); if ($lastchar == '.' || $lastchar == '!' || $lastchar == '?') $suffix=''; $desc .= $suffix; return $desc; } } ?>