Split Headlines on punctuation (code update)

troyp · #1 Nov 21, 2012, 02:38 PM

I wanted to split the headlines on a few punctuation characters I use on my site for headers. To do that I updated the SPLIT HEADERS section of includes/get_javascript.php

Now the code will split around a hypen, vertical bar, colon, or else default back to spaces.

I've included my initials in comments around my changes. I hope this helps others.

PHP Code:


			
$js .= "

/*******************************

 *  SPLIT TITLES

 ******************************/

/* Split titles: 2-color titles for site-, post- and widget titles     */

$('" . $dual_title_colors . "').each( function() {

    var str = $(this).text();

    /*TRP add more tests here */

    if( str.indexOf('–') > 0 ) { var space = '–'; } else

    if( str.indexOf('|') > 0 ) { var space = '|'; } else

    if( str.indexOf(':') > 0 ) { var space = ':'; } else /*TRP end of tests */

    if( str.indexOf(' ') > 0 ) { var space = ' '; } 

    else { var space = ''; }

    var strArray = str.split(space),

    fullLength = strArray.length,

    halfLength = Math.ceil( fullLength / 2 ),

    restLength = fullLength - halfLength,

    newstr = '<span class=\"firstpart\">';

    for( var i = 0; i < halfLength; i++ ) {

        newstr += strArray[i] + space;

    }

    newstr += '</span>';/*TRP don't add space here */

    for( var i = halfLength; i < fullLength; i++ ) {

        newstr += strArray[i] + ((i<fullLength-1)?space:'');/*TRP only add delimiter if not the last segment */

    }

    $(this).html( newstr );

});

";