Short Previews in Google Blogger

In Google Blogger, posts show full content by default. To display short previews (snippets) so you can list many posts under a label/tag, use one of the methods below.

✅ Method 1 (Best & Built‑in): Jump Break

This is the recommended Blogger way.

Steps

1. Open a post → Compose
2. Place cursor where you want the preview to end
3. Click Insert jump break (📄 icon)
4. Save

Result

• Label / homepage shows content before the jump
• Clicking the post shows the full article

✅ Simple, reliable, no coding
❌ You must insert it manually per post

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✅ Method 2: Show Snippets via Theme Settings

(Some themes support this natively.)

Steps

1. Theme → Customize
2. Look for:
   • Post excerpts
   • Display summaries
   • Show snippets
3. Enable it

✅ No coding
❌ Depends on theme (not all themes support it)

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✅ Method 3: Manual HTML Excerpt

Works if you want custom summaries.

Add this at the top of your post:

<!-- more -->

or

<span class="excerpt">

Short summary text here...

</span>

Then style in Theme → Customize → Advanced → Add CSS:

.excerpt {

  display: block;

}

✅ Manual control
❌ Requires discipline / consistency

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⚠️ Method 4 (Advanced): Limit Content with CSS/JS

Not recommended unless you know what you’re doing.

Why?

• Bad for SEO
• Loads full content anyway
• Can break layouts

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✅ Best Practice (Recommended Setup)

✔ Use Jump Break for most posts
✔ Optional: add a 1–2 sentence intro before the jump
✔ Display many posts cleanly under labels

Typical flow

Title
Short intro (3–4 lines)
[Jump break]
Full content...

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Summary

Method	Recommended	Effort
Jump break	✅✅✅	Low
Theme snippets	✅	Very low
Manual excerpt	⚠️	Medium
CSS/JS trimming	❌	High