<xsl:variable name="item-permalink" select="concat($BaseURL, '/p/', ./code, '/')"/>
<item>
<title>
- <xsl:value-of select="$item-content-caption"/>
+ <xsl:variable name="title-length" select="140"/>
+ <!-- ellipsize, inspired from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13622338 -->
+ <xsl:choose>
+ <xsl:when test="string-length($item-content-caption) > $title-length">
+ <xsl:variable name="truncated-length" select="$title-length - 3"/>
+ <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(substring($item-content-caption, 1, $truncated-length))"/>
+ <xsl:text>...</xsl:text>
+ </xsl:when>
+ <xsl:otherwise>
+ <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($item-content-caption)"/>
+ </xsl:otherwise>
+ </xsl:choose>
</title>
<link>
<xsl:value-of select="$item-permalink"/>