Hello,
I tried searching answer for this problem but I didnt find one that works for me.

I have mapped menu-item for 5 categories so I have page where content of all 5 categories is visible.
I would like to make intro item text to be 60 words for this menu item mapped with 5 categories - where you can see content from all 5 categories.

For each of 5 categories I was able to set intro text to 30 words in specific category options for each category but I cant do same from page where I can see all 5 categories.

I found this post getk2.org/community/advsearch?q=intro+text&exactname=1&childforums=1&limit=5&start=15 where advice is to change <?php echo $item->introtext; ?> for <?php echo K2HelperUtilities::wordLimit($item->introtext, 100); ?> in category_item.php but it dint work becouse item intro text disappeared in all of categories.

I also found that other users have same problem but I didnt find solution for this.

Hello Peter,

You need to first set an introtext for this to work.

You can either manually specify an introtext using your editor's read more button or enable two seperate editors one for introtext and one for full text.

This can be done through K2's parameters.

In my experience the second solution is much more reliable and bulletproof.

Thanks,I will go with that second soulution.

this solution used to work as i previously used it, to have asetting to set the intro text in item is cool feature but now you tell me that i must go back to all items to set a read more on it is to say the least a bit dof. hacking a template override is fine, but going to each item to set a read more is not on - i will look further for other kind of solution...

i implemented a css solution - i do not like it but it works

div.tagItemIntroText {
padding: 0;
height: 92px;
overflow: hidden;
}

div.tagItemIntroText p {
margin:0;
}