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Umbraco 8 Umbraco Strip and Umbraco Truncate - usefull for landing pages


Umbraco 8:

<p>@Html.StripHtml(@Html.Truncate(@item.Value("bodyText").ToString(), 65))
 
(Thanks to A.S for the above)
 
Umbraco 7:
 
 <p>@Umbraco.StripHtml(@Umbraco.Truncate(@Umbraco.Content(1067).bodyText, 300))</p>

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