From 431d34a02ea137930a6a22c92fe305e46281d7f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carrythebanner <joshuahetrick@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:56:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add helper function for truncating strings with an ellipsis;
 use for OpenGraph tag and export to GCal

---
 site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/helpers.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
 site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js    |  6 +-----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/helpers.js b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/helpers.js
index 604e3753..b79c3c8d 100644
--- a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/helpers.js
+++ b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/helpers.js
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@
         // Remove colons and periods for Google Calendar URL (2025-05-21T16:30:00.000Z => 20250521T163000000Z)
         const calendarDates = `${startDate.replace(regex, '')}/${endDate.replace(regex, '')}`;
 
+        const descr = $.fn.truncateString(event.details, 500) + `\n\n${event.shareable}`;
+
         googleCalUrl.search = new URLSearchParams({
           action: "TEMPLATE",
           text: `shift2Bikes: ${event.title}`,
           location: event.address,
-          details: `${event.details}\n\n${event.shareable}`,
+          details: descr,
           dates: calendarDates,
           sf: true, // ??
           output: 'xml'
@@ -100,6 +102,15 @@
         return googleCalUrl.toString();
     };
 
+    $.fn.truncateString = function ( str, maxLength=250 ) {
+        let text = str.substring(0,maxLength);
+        if (str.length > maxLength) {
+          // replace the last character with an ellipsis
+          text = text.slice(0, -1) + "…";
+        }
+        return text;
+    };
+
     $.fn.compareTimes = function ( event1, event2 ) {
         if ( event1.time < event2.time ) {
             return -1;
diff --git a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js
index 3a30b522..694529ee 100755
--- a/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js
+++ b/site/themes/s2b_hugo_theme/assets/js/cal/main.js
@@ -73,11 +73,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     if (event.printdescr) {
                         $('meta[property="og:description"]')[0].setAttribute("content", event.printdescr);
                     } else {
-                        var descr = event.details.substring(0,250);
-                        if (event.details.length > 250) {
-                          // replace the last character with an ellipsis
-                          descr = descr.slice(0, -1) + "…";
-                        }
+                        let descr = container.truncateString(event.details, 250);
                         $('meta[property="og:description"]')[0].setAttribute("content", descr);
                     }
                     document.title = event.title + " - Calendar - " + SITE_TITLE;