Summary

You can define a summary manually, in front matter, or automatically. A manual summary takes precedence over a front matter summary, and a front matter summary takes precedence over an automatic summary.

To get the front matter summary without rendering Markdown, use the RawSummary method on a Page object.

To list the pages in a section with a summary beneath each link:

{{ range .Pages }}
  <h2><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .LinkTitle }}</a></h2>
  {{ .Summary }}
{{ end }}

Depending on content length and how you define the summary, the summary may be equivalent to the content itself. To determine whether the content length exceeds the summary length, use the Truncated method on a Page object. This is useful for conditionally rendering a “read more” link:

{{ range .Pages }}
  <h2><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .LinkTitle }}</a></h2>
  {{ .Summary }}
  {{ if .Truncated }}
    <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">Read more...</a>
  {{ end }}
{{ end }}