function truncate() {
  var len = 100;
  var p = document.getElementById('truncateMe');
  if (p) {
    var trunc = p.innerHTML;
    if (trunc.length > len) {

      /* Truncate the content of the P, then go back to the end of the
         previous word to ensure that we don't truncate in the middle of
         a word */
      trunc = trunc.substring(0, len);
      trunc = trunc.replace(/\w+$/, '');

      /* Add an ellipses to the end and make it a link that expands
         the paragraph back to its original size */
      trunc += '<a href="#" ' +
        'onclick="this.parentNode.innerHTML=' +
        'unescape(\''+escape(p.innerHTML)+'\');return false;">' +
        '<span style="font-size: 10px;">[ more ... ]</span><\/a>';
      p.innerHTML = trunc;
    }
  }
}

// Multiple onload function created by: Simon Willison
// http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2004/05/26/addLoadEvent
function addLoadEvent(func) {
  var oldonload = window.onload;
  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
    window.onload = func;
  } else {
    window.onload = function() {
      if (oldonload) {
        oldonload();
      }
      func();
    }
  }
}

addLoadEvent(function() {
  truncate();
});