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<?php

/**
 * Excerpt Links
 * Forces the "Read more" link on excerpts even if
 * they are too short to automatically include it
 */
function bsd_excerpt() {
    global $post;
    $excerpt = get_the_excerpt();
    $length = strlen( $excerpt );
    $char_count = 140;
    ?>

    <?php if( $length <= $char_count ) : ?>

        <p>
            <?php echo $excerpt; ?>
            <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="<?php get_permalink( $post->ID ); ?>" title="<?php __( 'Read', 'bonestheme' ) . get_the_title($post->ID); ?>">Read more &raquo;</a>
        </p>

    <?php else : ?>

        <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

    <?php endif; ?>

<?php }

?>