protected function limitedText($text, $limit = 200)
    {
        $postString = '...';
        $strCount = strlen(trim($text));
        $sLimitedText = $text;

        if($strCount > $limit)
        {
            $sLimitedText = substr($text, 0, $limit) . $postString;
        }

        return $sLimitedText;

    }