protected function getExcerpt($content)
    {
        // Check for excerpt tags
        $pattern = '#(\<\!\-\-\s?excerpt\s?\-\-\>)(.*)(\<\!\-\-\s?endexcerpt\s?\-\-\>)#si';
        if (preg_match($pattern, $content, $matches)) {
            return $matches[2];
        }

        // If all else get the content from the first paragraph
        return $this->description;
    }