public function getExcerptText()
    {
        if($this->excerpt)
        {
            return $this->excerpt;
        }
        else
        {
            $rowExcerpt = strip_tags($this->content);

            if( strlen($rowExcerpt) > self::EXCERPT_LENGTH)
            {
                $break = strpos($rowExcerpt, ' ', self::EXCERPT_LENGTH - 10);
                $rowExcerpt = substr($rowExcerpt, 0, $break) . '...';
            }

            return $rowExcerpt;
        }
    }