Index: branches/5.0.x/core/kernel/db/db_tag_processor.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r12877 -r13198
--- branches/5.0.x/core/kernel/db/db_tag_processor.php	(.../db_tag_processor.php)	(revision 12877)
+++ branches/5.0.x/core/kernel/db/db_tag_processor.php	(.../db_tag_processor.php)	(revision 13198)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @version	$Id: db_tag_processor.php 12877 2009-11-03 20:10:32Z alex $
+* @version	$Id: db_tag_processor.php 13198 2010-03-11 14:52:06Z alex $
 * @package	In-Portal
 * @copyright	Copyright (C) 1997 - 2009 Intechnic. All rights reserved.
 * @license      GNU/GPL
@@ -785,10 +785,13 @@
 		}
 
 		$first_chars = $this->SelectParam($params,'first_chars,cut_first');
+
 		if ($first_chars) {
-			$needs_cut = mb_strlen($value) > $first_chars;
-			$value = mb_substr($value, 0, $first_chars);
-			if ($needs_cut) $value .= ' ...';
+			$stripped_value = strip_tags($value, $this->SelectParam($params, 'allowed_tags'));
+
+			if (mb_strlen($stripped_value) > $first_chars) {
+				$value = mb_substr($stripped_value, 0, $first_chars) . ' ...';
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (array_key_exists('nl2br', $params) && $params['nl2br']) {
@@ -1673,11 +1676,14 @@
 			$title .= ' - '.$params['group_title'];
 		}
 
-		$cut_first = array_key_exists('cut_first', $params) && $params['cut_first'];
+		$first_chars = $this->SelectParam($params, 'first_chars,cut_first');
 
-		if ($cut_first && mb_strlen($title) > $cut_first) {
-			if (!preg_match('/<a href="(.*)">(.*)<\/a>/',$title)) {
-				$title = mb_substr($title, 0, $cut_first).' ...';
+		if ($first_chars && !preg_match('/<a href="(.*)".*>(.*)<\/a>/', $title)) {
+			// don't cut titles, that contain phrase translation links
+			$stripped_title = strip_tags($title, $this->SelectParam($params, 'allowed_tags'));
+
+			if (mb_strlen($stripped_title) > $first_chars) {
+				$title = mb_substr($stripped_title, 0, $first_chars) . ' ...';
 			}
 		}