jQuery.fn.truncate = function(max) {
 return this.each(
 	function() {
 		var trail='...';
		v=jQuery.trim(jQuery(this).text());
		while(max<v.length) {
			c=v.charAt(max);
			newStringTruncated=v.substring(0,max)+trail;
			charToRemove='"';
			regExp=new RegExp("["+charToRemove+"]","g");
			vCleaned = v
						.replace(regExp,"&amp;quot;")
						.replace(/</g, '&amp;lt;')
						.replace(/>/g, '&amp;gt;');
			newStringTruncated = newStringTruncated
 										.replace(regExp,"'")
 										.replace(/</g, '&lt;')
 										.replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
			html='<span class="truncated" title="'+vCleaned+'">'+newStringTruncated+'</span>';
			jQuery(this).html(html);
			break;
			max--;
		}
 	}
 );
};