I am not self-hosted; I am hosted via a host site, unless that's what you mean by self-hosted, lol.
I noticed you mentioned the hardcore seven lines... and, I think that is in the ipsTruncate via theme editor.. shouldn't I be able to go into the theme, and change the "7" to something like "100?"
Thank you, again, for trying your best to make this work, by the way! It is genuinely appreciated!