diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9a81db..514363c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ pip-log.txt
 .tox
 nosetests.xml
 
-# Translations
-*.mo
-
 # Mr Developer
 .mr.developer.cfg
 .project
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79b727e
Binary files /dev/null and b/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 79246c1..7670e09 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/djangocms_blog/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2014-02-27 15:00+0100\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-02-27 15:08+0100\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-02-27 16:45+0300\n"
 "Last-Translator: Max Vyaznikov <maxvyaznikov@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language: ru\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=((((n%10)==1)&&((n%100)!=11))?(0):(((((n%10)>=2)&&((n%10)<=4))&&(((n%100)<10)||((n%100)>=20)))?(1):2));\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; plural=((((n%10)==1)&&((n%100)!=11))?(0):(((((n%10)"
+">=2)&&((n%10)<=4))&&(((n%100)<10)||((n%100)>=20)))?(1):2));\n"
+"Language-Team: \n"
+"X-Generator: Poedit 1.5.4\n"
 
 #: cms_app.py:8 cms_plugins.py:30 cms_plugins.py:43 cms_plugins.py:54
 #: cms_plugins.py:65 cms_toolbar.py:13
@@ -70,10 +73,30 @@ msgstr "время изменения"
 msgid "name"
 msgstr "название"
 
-#: models.py:33 models.py:84
+#: models.py:75
+msgid "Main image"
+msgstr "Картинка для статьи"
+
+#: models.py:77
+msgid "Main image thumbnail"
+msgstr "Уменьшенная копия"
+
+#: models.py:81
+msgid "Main image full"
+msgstr "Полный размер"
+
+#: models.py:86
+msgid "Title"
+msgstr "Заголовок"
+
+#: models.py:33 models.py:87
 msgid "slug"
 msgstr "URL"
 
+#: models.py:88
+msgid "Text"
+msgstr "Текст"
+
 #: models.py:40
 msgid "blog category"
 msgstr "категория блога"
@@ -82,6 +105,10 @@ msgstr "категория блога"
 msgid "blog categories"
 msgstr "категории блога"
 
+#: models.py:64
+msgid "Author"
+msgstr "Автор"
+
 #: models.py:67
 msgid "Published Since"
 msgstr "Опубликована с"
@@ -90,6 +117,10 @@ msgstr "Опубликована с"
 msgid "Published Until"
 msgstr "Опубликована до"
 
+#: models.py:72
+msgid "Publish"
+msgstr "Показывать на сайте"
+
 #: models.py:72
 msgid "category"
 msgstr "категория"
@@ -183,7 +214,7 @@ msgstr "продолжение"
 #, python-format
 msgid "1 article"
 msgid_plural "%(articles)s articles"
-msgstr[0] "1 статья"
+msgstr[0] "%(articles)s статья"
 msgstr[1] "%(articles)s статьи"
 msgstr[2] "%(articles)s статей"
 
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/models.py b/djangocms_blog/models.py
index f7df6aa..93729dc 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/models.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Post(TranslatableModel):
     """
     Blog post
     """
-    author = models.ForeignKey(User, null=True, blank=True)
+    author = models.ForeignKey(User, verbose_name=_('Author'), null=True, blank=True)
 
     date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
     date_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
@@ -69,21 +69,23 @@ class Post(TranslatableModel):
                                           default=timezone.now)
     date_published_end = models.DateTimeField(_('Published Until'), null=True,
                                               blank=True)
-    publish = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    publish = models.BooleanField(_('Publish'), default=False)
     categories = models.ManyToManyField(BlogCategory, verbose_name=_('category'),
                                         related_name='blog_posts',)
-    main_image = FilerImageField(blank=True, null=True)
+    main_image = FilerImageField(verbose_name=_('Main image'), blank=True, null=True)
     main_image_thumbnail = models.ForeignKey(ThumbnailOption,
+                                             verbose_name=_('Main image thumbnail'),
                                              related_name='blog_post_thumbnail',
                                              blank=True, null=True)
     main_image_full = models.ForeignKey(ThumbnailOption,
+                                        verbose_name=_('Main image full'),
                                         related_name='blog_post_full',
                                         blank=True, null=True)
 
     translations = TranslatedFields(
-        title=models.CharField(max_length=255),
+        title=models.CharField(_('Title'), max_length=255),
         slug=models.SlugField(_('slug'), blank=True, db_index=True),
-        abstract=HTMLField(),
+        abstract=HTMLField(_('Text')),
         meta={'unique_together': (('language_code', 'slug'),)}
     )
     content = PlaceholderField("post_content")
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/settings.py b/djangocms_blog/settings.py
index bc37158..235e8b3 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/settings.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/settings.py
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-BLOG_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_SIZE = {
+from django.conf import settings
+
+BLOG_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_SIZE = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_SIZE', {
     'size': '120x120',
     'crop': True,
     'upscale': False
-}
+})
 
-BLOG_IMAGE_FULL_SIZE = {
+BLOG_IMAGE_FULL_SIZE = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_IMAGE_FULL_SIZE', {
     'size': '640x120',
     'crop': True,
     'upscale': False
-}
+})
 
-BLOG_TAGCLOUD_MIN = 1
-BLOG_TAGCLOUD_MAX = 10
-BLOG_PAGINATION = 10
-BLOG_LATEST_POSTS = 5
\ No newline at end of file
+BLOG_TAGCLOUD_MIN = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_TAGCLOUD_MIN', 1)
+BLOG_TAGCLOUD_MAX = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_TAGCLOUD_MAX', 10)
+BLOG_PAGINATION = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_PAGINATION', 10)
+BLOG_LATEST_POSTS = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_LATEST_POSTS', 5)
+BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT', 100)
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
index ca5f339..d44e10d 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@
         <img src="{{ thumb.url }}" alt="{{ post.main_image.default_alt_text }}" width="{{ thumb.width }}" height="{{ thumb.height }}" />
     </div>
     {% endif %}
-    <div class="blog-lead">{% render_model post "abstract" %}</div>
+    <div class="blog-lead">
+        {% if not TRUNCWORDS_COUNT %}
+            {% render_model post "abstract" %}
+        {% else %}
+            {% render_model post "abstract" "" "" 'truncatewords_html:TRUNCWORDS_COUNT'  %}
+        {% endif %}
+    </div>
     <footer class="read-more">
         <a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">{% trans "read more" %} &raquo;</a>
     </footer>
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html
index a4a2b2a..c735cd5 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     </header>
     {% endblock %}
     {% for post in post_list %}
-    	{% include "djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html" with post=post image="true" %}
+    	{% include "djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html" with post=post image="true" TRUNCWORDS_COUNT=TRUNCWORDS_COUNT %}
 	{% empty %}
 	<p class="blog-empty">{% trans "No article found." %}</p>
     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/views.py b/djangocms_blog/views.py
index ada03d8..cc3f6b5 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/views.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
 
 from .models import Post, BlogCategory
-from .settings import BLOG_PAGINATION
+from .settings import BLOG_PAGINATION, BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT
 
 
 class BaseBlogView(object):
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class PostListView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_list.html"
     paginate_by = BLOG_PAGINATION
 
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        context = super(PostListView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context['TRUNCWORDS_COUNT'] = BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT
+        return context
 
 class PostDetailView(BaseBlogView, DetailView):
     model = Post