Edit Excerpt Length

I am trying to create a child theme and customize some of the Featured Areas that are included with this theme.

First, I would like to edit one featured area so that the_content is displayed instead of the_excerpt. The code for this is in functions.php and I am unsure how to modify it in a child-theme-friendly way (without defining a new function)

Second, I would like to increase the excerpt length on other featured areas. This theme contains a file (modules/admin_modules/excerpt_length.php) which one would think would apply here…but editing this and saving in the child theme directory has no impact.

Any guidance is appreciated.

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