Thanks for your help.
[!Ditto? &extenders=`summarize` &summarize=`5` &total=`20` &commentsChunk=`CommentsBlog` &tpl=`BlogTemplate`!] = output "summarize extender does not exist. Please check it. "
I am looking around here
http://ditto.modxcms.com/ and I can now see that "...As for version 2, Ditto will no longer support the summary placeholder natively as it is resource intensive and superseded (introtext field)"
I rely way to much on examples as a beginner. introtext can be used in place of summarize.
My template now looks like this:
<h3>
<a href="[~[+id+]~]" title="[+title+]">[+title+]</a>
</h3> <!-- link to blogs article with it’s title (link is title) -->
By <strong>[+author+]</strong>
on [+date+].
<a href="[~[+id+]~]#commentsAnchor">
Comments ([[Jot? &docid=`[+id+]` &action=`count-comments`]])
</a><!-- link to the article with comments form and comment count -->
Summary: [+introtext+]
Link: [+link+]
And my Ditto call like this:
[!Ditto? &introtext=`5` &total=`20` &commentsChunk=`CommentsBlog` &tpl=`BlogTemplate`!]
The Wiki tutorial should be updated as well.
Thanks again folks for helping me learn.