How to edit description lenght

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How to edit description lenght

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Hey!

How do i change the description length so it's possible to have a long description?
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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Do you mean topic title ?
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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Yes thats the one :)
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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if your in a real hurry search phpbb.com for topic title lengh adjsutment, includes databsae adjustments and file edits to do this for just a topic title.
if you wait , just wait a few days ,there could be more ;) wait .........

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Re: How to edit description lenght

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i'll wait :D

Didn't know phpbb had such a thing :D
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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Any news :)
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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Try this: Open styles/prosilver/template/posting_editor.html
Find:

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maxlength="<!-- IF S_NEW_MESSAGE -->60<!-- ELSE -->64<!-- ENDIF -->"
Change number 60 and 64
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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doesnt work needs to be adjusted in the database also tryed adding ,255,255 to the topic title line in functions_posting.php

search on phpbb.com a was reading a topic on there about it the other day :geek:
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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DavidIQ wrote:Open functions_posting.php. Find these guys:

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	$subject = truncate_string($subject);
	$data['topic_title'] = truncate_string($data['topic_title']);
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	$subject = truncate_string($subject, 255);
	$data['topic_title'] = truncate_string($data['topic_title'], 255);
That should do it now.
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Re: How to edit description lenght

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I'll take a look at it Stoker :)
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