[p2pu-dev] Character count, confusingly, counts html

zuzel.vp zuzel.vp at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 22:52:28 UTC 2012


If the field stores html we have to count html however the field does
not need to have a max length. I recommend we allow any length.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Jos Flores <josmasflores at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> should 700 characters be enough even counting HTML? would this be a
> matter of showing the 700 countdown as it is shown in other parts of
> the site? or should the limit be upped a little?
>
> cheers,
> José
>
>
> On 19 January 2012 12:33, Maria Droujkova <droujkova at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Today I spent some long minutes trying to figure out how my character count
>> got to "over 9000" (900, really) when I added just a short phrase. Turns out
>> it counts html code as characters. This is confusing and probably against
>> the intention of limiting the space on the sidebar.
>>
>> See screenshot attached. It's from editing the summary of the course.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Maria Droujkova
>> 919-388-1721
>>
>> Make math your own, to make your own math
>>
>>
>>
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