[MOD] Shout Length Counter

just something I've discovered with my site is that the length counter doesnt actually work (in i.e it generates a javascript error in the statusbar also doesn't work in firefox) but the shoutbox itself works fine

is the mod on Tammys site ( http://efiction.hugosnebula.com/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=18&thread_id=29&pid=67#post_67) a fix for this issue?

my shoutbox is the one that came with efiction 3.2.1 btw unmodified 🙂

There's a problem with the shout with 3.2.1, but it should be fixed with 3.3.

aha thank you Jan_AQ  😀

The link provided by Tammy is not working anymore... can anyone help me?

I would like to change the shout limit (200 characters) to 500 characters.

Here are my modifications... I changed it to 300:

blocks/shoutbox/admin.php

line 25:

			$shout_message = preg_replace("/^(.{300}).*$/", "$1", $shout_message); # 2010-01-17: changed to 300 characters

blocks/shoutbox/shoutbox.php

line 15:

	$shout_message = preg_replace("/^(.{300}).*$/", "$1", $shout_message); # 2010-01-17: changed to 300

line 49 (?):

if(isMEMBER || !empty($blocks['shoutbox']['guestshouts'])) { # changed to 300!

There should be some JavaScript below. Change values of 200 to 500.

line 81 (?):

$content .= "<label for="shout_MESSAGE">"._SHOUT.":</label> <input name="shout_message" class="mceNoEditor" id="shout_message" maxlength="300" onkeyDown="return ismaxlength(this)" /> <input type='submit' name='shout' id='shout' value='"._SHOUT."'> <input size='1' class='small' type='text' id='counter' value='300'></form></div>"; # 2010-01-17: changed to 300

Tammy's website these days is

http://www.hugosnebula.com

But you will probably have to post over there and ask because much of the old website is gone. But it looks like Elle has something that may work for you.

The limit in the database is 200 so even if you change the code, it'll still cut off at 200.

Oo. That's what I was forgetting to post.

    alter table fanfiction_shoutbox modify shout_message VARCHAR(300) ; 

... I think.