Can I change max length of node titles?

[Vilandra]

Hi Is there a way for me to allow more than 50 characters in a forum title? Thanks

 

[Paul B]

At the very least you'd need to change the title field in the xf_node table as it's currently set to varchar(50).

 

[ragtek]

At the very least you'd need to change the title field in the xf_node table as it's currently set to varchar(50).

And you would need too overwrite the datawriter, because there it's also limited to 50 chars

	protected function _getFields()
	{
		return array(
			'xf_node' => array(
				'node_id'            => array('type' => self::TYPE_UINT, 'autoIncrement' => true),
				'title'              => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'required' => true, 'maxLength' => 50,

 

[mikoo]

Actually, I would appreciate if there was an easier way in the admin panel to change the number of chars...

 

[Mike]

Question has already been answered.

 

[MGSteve]

Question has already been answered.

Yeah Mike it has - problem its clunky, it requires a code change every time the forum is upgraded.

Surely this can be moved into a config-type file, 50 is too short to us as well (thanks to the 'Sponsored by') being added to the forum name.

The other option I guess is to find somewhere else to put the sponsored by text, but unless there is a good reason for it being 50, it would be nice to be able to change it once and then not have to edit the source every time there's an update.

 

[Mike]

My comment was in relation to some bickering posts that were removed. You can suggest that separately (may already have been suggested).