Lack of interest Comment counter in profile.

[ChemicalKicks]

The following error occurred:

Please enter a message with no more than 420 characters.

This is what you see if you post a message on a profile that's too long, it would be useful if the error message also provided the current actual character count.

 

[Adam Howard]

It's limited to 420 characters.

XenForo_DataWriter_ProfilePostComment

protected function _preSave()
{
if ($this->isChanged('message'))
{
$maxLength = 420;
if (utf8_strlen($this->get('message')) > $maxLength)
{
$this->error(new XenForo_Phrase('please_enter_message_with_no_more_than_x_characters', array('count' => $maxLength)), 'message');
}
}
}

Am I mistaken in thinking that removing that code would also remove the limit?

 

[Shelley]

Actually, there's not a character restriction on the replies (I just tested it with a 500 character reply to a profile post).

I wouldn't have noticed the restriction had I not had to include a link to a thread which takes up the majority of the comment so I had to copy and paste the rest of the comment into a second comment. The indicator just serves for occasions like that which I'm sure are rare but they do happen and to give some indication your about to reach the character limit.

 

[James]

Am I mistaken in thinking that removing that code would also remove the limit?

Instead of removing it, just increase the max limit to an unreachable/undesirable number.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Am I mistaken in thinking that removing that code would also remove the limit?

Correct. But probably just comment the code. You might also need to keep the function there.

 

[Brandon Sheley]

ha.. 420

 

[MagnusB]

Suggestion: When you create a profile post you have a character counter telling you how many letters you have left. Though replying, and commenting on profile comments since their is a character restriction doesn't have a counter, I think it would be beneficial to somehow include that into comments also.

Not sure whether this has been suggested.

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I just threw together a small jQuery that should work. Might not be the best way to go about it, but it works. If you want to play around with it, here it is: http://jsfiddle.net/rMzbK/

You basically have to add in the javascript somewhere on the profile template, and add in the the paragraph.