Increase shoutbox characters
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How do i increase the amount of characters you can use in the shoutbox
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I'm not sure if there's anything in the php which limits characters, but the database field shout_message is set to varchar 200 so that needs increasing before any changes to php will work
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Reload86 wrote:
I'm not sure if there's anything in the php which limits characters, but the database field shout_message is set to varchar 200 so that needs increasing before any changes to php will work
Where do i find this to change it.
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in your database in fusion_shoutbox table
You can use this piece of code - and VIEW the page NOT SAVE it!
Preview it in a new custompage:
- you should change the number 200 to something higher.
Remember backup first - if something should go wrong. But I have testet it and it works fine.
Preview it in a new custompage:
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<?php
$result = dbquery("ALTER TABLE ".$db_prefix."shoutbox CHANGE shout_message shout_message VARCHAR( 200 ) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_ci NOT NULL");
?>- you should change the number 200 to something higher.
Remember backup first - if something should go wrong. But I have testet it and it works fine.
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I had to delete this from the code to get it to work but i have done it,cheers for the code Smokeman.
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I had to delete this from the code to get it to work but i have done it,cheers for the code Smokeman.
Hehe, it must be a mystery I think - how you can make it work without PHP-tags ???
If these tags ain't there - then just the code itself will be displayed - and nothing changes in the database.
Maybe it's too long time since I coded in v6. lol ;)
Anyway - it's nice you got it to work!
If these tags ain't there - then just the code itself will be displayed - and nothing changes in the database.
Maybe it's too long time since I coded in v6. lol ;)
Anyway - it's nice you got it to work!
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smokeman wrote:
Hehe, it must be a mystery I think - how you can make it work without PHP-tags ???
If these tags ain't there - then just the code itself will be displayed - and nothing changes in the database.
Maybe it's too long time since I coded in v6. lol ;)
Anyway - it's nice you got it to work!
These tags were already in the code,so when i entered your code it displayed the entire code in my shoutbox.I know absolutely nothing about how to code but i took a lucky guess that these 2 bits of code were there already so i deleted them and it worked:)
Ahh, I see. Lack of communication (from my side) - I should have written that the code should be inserted into a new empty custompage. If the page is empty - then there can't be the PHP-tags in it..
Anyway - just for other peeps that maybe know what were talking about.
Have a nice day!
Anyway - just for other peeps that maybe know what were talking about.
Have a nice day!
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Damn,sorry it has not worked,i have a maximum of 288 characters.I am using my ftp program and navagating to this folder /public_html/infusions/shoutbox_panel is it the shoutboxpanel.php or the shoutboxarchive.php i go into,i added the code but it has not worked.You were saying about putting the code on a new page how do i do this.
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You're halfway there.
You also have to edit line 26 of shoutbox.php
and change 255 to the higher number
You also have to edit line 26 of shoutbox.php
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$shout_message = preg_replace("/^(.{[b]255[/b]}).*$/", "$1", $shout_message);and change 255 to the higher number
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I only have these 2 shoutbox_panel.php or the shoutbox_archive.php i have found that line in the shoutbox_panel.php at line 87 but it still has not changed anything.
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I tested it on an offline v6 site, worked ok. Changed shout_message in db to varchar 600 as well as altering line 26.
If you found it on line 87, you're not using the standard shoubox.php
It must be a modified version.
If you found it on line 87, you're not using the standard shoubox.php
It must be a modified version.
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