And how common is it for people to actually go over the limit? Pretty rare I'd say. Personally I think it would just busy up the page and it's the kind of thing better left to trial and error.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Angus G - Jun 29, 2003 5:57:00 pm PDT #4211 of 10000
Roguish Laird
P.M. Marc - Jun 29, 2003 8:06:07 pm PDT #4212 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Can you explain this in more detail? A sentence above the posting box stating what the limit is? (and what is it anyway?). Or do you mean a warning like we have with the tagline box?
Sentence above. (Something like
...then click "Post message." (messages over #### characters will be truncated.)
or just add the thing to the FAQ.)
And how common is it for people to actually go over the limit? Pretty rare I'd say.
Happens a couple times a day in the Threads You Don't Visit.
Jon B. - Jun 29, 2003 8:07:57 pm PDT #4213 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
What is the character limit?
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2003 8:19:05 pm PDT #4214 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
6000 characters.
P.M. Marc - Jun 29, 2003 8:26:58 pm PDT #4215 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Inclusive of spaces?
(I ask so I can set up a macro to do my dirty work for me, which is freaking sad.)
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2003 8:27:17 pm PDT #4216 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yup.
P.M. Marc - Jun 29, 2003 8:28:58 pm PDT #4217 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sweet.
Thanks.
Angus G - Jun 29, 2003 9:53:53 pm PDT #4218 of 10000
Roguish Laird
Happens a couple times a day in the Threads You Don't Visit.
Oh, yeah, duh, sorry that was threadist of me. t grin
Jon B. - Jun 30, 2003 3:25:07 am PDT #4219 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is there consensus to stick a warning above the posting box a la the tagline box? i.e. Warning: 6000 character maximum length. Longer posts will be cropped mercilessly.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 30, 2003 3:30:16 am PDT #4220 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
So that it says:
To post in Buffistas Building a Better Board, compose your text in the box below, then click "Post message."
A blank line starts a new paragraph. You may use HTML or quick-edit formatting. Warning: 6000 character maximum length. Longer posts will be cropped mercilessly.
You could make it three paragraphs, or put the warning on the end of the first paragraph, but I think it's a formatting thing.