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Subject: 
Re: web interface
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 19:25:01 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> 
> In lugnet.admin.general, "Paul Foster" <paul.foster@sgi.com> writes:
> 
> > Todd,
> > 
> > While using the web interface tonight, I could only get five
> > group names in the newsgroups field, example:
> > 
> > http://www.lugnet.com/loc/us/il/?n=8
> > 
> > I was trying to add a couple of more loc.us groups to
> > the newsgroup field but it appears there is a character limit.
> > 
> > Hints, help, suggestions such as go home and use your newsreader
> > not the web interface?
> > 
> > Just wondering
> 
> Yeah, there's a limit...the HTML code for the form told your browser to
> limit the Newsgroups field to 100 characters.  You could get around this by
> saving the HTML form locally, hacking it a bit, reloading it into your
> browser, and then posting.  But it probably makes more sense to raise the
> limit.  It's now 200 characters, which would allow for up to about 11
> crossposted lugnet.loc.us.xx state groups (I hope that's plenty!).  The
> Follow-Up to field had also been limited (30 characters) and I just widened
> this to 50 characters.  If there are good examples dictating that either
> should be widened even more still, we can do that too.
> 
> --Todd

Good deal, thanks.
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html



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(...) Yeah, there's a limit...the HTML code for the form told your browser to limit the Newsgroups field to 100 characters. You could get around this by saving the HTML form locally, hacking it a bit, reloading it into your browser, and then (...) (27 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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