Post limit?

Srggamer

If I have set a post limit to the posts, is it possible to make the Admins,Mods not to have Post limit in words?

422

perhaps explain further ...

"Thou shallt not posteth you rotter"

Srggamer

Ok User has a max limit of 500 words, I admin want unlimited.

peregrine

I don't think so without the usual (a new plugin or a mod to the core.).

Srggamer

@peregrine said:
I don't think so without the usual (a new plugin or a mod to the core.).

Thanks

peregrine

if you want to do it and you feel comfortable modifying core files. An easy change is

first set in config.php

$Configuration['Vanilla']['Comment']['MaxLength'] = '500';
$Configuration['Vanilla']['AdminComment']['MaxLength'] = '8000';


then make the following changes to

applications/vanilla/models/class.commentmodel.php

around line 520

from 
   $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comment.MaxLength');

to
    $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comment.MaxLength');
  if (Gdn::Session()->CheckPermission('Garden.Users.Edit'))  {
      $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.AdminComment.MaxLength');
      }

applications/vanilla/models/class.discussionmodel.php
around line 788

from 
   $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comment.MaxLength');

to
    $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comment.MaxLength');
  if (Gdn::Session()->CheckPermission('Garden.Users.Edit'))  {
      $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.AdminComment.MaxLength');
      }

applications/vanilla/models/class.draftmodel.php
around line 132

from 
   $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comment.MaxLength');

to
    $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.Comment.MaxLength');
  if (Gdn::Session()->CheckPermission('Garden.Users.Edit'))  {
      $MaxCommentLength = Gdn::Config('Vanilla.AdminComment.MaxLength');
      }

anybody who has the ability to edit users (usually admins) will now have a max comment, draft and discussion length of 8000, while everyone else will have a max discussion length of 500.

the key is "Garden.Users.Edit" , if you want mods to also have 8000 characters, select a permission that moderators have and members, guest, etc don't.

e.g. look in your dashboard and see what the moderator has checked, and then use that permission instead of Garden.Users.Edit in the above example.

By the way the post limit is characters, not words.!

Srggamer

Thanks! Very much going to try this!

DogHam

Is this only for comments or for discussion lenght too?

Srggamer

@DogHam said:
Is this only for comments or for discussion lenght too?

Both!

DogHam

@Srggamer said:
Both!

I changed the settings in dashboard to 10'000. For comments it's working but not for Discussion. i will try this. Thank you