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Bug 87339

Summary: thread topic allows you to type 60 characters, but truncates topic to 50 characters
Product: Websites Reporter: Jason Dunsmore <jasondunsmore>
Component: ForumsAssignee: Forum Moderators <forum-mods>
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-305346-highlight-.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Jason Dunsmore 2005-03-30 14:39:55 UTC
example of bug: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-312414-highlight-.html

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. (unsure how to reproduce bug on new thread, but once bug is present, the subject continues to be truncated when editing the thread)
2.
3.




Expected Results:  
60 char. subject line.
Comment 1 Tom Knight (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-05-07 06:54:33 UTC
This is due to certain characters in the topic title, in the thread mentioned above it is the " quote character. What happens is that phpBB replaces some characters so the topic title is converted from 'kernel message "irq 6 nobody cared" when floppy is' to 'kernel message &quot;irq 6 nobody cared&quot; when floppy is'. The 60 character limit is imposed after the conversion takes place.