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Title: only 80 characters
Post by: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 07:48:50 PM: so i was trying to post a reply and it said i used more then 80 characters???? and wouldnt let me post the message.

doesnt make since seeing how people write paragraghs on here???
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: 2bighorn on March 27, 2008, 07:51:43 PM: Quote from: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 07:48:50 PM
so i was trying to post a reply and it said i used more then 80 characters????

That was put in place to accommodate all the squeakers. They get in trouble reading more than few words at the time....
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: EskimoJoe on March 27, 2008, 07:59:02 PM: Quote from: 2bighorn on March 27, 2008, 07:51:43 PM
That was put...
:rolleyes:

:lol
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: Wes14 on March 27, 2008, 08:00:40 PM: Quote from: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 07:48:50 PM
so i was trying to post a reply and it said i used more then 80 characters???? and wouldnt let me post the message.

doesnt make since seeing how people write paragraghs on here???

Counts for Subject text only.
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 08:29:31 PM: so how do i turn it off?? or what do i do?
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: Wes14 on March 27, 2008, 08:32:19 PM: You just have to keep the subject text of your thread under 80 characters, which is about.. 6-8 words?
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 08:35:38 PM: well it was some 1 elses thread not mine.
Title: DO NOT TYPE REPLY HERE
Post by: Donzo on March 27, 2008, 08:35:59 PM: Quote from: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 08:29:31 PM
so how do i turn it off?? or what do i do?

You type your reply in the big white box under the smilies....not in the one line box next to Subject:
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: Wes14 on March 27, 2008, 08:39:42 PM: Quote from: DmonSlyr on March 27, 2008, 08:35:38 PM
well it was some 1 elses thread not mine.

If you reply to someone else's thread, it adds Re: which may bump it past the 80 limit. You can edit the subject line if that happens.
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: SD67 on March 27, 2008, 10:25:11 PM: If you just hit submit on the box you're presented with it will go through
;)
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: angelsandair on March 27, 2008, 10:54:21 PM: so we cant post more than 80 letters in our replies? I think what I'm putting up is more than 80 characters. So I'm gonna put up random crud to make sure adjfaudhakdjghapiugha;kugh982743tyq-4398ydnu

Alright I think that is more than 80 :D
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: C(Sea)Bass on March 27, 2008, 11:01:19 PM: I think I know what hes talking about here, it just happened to me.

I replied to a thread with a long title and the little "RE:" it adds put the title over 80. Simple soultion, delete part of the title.
Title: Re: only 80 characters
Post by: scottydawg on March 28, 2008, 07:24:34 AM: That's some fine detective work there, Lou.
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