Lift per post limitation of 10k characters

When you type up a how-to or any kind of decent guide 10k characters are soon eaten up, most especially if you want to continue updating the main post with information collected as the threads get large.

Also not necessarily updating the main post but adding to it soon it becomes impossible and continuity and fluidity is lost.

Sometimes you don't envisage a how-to to grow that big or need more space and not everytime you remember to reserve the top main posts.

Just a suggestion

Why not link to a Wiki page for something that size?

IMO linking to the wiki would be more suitable, yes, perhaps with a short overview if you wish a post.

Increasing the 10k limit seems ripe for annoyance otherwise (already folk try and paste huge logs in)

Cheers,
Jonathan

Most how-tos are written here are only written here, because it directly reaches the target audience directly without any need to go offsite.

When I originally posted this request I knoew the wiki would come up, I didnt want to say it then cause its a messy subject, for instance it would be most appropriate to use XBMC's wiki, but then you have to go and do 3 things instead of one.

• Ask for ninja status
• Post both places
• And finally least importantly but still relevant learn wiki formatting and all sorts...
  

Its already sorta slow having to ask your post to be moved to where it should be.

I use a blog and link to it but its easier to have a forum to discuss stuff...

Having said that.

I think its not so likely these days to have ppl posting logs, I know it happens but then either 10k limit or not its not a deterrent...

Its a pita for ppl like me who posts how-tos fairly regularly and or want to keep something important and up to date.

I am not part of many forums which have such small limit...

here is a fine example http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=104541

I don't see the problem there - seems fine broken over multiple posts as has been done.

Obviously if tons of people agree that the limit should be higher then that's fine - we're in the process of looking to switch bb software, so whatever we switch to may have a different limit (or no limit) but I'll make a note to take a look at what it is.

Cheers,
Jonathan

the limit is preset and can be changed in any forums software... phpbb has a higher number by default.

perhaps when the forums change you can configure a how-to subforums to have a higher limit then the others.

The topic I linked the guy happens to save 2nd and 3rd and other required posts, the problem is if you dont your stuffed.

perhaps if the limit wasnt so little there wouldnt be a need to break it into 2, 3, 4 or more posts when the how-tos are complex or long.

Quote:Why not link to a Wiki page for something that size?

jmarshall Wrote:IMO linking to the wiki would be more suitable, yes, perhaps with a short overview if you wish a post.

Wiki is the correct place for something this large. I think more people have issues with the 6 photos per post limit than the 10k character limit.

thx for your help, thats exactly what I thought I read.

X3lectric: I get what you mean now (sorry it wasn't obvious to me before) - the main problem is that you hit the limit while adding to the post at a later stage while someone else has already replied to the thread, so you must anticipate the problem before you post so as to reserve posts in advance.

Will make a note for when we transistion to phpbb.

Cheers,
Jonathan