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Posts will be limited to 8,000 characters. If you have a post that spills over that amount, you'll have to split it and make a second post to follow up your first. The effects should be minimal because 8,000 characters is quite a bit of text. However, browsing around the forum today, I noticed there are some posts that go beyond that limit. That's going to cause a problem when current posts are migrated to the new database.
All current posts moved to the new database will be truncated to 8,000 characters. Any text beyond that limit will be discarded. I strongly suggest you edit your posts if possible in order to avoid this issue.
In the event a post proves valuable, its length is justified, and the post author is unable to edit the post without ruining its intent, I propose the following solutions:
A. Ask the person whose post appears immediately after yours if you can "borrow" some space and place half your post into theirs. Mark it as "continued from so-and-so's previous post".
B. Send the post to me and make me do some work
1. Copy the text of the post you wish to save into a text file. Please use a character counter like the one in MS Word to verify the post is over 8,000 characters (with spaces) beforehand. Note that the character count must include the raw post text with custom forum tags intact if they exist; copying the post directly from the page will give inaccurate results.
2. Copy the URL contained within the "quote" link at the bottom of the post, either by clicking the link and copying the URL from your browser's address bar or right-clicking the link and selecting "copy link". Place this link at the top of the text document above the post text.
3. Save the file as messid.txt, where messid is the value following the messid variable in the "quote" URL. See the bold number for an example:
messagepost.cfm?postaction=reply&catid=7&threadid=4490&messid=180105&STARTPAGE=1&ezquote=y&parentid=180105
4. Send the file to forum at originaltrilogy dot com with the subject: "Big post: messid". Do not paste the text of the post into the e-mail itself. Please attach the text file.
Once I've moved the current posts to the new database, I'll create an additional post to follow up the first post and position it beneath the original.
Please reserve option B for truly important posts because it will involve lots of shenanigans on my part. I'd prefer you explore option A first.
Thanks guys.
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