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Just curious here, what's the longest length you can get a title?
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Tom_Aurum wrote:Just curious here, what's the longest length you can get a title?
Custom title? thread title? Username (is technically a title)? you'll need to be a bit more Specific there.
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I don't think there is an actual limit in the software for custom titles, but after a point it will force formatting. We don't like that outside of dedicated picture threads.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:I don't think there is an actual limit in the software for custom titles, but after a point it will force formatting. We don't like that outside of dedicated picture threads.
Good point, though I'm wondering if it could go to another line rather than running on across the box? Guess only Mike can answer that.
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I don't know, it might not do anything to the thread as a whole. Locations don't force formatting, however it appears that usernames can. Luckily they only seem to affect the persons posts, rather then the whole thread as something in the message window would.
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It passes to another line. Look at Frank Hipper's title. It can be as long as you want, and still respect the format of the thread.
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Colonel Olrik wrote:It passes to another line. Look at Frank Hipper's title. It can be as long as you want, and still respect the format of the thread.
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Colonel Olrik wrote:It passes to another line. Look at Frank Hipper's title. It can be as long as you want, and still respect the format of the thread.
I see Hippers title as one line. Perhapes theam and screen resolution change it. I'm running M falcon on 800x600 currently.
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and look at AALS name, it goes over to the next line. As long as the letters have a space between them.
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Sea Skimmer wrote: I see Hippers title as one line. Perhapes theam and screen resolution change it. I'm running M falcon on 800x600 currently.
I'm running Blacksoul on 1024x768, on my laptop 15' monitor, and I see it as a double line.
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It causes problems only when you have usernames that run on or substitute underscores for spaces. With no spaces, the software can't do line-breaks.
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Colonel Olrik wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote: I see Hippers title as one line. Perhapes theam and screen resolution change it. I'm running M falcon on 800x600 currently.
I'm running Blacksoul on 1024x768, on my laptop 15' monitor, and I see it as a double line.
Well that could be it. For me what determines the normal width of the "user data" area is the date.
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Sea Skimmer wrote:
Colonel Olrik wrote:It passes to another line. Look at Frank Hipper's title. It can be as long as you want, and still respect the format of the thread.
I see Hippers title as one line. Perhapes theam and screen resolution change it. I'm running M falcon on 800x600 currently.
I read it as one line as well, I'm on MF with a resolution of 1024x768.
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2 lines, 1024x768, 19in, running IE6.

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Exonerate wrote:2 lines, 1024x768, 19in, running IE6.
Weird, what style are you using to view the Forum?
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Darth Wong wrote:It causes problems only when you have usernames that run on or substitute underscores for spaces. With no spaces, the software can't do line-breaks.
In that case, you should cancel Commander_Arvel_Crynyd's account, since his user name fucks up the format, and he only has five posts so no loss.
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:It causes problems only when you have usernames that run on or substitute underscores for spaces. With no spaces, the software can't do line-breaks.
In that case, you should cancel Commander_Arvel_Crynyd's account, since his user name fucks up the format, and he only has five posts so no loss.
Why bother if the guy isn't an active poster? Or you could just change the underscores to spaces.
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:In that case, you should cancel Commander_Arvel_Crynyd's account, since his user name fucks up the format, and he only has five posts so no loss.
Coincidently, I just saw him lurking in the PSW forums. To that end, I wouldn't delete his account (I know those prescious five posts :D ) just fix his name as Mike did with The(_)Great(_)Unbearded(_)One.
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He only posts like once a month, and in fact he's on right now (or at least when I posted). But every thread he posts in totally fucks it up to hell.

And you're right, it'd be better just to edit his user name and email him about it.

EDIT: Why the hell do some people use _ as part of a username, anyway?
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:EDIT: Why the hell do some people use _ as part of a username, anyway?
Some board's don't let you have spaces in usernames.
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I say we make it a forum rule that you can't connect long usernames with those underscore thingies, since it screws up the formatting. If someone still does so, an admin can "fix" the name.
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Longest title ever was Shep's "Gay-bashing right-wing rasict loudmouth"
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Stormbringer wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:EDIT: Why the hell do some people use _ as part of a username, anyway?
Some board's don't let you have spaces in usernames.
Very true... I almost called our Sith Lord Darth_Wong on several occassions before I realized that yes, there were spaces.
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Eh, mine's short enough to where it doesn't cause a problem. Guess old yahell programming kicking in with the username.
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