how to solve damage in the style

[Abdulaziz]

hello

i would like to know if there way to solve the damage in the style when the user type in the description field 72 number of word in the same line in his ad . the style would affected for this line so i would like to avoid this problem
note: i am useing 3 column style
thanks in advance

[Mike-N-Tosh]

I know how frustrating this is because it causes the table to auto expand even if you have a set width in place.

Here's what I have done for many of my clients to resolve this particular issue:
{$entry.description|truncate:120:"...":false:false }

The 120 is the total number of characters including the "..." that will show. the "..." is the suffix that will show if the field is indeed truncated. The false:false are options that tell it to complete words and to put the suffix at the end instead of the middle.

The result is something like this:

blah, blah, blah, blah...

This is a smarty built in function. Smarty

Hope that helps,
-Mike

[michael]

{$entry.description|truncate:120:"...":false:false }

Hi Mike, where would you place this?

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Originally Posted by michael

{$entry.description|truncate:120:"...":false:false }

Hi Mike, where would you place this?

You would place that in the template file where the offending field is. The example given may not be the best, because the "description" field isn't shown in showlistings(2).tpl, but I have had several customers want the description in the that file.

Example for showlistings2.tpl replacing the "shortDescription" field with "Description field around line 105.
Find this:

<tr>
   <td colspan="3" width="100%"{if $entry.class<>""} class="{$entry.class}"{/if}>
   {$entry.shortDescription}  
   <a href="{$entry.link}" title="{$entry.title}">more</a></td>
</tr>

Replace with this:

<tr>
   <td colspan="3" width="100%"{if $entry.class<>""} class="{$entry.class}"{/if}>
   {$entry.description|truncate:120:"...":false:false}  
   <a href="{$entry.link}" title="{$entry.title}">more</a></td>
</tr>

-Mike