character limit to description

  • Resolved mrkellyj

    (@mrkellyj)


    4 years, 10 months ago

    Love the plugin.
    I’m sure it’s just a character limit vs a bug, but when I add more than a couple sentences to the description, it doesn’t save. It does just fine for a sentence or two. Is that just a character limit you have set? Can that be switched to Unlimited, or at least a paragraph worth?

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  • Plugin Author bizswoop

    (@bizswoop)

    Thanks for the great feedback!

    You are correct. The database has a limit on the characters set at 250.

    The good news, you can modify the limit on your website database to the character limit you need.

    We have two descriptions fields in the plugin, here are the database table entries for you to increase on your database:

    Add-on Description
    WP_PREFIX + 'za_values'

    Add-on Option
    WP_PREFIX + 'za_types'

    If you have a few extra minutes, if you would give us a review of the plugin here: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/product-add-ons-woocommerce/#reviews, we’d really appreciate! ??

    Thread Starter mrkellyj

    (@mrkellyj)

    Thank you,
    Do you happen to have a tutorial on where to change that? I know it’s basic stuff, but i’m not a developer. That’s in CPanel right? Where would I find the right file to edit?

    Plugin Author bizswoop

    (@bizswoop)

    Happy to help give some guidance. ??

    One quick note, before you make or attempt to make any changes to the database, make sure you create a backup. If something goes wrong, you can revert back. And even better, we’d highly recommend trying this for the first time on a test or staging site, especially if you are unfamiliar with the tasks.

    Correct. Under CPanel, you should look for an option phpMyAdmin. My recommendation, your hosting provider should have a help document about accessing phpMyAdmin from their CPanel setup, each one might be slightly different.

    Once you get access to phpMyAdmin, you will have access to your Database. Expand open the database table. More than likely, you might see a prefix value, but you need to look for the following:

    wp_[prefix]_za_values
    wp_[prefix]_za_types

    Expand open. Now here is a screenshot as reference.
    https://ibb.co/crg5yr4

    You will see an entry Description. Right now, it has the varchar(250) set, you need to change this entry value based upon your needs. Do this for both values.

    We modified to 500 characters, now the front-end shows 500 characters in the descriptions: https://ibb.co/XxTQtJ5

    I hope that helps as a guide. Good luck.

    Thread Starter mrkellyj

    (@mrkellyj)

    Excellent, worked exactly like I needed. You rock!

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