Link are an important part of my site, and I need longer descriptions, I changed the varchar value to 510 to extend my link description value. When I upgraded to WP 3.0 this value was reset, and content was deleted. Is there a way to avoid this in future upgrades?
WP 3.0 resets Database varchar values (2 posts)
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cornetjr
Posted 1 year ago # -
I very seriously doubt it. Field lengths for something like Description are, I would think, quite integral to the system, and for 99.9% of site owners, already long enough. These, as I recall, are the descriptions that pop up when you hover over a link.
I'm sure you won't like hearing this, but I would very much question that a very long description is a good idea at all for usability. Past a certain point it will tend to turn people off, not be helpful. Maybe you have a verbose client who doesn't grasp this. :) Conciseness is valuable, but most people are not editors, of course.
So you'll have to save your data whenever doing an update, play with the database afterward, and reload data. Maybe somebody has made a Mega Description plugin or something that can exceed the normal size.
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