Every now and then some users like to have blogs with longer or shorter titles than the default 63 characters.

If you use the YN Advanced Blogs you can edit the PHP file Create.php in location:

/application/modules/Ynblog/Form

Here you can edit the Create.php file and make the changes required Below you will see the File.

<?php
class Ynblog_Form_Create extends Engine_Form
{
  public $_error = array();

/*----- Init Form Function -----*/
  public function init()
  {
    // Form Attributes
    $this->setTitle('Write New Entry')
      ->setDescription('Compose your new blog entry below, then click "Post Entry" to publish the entry to your blog.')
      ->setAttrib('name', 'ynblogs_create');

    // Get user and user level
    $user = Engine_Api::_()->user()->getViewer();
    $user_level = $user->level_id;

    // Title field
    $this->addElement('Text', 'title', array(
      'label' => 'Title',
      'allowEmpty' => false,
      'required' => true,
      'filters' => array(
        new Engine_Filter_Censor(),
        'StripTags',
        new Engine_Filter_StringLength(array('max' => '63'))
    )));

    // Tag field
	    $this->addElement('Text', 'tags',array(
      'label'=>'Tags (Keywords)',
      'autocomplete' => 'off',
      'description' => 'Separate tags with commas.',
      'filters' => array(
        new Engine_Filter_Censor(),
      ),
    ));
    $this->tags->getDecorator("Description")->setOption("placement", "append");
	
	$this->addElement('File', 'photo', array(
      'label' => 'Profile Photo'
    ));
    $this->photo->addValidator('Extension', false, 'jpg,png,gif,jpeg');
    
    // Category field
    $cat_array = Engine_Api::_()->getItemTable('blog_category')->getCategoriesAssoc();
    $this->addElement('Select', 'category_id', array(
            'label' => 'Category',
            'multiOptions' => $cat_array
          ));

    //Mode field
    $this->addElement('Select', 'draft', array(
      'label' => 'Status',
      'multiOptions' => array(
          "0" => "Published",
          "1" => "Saved As Draft"
      ),
      'description' => 'If this entry is published, it cannot be switched back to draft mode.'
    ));
    $this->draft->getDecorator('Description')->setOption('placement', 'append');

    //Content field
    $allowed_html = Engine_Api::_()->authorization()->getPermission($user_level, 'blog', 'auth_html');
    $upload_url = "";
    $upload_url = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->getRouter()->assemble(array('action' => 'upload-photo'), 'blog_general', true);

    $this->addElement('TinyMce', 'body', array(
      'disableLoadDefaultDecorators' => true,
      'editorOptions' => array(
          'bbcode' => 1,
          'html'   => 1,
          'theme_advanced_buttons1' => array(
              'undo', 'redo', 'cleanup', 'removeformat', 'pasteword',  '|',
              'media', 'image','link', 'unlink', 'fullscreen', 'preview', 'emotions', 'code',
          ),
          'theme_advanced_buttons2' => array(
              'fontselect', 'fontsizeselect', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline',
              'strikethrough', 'forecolor', 'backcolor', '|', 'justifyleft',
              'justifycenter', 'justifyright', 'justifyfull', '|', 'outdent', 'indent', 'blockquote',
          ),
          'plugins' => array(
		   		'table', 'fullscreen', 'media', 'preview', 'paste',
		   		'code', 'image', 'textcolor', 'jbimages','link', 'emoticons'
		  ),
   		  
	      'toolbar1' => array(
		      'undo', '|', 'redo', '|', 'removeformat', '|', 'pastetext', '|', 'code', '|', 'media', '|', 
		      'image', '|', 'link', '|', 'jbimages', '|', 'fullscreen', '|', 'preview',  'emoticons'
		    ),         
          'upload_url' => $upload_url,
      ),
      'required'   => true,
      'allowEmpty' => false,
      'decorators' => array('ViewHelper'),
      'filters' => array(
        new Engine_Filter_Censor(),
        new Engine_Filter_Html(array('AllowedTags'=>$allowed_html))),
    ));

    // Search privacy field
    $this->addElement('Checkbox', 'search', array(
      'label' => 'Show this blog entry in search results',
      'value' => 1,
    ));

    // Prepare privacy options
    $availableLabels = array(
      'everyone'            => 'Everyone',
      'owner_network'       => 'Friends and Networks',
      'owner_member_member' => 'Friends of Friends',
      'owner_member'        => 'Friends Only',
      'owner'               => 'Just Me'
    );

    $viewOptions = (array) Engine_Api::_()->authorization()->getAdapter('levels')->getAllowed('blog', $user, 'auth_view');
    $viewOptions = array_intersect_key($availableLabels, array_flip($viewOptions));

    // View privacy field
    if( !empty($viewOptions) && count($viewOptions) >= 1 ) {
    $this->addElement('Select', 'auth_view', array(
      'label'        => 'View Privacy',
      'description'  => 'Who may see this blog entry?',
      'multiOptions' => $viewOptions,
      'value'        => 'everyone',
    ));
    $this->auth_view->getDecorator('Description')->setOption('placement', 'append');
    }

    $commentOptions =(array) Engine_Api::_()->authorization()->getAdapter('levels')->getAllowed('blog', $user, 'auth_comment');
    $commentOptions = array_intersect_key($availableLabels, array_flip($commentOptions));

    // Comment
     if( !empty($commentOptions) && count($commentOptions) >= 1 ) {
    $this->addElement('Select', 'auth_comment', array(
      'label' => 'Comment Privacy',
      'description' => 'Who may post comments on this blog entry?',
      'multiOptions' => $commentOptions,
      'value' => 'everyone',
    ));
    $this->auth_comment->getDecorator('Description')->setOption('placement', 'append');
     }

    $captcha = Engine_Api::_()->getApi('settings', 'core')->getSetting('ynblog.captcha',0);
    // Element: captcha
    if($captcha){
      $this->addElement('captcha', 'captcha', Engine_Api::_()->core()->getCaptchaOptions(array(
      )));
    }
      
    // Submit Button
    $this->addElement('Button', 'submit', array(
      'label' => 'Post Entry',
      'type' => 'submit',
    ));
  }
/*----- Tags Filter Function -----*/
public function handleTags($blog_id, $tags){
      $tagTable = Engine_Api::_()->getDbtable('tags', 'ynblog');
      $tabMapTable = Engine_Api::_()->getDbtable('tagmaps', 'ynblog');
      $tagDup = array();
      foreach( $tags as $tag )
      {
        $tag = htmlspecialchars((trim($tag)));
        if (!in_array($tag, $tagDup) && $tag !="" && strlen($tag)< 20){
          $tag_id = $this->checkTag($tag);
          // check if it is new. if new, createnew tag. else, get the tag_id and insert
          if (!$tag_id){
            $tag_id = $this->createNewTag($tag, $blog_id, $tagTable);
          }

          $tabMapTable->insert(array(
            'blog_id' => $blog_id,
            'tag_id' => $tag_id
          ));
          $tagDup[] = $tag;
        }
        if (strlen($tag)>= 20){
          $this->_error[] = $tag;
        }
      }
   }

 /*----- Tags Checking Function -----*/
 public function checkTag($text){
    $table = Engine_Api::_()->getDbtable('tags', 'ynblog');
    $select = $table->select()->order('text ASC')->where('text = ?', $text);
    $results = $table->fetchRow($select);
    $tag_id = "";
    if($results) $tag_id = $results->tag_id;
    return $tag_id;
  }

  /*----- Tags Creation Function -----*/
  public function createNewTag($text, $blog_id, $tagTable){
    $row = $tagTable->createRow();
    $row->text =  $text;
    $row->save();
    $tag_id = $row->tag_id;

    return $tag_id;
  }

}

Within this file the location of the code may have moved between versions so you are looking for “new Engine_Filter_StringLength(array(‘max’ => ’63’))” and all you need to do is change 63 to the required length you may want  a smaller length so users cant use long names and just keep it simple.

Once you have edited the file you only need to save the changes and re-upload to your server.

Always make a backup of files your editing so you can always revert the changes.

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