Add a character counter for meta descriptions

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8 years 6 months ago - 8 years 5 months ago #57501 by iamrobert
Do you wish your metadescription box had a countdown area? So it counts down how many characters you can add.





Add the following code to your administrator template:
Code:
//metadescription counter jQuery(function($) { $( "textarea#jform_metadesc" ).after( "<span id=\"summarychrs\">0</span>" ); function countChar(inobj, maxl, outobj) { var isTextCounter = $('#jform_metadesc'); if (isTextCounter.length > 0) { var len = inobj.value.length; var msg = ' characters left'; if (len >= maxl) { inobj.value = inobj.value.substring(0, maxl); $(outobj).text(0 + msg); } else { $(outobj).text(maxl - len + msg); } } } $(document).ready(function(){ //set up summary field character count countChar($('#jform_metadesc').get(0),160, '#summarychrs'); //show inital value on page load $('#jform_metadesc').keyup(function() { countChar(this, 160, '#summarychrs'); //set up on keyup event function }); }); }); //metadescription counter

Its still a WIP
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Last edit: 8 years 5 months ago by iamrobert. Reason: Was causing jquery error on pages without counter

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8 years 6 months ago #57506 by micker
good idea !!!
maybe we can add same to description field

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8 years 6 months ago #57507 by ggppdk
Hello

we can add this to description field and to textarea fields when HTML editor is not used


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8 years 6 months ago #57508 by iamrobert
Great!

However - I would keep it optional and not by default.

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8 years 6 months ago #57524 by ggppdk
Hello

optional, but if a max-length is given and HTML editor is disabled, then i think
- it can be the default behaviour of the new parameter to display it, and optionally turn it off


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