https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4004&p=27501#p27501
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moreteavicar
Wed 09 Apr, 2008 12:20

Re: Recent Topics - Number Of Forums To Exclude
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Hi, all fields are generated via a common input field creation loop. The file to edit is not a template file, but ip_root/adm/admin_board_extend.php

You will find the lines:
[code linenumbers=false]		
                case 'VARCHAR':
		case 'HTMLVARCHAR':
			$input = '<input type="text" name="' . $field_name . '" maxlength="255" size="45" class="post" value="' . $config[$field_name] . '" />';
			break;[/code]

last_msgs_x is of type VARCHAR, and the case for 'VARCHAR' means it takes the input of 'HTMLVARCHAR', so you can see the maxlength="255" which you can adjust. This just means, though, that if you change it here, you change it for all VARCHAR and HTMLVARCHAR input fields. 
[b]
[size=14]But:[/size][/b]
1) I do not know why you need a longer input field - do you have >80 forums you wish to exclude (accounting for double digit forum IDs)?
2) You cannot store more than 255 chars anyway, because your config DB table is configured to accept up to 255 chars, not more. You can of course run an sql alter table query to change that.

You are entering the forum IDs - their numbers, and not the forum names, aren't you?


