Re: OK, here's a new one

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 45496
interpreted = N
texte = Give this a whirl. This cuts truncates at the word level at 40 characters or less...[TEXT]description=This is a test of the emergency broadcast system![/TEXT] [MATH SHOW=F]charcount=0[/MATH] [LISTWORDS words=[description]&delimiters= ] [MATH SHOW=F]charcount = [charcount] + [COUNTCHARS][word][/COUNTCHARS] + 1 [!]For space[/!][/MATH] [SHOWIF [charcount]<40][word][/SHOWIF] [/LISTWORDS]-Chris-----Original Message----- From: WJ Starck [mailto:wjs@novaderm.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:03 PM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: OK, here's a new one Alain and Gary...Yeah, I thought of that, but [getchars] will give me partial words. Might be a lesser of two evils, I suppose...-WillOn Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 03:52 PM, Gary Krockover wrote:> I've used this in similar instances: > > [getchars > start=1&end=30][description][/getchars].... > > GK > > > | Our site lists 6 products on the home page that are specials. > | > | A table is generated by search. Each cell in this table is another > | table that looks like so: > | > | > | ____________________ > | | | | > | | | T | > | | P |___________| > | | | | > | | | D | > | |_______|____________| > | > | Where P is the product image, T is the Title of the Product and D is > a > | text description of varying length. Right now this mostly works fine, > | and what I've done with the text description is to use [listwords] to > | reel of the first 15 words of the description, like so: > | > | [listwords words=[description]&delimiters= ][showif > | [index]<16][word][/showif] [/listwords]... > | > | This is OK, except for one thing. Since words are of differing > lengths, > | some descriptions end up longer than others, and it ends up looking > | crappy visually. What I'd like to do is to parse enough text of each > | description that each D box is essentially filled. > | > | I suppose I could fix the height of the box and fiddle with the > number > | of words parsed, but I was wondering of there was a spiffier way. I'm > | wracking my brain here. Anyone with some ideas? > | > | TAM, > | > | -Will > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: OK, here's a new one (Rob Marquardt 2002)
  2. Re: OK, here's a new one (Robert Wade 2002)
  3. Re: OK, here's a new one (Chris List Recipient 2002)
  4. Re: OK, here's a new one (Gary Krockover 2002)
  5. Re: OK, here's a new one (WJ Starck 2002)
  6. Re: OK, here's a new one (Dan Strong 2002)
  7. Re: OK, here's a new one (Tim Robinson 2002)
  8. Re: OK, here's a new one (WJ Starck 2002)
  9. Re: OK, here's a new one (Gary Krockover 2002)
  10. Re: OK, here's a new one (Alain Russell 2002)
  11. OK, here's a new one (WJ Starck 2002)
Give this a whirl. This cuts truncates at the word level at 40 characters or less...[text]description=This is a test of the emergency broadcast system![/TEXT] [MATH SHOW=F]charcount=0[/MATH] [LISTWORDS words=[description]&delimiters= ] [MATH SHOW=F]charcount = [charcount] + [countchars][word][/COUNTCHARS] + 1 [!]For space[/!][/MATH] [SHOWIF [charcount]<40][word][/SHOWIF] [/LISTWORDS]-Chris-----Original Message----- From: WJ Starck [mailto:wjs@novaderm.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:03 PM To: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com Subject: Re: OK, here's a new one Alain and Gary...Yeah, I thought of that, but [getchars] will give me partial words. Might be a lesser of two evils, I suppose...-WillOn Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 03:52 PM, Gary Krockover wrote:> I've used this in similar instances: > > [getchars > start=1&end=30][description][/getchars].... > > GK > > > | Our site lists 6 products on the home page that are specials. > | > | A table is generated by search. Each cell in this table is another > | table that looks like so: > | > | > | ____________________ > | | | | > | | | T | > | | P |___________| > | | | | > | | | D | > | |_______|____________| > | > | Where P is the product image, T is the Title of the Product and D is > a > | text description of varying length. Right now this mostly works fine, > | and what I've done with the text description is to use [listwords] to > | reel of the first 15 words of the description, like so: > | > | [listwords words=[description]&delimiters= ][showif > | [index]<16][word][/showif] [/listwords]... > | > | This is OK, except for one thing. Since words are of differing > lengths, > | some descriptions end up longer than others, and it ends up looking > | crappy visually. What I'd like to do is to parse enough text of each > | description that each D box is essentially filled. > | > | I suppose I could fix the height of the box and fiddle with the > number > | of words parsed, but I was wondering of there was a spiffier way. I'm > | wracking my brain here. Anyone with some ideas? > | > | TAM, > | > | -Will > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Chris List Recipient

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