Re: OK, here's a new one
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Give this a whirl. This cuts truncates at the word level at 40 characters orless...[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 PMTo: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.comSubject: Re: OK, here's a new oneAlain 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
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Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:
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- Re: OK, here's a new one (Rob Marquardt 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Robert Wade 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Chris List Recipient 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Gary Krockover 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (WJ Starck 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Dan Strong 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Tim Robinson 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (WJ Starck 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Gary Krockover 2002)
- Re: OK, here's a new one (Alain Russell 2002)
- OK, here's a new one (WJ Starck 2002)
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Give this a whirl. This cuts truncates at the word level at 40 characters orless...[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 PMTo: WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.comSubject: Re: OK, here's a new oneAlain 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 toWeb 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/
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