From dcfbb9d8f7f900079d40fd06d6015fbc9b57f36a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:36:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] The maximum item description length (default: 500) can now be
over-ridden with the "maxdesclength" value in the ctrl/rss.ini file.
---
web/root/rss.ssjs | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/web/root/rss.ssjs b/web/root/rss.ssjs
index a46601287d..ccb2aec221 100644
--- a/web/root/rss.ssjs
+++ b/web/root/rss.ssjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
// $Id$
-// Tested successfully with SharpRead v0.9.5.1
+// Tested successfully with SharpReader v0.9.5.1
load("sbbsdefs.js");
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-spec-0.91.html#item */
if(defaults.maxmessages==undefined)
defaults.maxmessages=15;
+if(defaults.maxdesclength==undefined)
+ defaults.maxdesclength=500;
+
var channel;
for(c in channel_list)
if(channel_list[c].name == http_request.query["channel"]) {
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ if(channel.image_url==undefined) channel.image_url ='/images/default/sync_pbgj1
if(channel.image_title==undefined) channel.image_title =channel.title;
if(channel.image_link==undefined) channel.image_link =channel.link;
if(channel.maxmessages==undefined) channel.maxmessages =defaults.maxmessages;
+if(channel.maxdesclength==undefined) channel.maxdesclength =defaults.maxdesclength;
http_reply.header["Content-Type"]='application/rss+xml';
writeln('<?xml version="1.0" ?>');
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ if(msgbase.open()) {
writeln('\t\t\t\t<title>' + encode(hdr.subject) + '</title>');
writeln('\t\t\t\t<author>' + encode(hdr.from) + '</author>');
writeln('\t\t\t\t<guid>' + encode(hdr.id) + '</guid>');
- writeln('\t\t\t\t<description>' + encode(body.slice(0,500)) + '</description>');
+ writeln('\t\t\t\t<description>' + encode(body.slice(0,channel.maxdesclength)) + '</description>');
if(this.login==undefined) // v3.12a
writeln('\t\t\t\t<link>' + link_root + '&item=' + hdr.number + '</link>');
--
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