{"id":4846,"date":"2012-04-17T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help-o.ning.com\/?p=4846"},"modified":"2019-09-05T12:29:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:29:45","slug":"know-your-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/help\/know-your-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are various HTML character\u00a0limits that apply to posts, comments and replies. This article lists these character limits.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that these limits are measured in HTML characters, which include spaces and formatting tags, so if you paste formatted text from another source, it may contain a fair amount of hidden HTML characters. Pasting text as plain text will help avoid this issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Messages and Post Character Limits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Text boxes: 100,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Blog posts: 100,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Forum posts: 100,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Broadcast messages<strong>:<\/strong>\u00a050,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Private messages : 10,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Longer answer&#8221; profile questions: 4,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Event descriptions: 4000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Pages: 1,000,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced Meta section title: 500 characters<\/li>\n<li>Meta description: 1,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Custom box: 10,000 characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Replies and Comment Character Limits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forum replies: 40,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Blog comments: 40,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Profile comments: 5,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Group comments: 4,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Event comments: 4,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Photo and video comments: 4,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Page comments: 4,000 characters<\/li>\n<li>Status comments: 4,000 characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Design Studio and Custom Code (only Ning Plus and Ning Pro)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design Studio (Regular mode) Advanced box: 15,000 characters of CSS<\/li>\n<li>Design Studio (Developer Mode): 25,000 CSS characters, 10,000 LESS variable characters<\/li>\n<li>Custom Code: 20,000 characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see an error message if you try to post something that exceeds these limits. You can use a tool like<a href=\"http:\/\/www.javascriptkit.com\/script\/script2\/charcount.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cut &amp; Paste Character Count<\/a>\u00a0to help you calculate the exact number of characters in a post or comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are various HTML character\u00a0limits that apply to posts, comments and replies. This article lists these character limits.<br \/>\nKeep in mind that these limits are measured in HTML characters, which include spaces and formatting tags, so if you paste formatted text from another source, it may contain a fair amount of hidden HTML characters. Pasting text as plain text will help avoid this issue.<br \/>\nMessages and Post Character Limits<\/p>\n<p>Text boxes: 100,000 characters<br \/>\nBlog posts: 100,000 characters<br \/>\nForum posts: 100,000 characters<br \/>\nBroadcast messages:\u00a050,000 characters<br \/>\nPrivate messages : 10,000 characters<br \/>\n&#8220;Longer answer&#8221; profile questions: 4,000 characters<br \/>\nEvent descriptions: 4000 characters<br \/>\nPages: 1,000,000 characters<\/p>\n<p>Advanced Meta section title: 500 characters<br \/>\nMeta description: 1,000 characters<br \/>\nCustom box: 10,000 characters<\/p>\n<p>Replies and Comment Character Limits<\/p>\n<p>Forum replies: 40,000 characters<br \/>\nBlog comments: 40,000 characters<br \/>\nProfile comments: 5,000 characters<br \/>\nGroup comments: 4,000 characters<br \/>\nEvent comments: 4,000 characters<br \/>\nPhoto and video comments: 4,000 characters<br \/>\nPage comments: 4,000 characters<br \/>\nStatus comments: 4,000 characters<\/p>\n<p>Design Studio and Custom Code (only Ning Plus and Ning Pro)<\/p>\n<p>Design Studio (Regular mode) Advanced box: 15,000 characters of CSS<br \/>\nDesign Studio (Developer Mode): 25,000 CSS characters, 10,000 LESS variable characters<br \/>\nCustom Code: 20,000 characters<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see an error message if you try to post something that exceeds these limits. 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