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Offline Callimachus

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In trying to add an item to my gallery, I am unable to add the complete description. This happened to me also on Oct 17 -- see comments at this thread:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=126559.0

I have the following information on a Word document, and  want to copy & paste it into the description text box:

Official Medal for the Coronation of George V & Queen Mary, 1911.
Designed by Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennel.
Obverse: GEORGE V CROWNED JUNE 22 1911  /  Crowned bust of George V wearing Coronation robes; Orb at left; laurel branch below.
Reverse: QUEEN MARY JUNE 22 1911  /   Crowned bust of Queen Mary; roses and a ribbon below.
12.24 gm of .925 Sterling silver; 30 mm;  toned  UNC.                 
Eimer # 1922, BHM #4022.
This medal has spent most of its life (110 + years) in the small envelope in which it was issued. That accounts for the absolutely flawless surfaces
on the medal, and the dark toning of these surfaces. The toning is mostly dark brown, but with flashes of gold, blue, and mauve. If you like
toning on coins, this one is gorgeous.


As you can see from the screen shot below, it will not completely paste into the Description text box. I tried typing the missing words with my keyboard, but that does not work either. I have used copy & paste on all of my descriptions in my gallery for years without a problem. I first had a problem with the C Calpurnius Piso L.f. Frugi denarius on Oct 17. Joe said he increased the allowed description length, but wasn't sure that was the issue. He is correct -- the problem still exists, at least for me.
Thank you for revisiting this issue.

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2021, 11:22:19 pm »
I found something similar.  I was trying to edit a description but couldn't scroll down past a certain point.  Even making the window to type in larger didn't work.

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2021, 01:13:45 am »
I've had the same problem as Jay.

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2021, 03:29:31 am »
Unfortunately, Sorin will not be available for the next days at the least.  I have no doubt he will be able to fix it when he returns.
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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2021, 05:42:22 pm »
I increased the allowed length but I am not sure that was the problem. Please try and let me know.
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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2021, 05:57:35 pm »
No, it did not work this time either.

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2021, 08:22:56 pm »
OK. I will let Sorin know when he is available again.
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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2021, 09:41:20 pm »
So here is what I did, and it worked:

I added the photo and the title.

Then I went to the "Modify My Albums" button, and from there got to the photo I just uploaded. From the text box there, I was able to copy and paste the entire text.
I went back to the C Calpurnius Piso L.f. Frugi denarius, and was able to add my complete text the same way.

If it is possible to copy and paste into the text box found behind the "Modify My Albums" button, then the problem lies in the text box on the page where images are uploaded.

Even though I found a way around the problem, I hope you still let Sorin know about it.  Thanks.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=172800

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2021, 10:45:08 pm »
So, if I get it, the issue is limited size of the text at the time of upload but not when modifying?
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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2021, 12:09:31 am »
Yes.

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2021, 09:40:33 pm »
For me it happened when modifying

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2021, 12:24:33 am »
I got around it by adding part of the description first, and then adding the rest on the modification.  You may need to break it up into several smaller parts if it is really long, but so far it has worked for me.

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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2021, 03:01:54 pm »
Fixed. It was a bug in CPG 1.6.15, only allowing 512 characters in description. Of course there is an admin setting for that and we set it to 99999, but somehow it defaulted to 512, the setting was ignored.

Thanks to @Callimachus for that detailed description of the problem, because most of the time identifying it, takes most of the time.

Hopefully the CPG team will fix that in future versions.
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Re: Unable to add complete description when adding an item to my gallery
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2021, 05:56:11 pm »
Thanks Sorin.
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