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3/19/2010 2:49 AM
 
Matthew

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HI.

When search results are returned the description is cutoff with four dots. I have tried changing the Maximum Description Length but it does not work. Is there anyway that this can be changed or is it standard?

Thank you.
 
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3/19/2010 5:42 AM
 
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If you modify search description length, you need to clear and re-index search index, please follow these instructions: http://www.deutschnetnuke.de/AboutDotnetNuke/V3V4TippsTricks/Suchindexlöschen.aspx
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3/23/2010 9:23 AM
 
Matthew

Joined: 2/23/2010
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Hi.

I believe the problem I am experiencing has something to do with this line of code:

Dim strDescription As String =
HtmlUtils.Shorten(HtmlUtils.Clean(System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(.Description),
False), 100, "...")

I would like to make the length of the description longer than 100 characters long, however I can not change this code. Is it possible to change this to make the description length longer or can this not be changed?

Thank you.
 
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6/16/2011 4:51 AM
 
xcentric

Joined: 3/23/2007
Posts: 22
This does not work. Something is hardcoded somewhere.

I have changed the value of "Maximum Description Length" to 250. Cleared and verified empty the four mentioned tables and reindexed. Check the tables again and still only 100 characters.

Whats funny is the help icon for the setting clearly states that leaving blank has no maximum. Quote from the help tip:

"Enter the maximum number of characters to display for the description (leave blank for no maximum)"

Even more bizarre is not much talk about this on the net. Surely someone have modified this somehow.

I am working with version 5.6.2. The SearchResults.ascx.vb code is different the the above positing. At least in this file there is no way to change the value from 100 since it seems to retrieve the setting value.

Dim descLength As Integer = 0
If CType(Settings("descriptionlength"), String) <> "" Then
descLength = Integer.Parse(CType(Settings("descriptionlength"), String))
End If

Regards
 
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6/16/2011 6:59 PM
 
xcentric

Joined: 3/23/2007
Posts: 22
More info on this.

After some experimentation, I have discovered that the issue has nothing to do with the search results.

After clearing the search table and reindexing the content I noticed in the SearchItem table that the description field only has 100 characters stored. This means that the results will be no more than 100 characters but can be reduced using the "Maximum Description Length".

After examining the table structure the description field is set to 2000 characters. So the question now is how to get the indexer to store more than 100 characters?

Regards
 
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