Currently the description form element limits input to 255 characters. According to this article http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/meta-description-length-google-20... and my client's SEO person, search engines actually read more. Snippets are trimmed to around 150 characters, but can have an offset.

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#5 description-length-1715262-5.patch461 bytesstefan freudenberg
#2 description-length-1715262-2.patch613 bytesstefan freudenberg

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stefan freudenberg commented
Title: Meta desccription too short » Meta description too short
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stefan freudenberg commented
Status: Needs review » Active
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new description-length-1715262-2.patch613 bytes

The attached patch sets the length to 1024 characters. Anybody with more inside who can chime in?

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stefan freudenberg commented
Status: Active » Needs review

Set status.

Status: Active » Needs work

The last submitted patch, description-length-1715262-2.patch, failed testing.

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stefan freudenberg commented
Status: Needs work » Needs review
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new description-length-1715262-5.patch461 bytes

Patch was generated with wrong path.

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damienmckenna
Location TN, USA
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Status: Needs review » Fixed

Valid point. Committed.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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Add comma.