Posted by sbarsky on March 7, 2008 at 6:07pm
| Project: | Path redirect |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed (fixed) |
Issue Summary
I'm using this Module in order to set up a short URL to give out to incoming ads and/or e-letter campaigns and have the link tracked via Google Analytics.
I discovered that there is a limit of 50 characters that can be in the Query segment (after the "?")
i.e. I have www.example.org/test with a path redirect to
?utm_source=key1&utm_medium=key2&utm_campaign=key3 (49 characters used here.)
As a work-around, I changed my keywords to fit within this limit. But if more tracking options are used, or longer keywords the limit will easily be reached. See http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55578 for more details on the GA URL builder.
Can the max character length be made longer?
Thanks in advance.
Comments
#1
Very reasonable request. This patch bumps it up to 255. I realize that URLs can get longer than that, but I've never seen a practical limit determined, and this is a nice, standard number.
#2
Of course, it would help if the admin interface would allow more than 50 characters, too. Patch for 6.x included, too; make sure you get the right one.
#3
I tested these out again, going through the upgrade process, and they seem to work fine. I went ahead and committed them.
#4
Thank you!
#5
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.