20 characters to one word in a title is not enough

[HerMajesty]

I know by putting a * in a search, you get any letters from there on in a search. Would a * in a title do the same thing....or would it prevent the item from going to Google shop (or whatever it is).??

[madelaine]

I'm concerned about listing rather than searching - but if I have to put random spaces in, a search may not work properly

[mainlypostcards]

Well, it was ok for me for a few weeks and then I listed Colour Photo Postcard - Carved Magpie Nest Kirche Bad Schussenried-Steinha usen

in this instance you can list it as Kirche Bad Schussenried Steinhausen, i.e leave the dash out.

[astral276]

in this instance you can list it as Kirche Bad Schussenried Steinhausen, i.e leave the dash out.

I still think that with better coding this issue could be resolved. I am also willing to guess that de-capitalisation is still making our listing titles look like we are all illiterate.

[madelaine]

in this instance you can list it as Kirche Bad Schussenried Steinhausen, i.e leave the dash out.

Of course I can do that - but it's wrong. This is an international site and that includes Germany. Yes, we can all make jokes about their long words but it's their language and we should be able to render it correctly.

[tony41]

Of course I can do that - but it's wrong. This is an international site and that includes Germany. Yes, we can all make jokes about their long words but it's their language and we should be able to render it correctly.

I agree. Ebid is an international site. Can we use accented letters? I haven't tried but it is another example of a difference between some languages and English.
I think it's important because I would like to see Ebid expanding into Europe.

[madelaine]

Can we use accented letters?

Yes!

[Gothicina]

Of course I can do that - but it's wrong. This is an international site and that includes Germany. Yes, we can all make jokes about their long words but it's their language and we should be able to render it correctly.

The original reason for a limit was that those using titles with no spaces were breaking the layout of the site in some places, surely if that is still a possible problem, instead of a forced space, a hyphen at the beginning of the next line if the layout forces a break would work, in the same way it is used in printed media.

[madelaine]

Still need more characters in a title word, please

[astral276]

Still need more characters in a title word, please

In which case they might as well get rid of the check entirely.