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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bill beat me to the punch, but as he says the size of the ¡®path¡¯ column in the database is limited to 100 characters. Does MySQL automatically truncate overly-long strings on INSERT? If not, I can¡¯t find where this happen in the WordPress code -- Mike: where¡¯s the code that sets the minimum length to 4? Maybe that¡¯s where the truncation happens and I just haven¡¯t found it yet? I¡¯d be curious to know if there are any other regex rules that block special characters in the path, but as far as I know simple dashes are URL-safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Having said that, are you getting a specific error message when trying to use the longer ¡®instrumentation-development-group¡¯ path, or does it accept it but truncate it? Is the root of your WordPress network at an already-lengthy path (like example.com/some/subdirectory/path/wp/), which might explain why you only have ~30 characters to work with?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Adam Norwood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Sr. Software Developer </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif";color:#1F497D'>¡Ë</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> Webmaster <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Law Technology Services<br>University of Texas School of Law<br>(512) 471.3040 @anorwood</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> wp-edu-bounces@lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-edu-bounces@lists.automattic.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Whisler, Dave<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'wp-edu@lists.automattic.com'<br><b>Subject:</b> [wp-edu] WordPress Multisite site names<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know the official limitations (max length, type of characters) for a new site¡¯s ¡°path¡± when you create it via the ¡°Add New Site¡± menu on WordPress 3.2.2 multisite installation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The on-screen dialog says this ¡°Only the characters a-z and 0-9 recommended¡±.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, it does not state the max# of characters. Nor does it say if a dash between words would be acceptable (or not).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It did allow me to create one like ¡°instrumentation-development¡± however, it rejected this one: ¡± instrumentation-development-group¡± so I suspect the limit is around 30 characters.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know if dashes in the path name will cause issues? Does anyone know the official max length? Shouldn¡¯t this be displayed on the ¡°Add New Site¡± screen?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dave<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David K. 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