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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The on-screen dialog says this “Only the characters a-z and 0-9 recommended”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dave<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">David K. Whisler
<b>| </b>Oracle & MySQL DBA/Developer, WordPress & Joomla Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">UNC Charlotte
<b>| </b>The William States Lee College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">9201 University City Blvd.
<b>| </b>Charlotte, NC 28223<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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