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Martyn Sandford Wednesday 31 Aug 2022 17:13:54
Brilliant! I've just tested this and it looks great... a small but very worthwhile improvement.
Tomorrow, a friend is testing the directions of the route in question after which I plan to publish its existance more widely... the timeing is perfect.
Many thanks.
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plotaroute admin Wednesday 31 Aug 2022 13:27:15
Hi Martyn - the caption position bug has been fixed and you should also now see any symbols or labels before the directions text (they do work better in this position).
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Martyn Sandford Friday 26 Aug 2022 09:36:23
Captions truncate in the mobile view even when under 60 characters.
I count 45 characters before truncation for the photo of George Marshall (direction point 7) in the route I've been referenceing.
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plotaroute admin Friday 26 Aug 2022 08:43:41
Thanks Martyn. The 60 character limit on photo captions was probably set to ensure that it displays correctly on all screen sizes, including mobile devices. I think we may be able to help with the other two issues, but will need to investigate.
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Martyn Sandford Thursday 25 Aug 2022 09:51:31
PS If you were able to include forum post 3056 at the same time, that would be great (assuming you agree with the proposal.) Printouts of the same route (2015037) show why I feel this would be a good idea.
https://www.plotaroute.com/posts/3056/D/1
Best regards, Martyn
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Martyn Sandford Thursday 25 Aug 2022 09:42:38
This is the route I'm working on: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2015037?units=miles
You will find it contains several examples of the issue.
I did not think that "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" was an unduly long caption. It fits easily within the width of the photo when typing it in. Is there a reason for constraining captions to just 60 characters?
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plotaroute admin Thursday 25 Aug 2022 09:01:04
Hi Martyn - photo captions are limted to 60 characters, so it may have been truncated when it was saved. We'll look at changing it to prevent more than 60 being entered in the first place. Can you share a link to a route with the othe issue (about the caption being append to the directions rather than being shown on a separate line)?
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Martyn Sandford Wednesday 24 Aug 2022 17:57:46
Further to previous post:
On further investigation, it looks as though the photo caption text is being truncated after entry. I can type it all in and it appears to have been accepted but only the fist part of the text appears to be saved. This is not immediately apparent but becomes so when printing the route with directions.
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Martyn Sandford Wednesday 24 Aug 2022 17:46:01
I've noted a slightly differnt problem with text placement in directions that include a photo with a caption. In this case the text of the appended caption is being truncated.
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Martyn Sandford Monday 22 Aug 2022 16:39:06
I'm continuing to look at options for reliably including photos alongside long directions. I'm concluding that one way may be to add the photo into a separate direction point immediately after the direction with long text (rather than in it.) I've tried this and surfaced another minor, assoicated 'bug'. If the photo has a caption, this is appended to the directions rather than being printed on a separate line. I've tried adding a new line to the end of the direction and this does not seem to make any difference.
I've tried to include a screen shot below. Not sure if I've been successful.
