[F] Word Count

I modified the code to your request as well as included support for quick reply and made PMs no longer pay attention to wordCountLimit. Also made code more stringent by closing loophole where poster could exceed the minimum limit then backspace below the limit thus able to make a post less than specified amount of words.
This new code has been tested only on a test forum so it may still contain bugs. Please reply to this thread should you find any or if you do not understand the instructions.


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
/* Posting/PM Word Count - created by Eton Bones
SELECTIVE BOARDS VERSION
GLOBAL FOOTER
*/

/*
OPTIONAL
For each board you want a minimum word count limit on
add boardID and minimum word allowed to post on that board (example next line)
rpboardid:200, <-- board with ID rpboardid will have a 200 word minimum post
Each boardID and limit gets it own line and should have a comma at the end of
the line unless it is the last or only line. If you wish to apply one limit
to all boards not specifically given a limit then use "all" (no quotes) as the boardID
*/
var wordCountLimit={
   /*=====start examples=====
   rpboardid:200,
   all:100 <-- all boards except rpboardid will have a 100 word minimum
   =====end examples=====*/
}

if(document.getElementsByName('message').length){
   var __submitBtn,__wc,__msg,__wcl
   var __boardID="";
   __msg=document.getElementsByName('message')[0];
   __submitBtn=document.getElementsByTagName('input');
   for(var count=0;count<__submitBtn.length;count++){
      if(__submitBtn[count].name=="board")__boardID=__submitBtn[count].value;
      if(__submitBtn[count].accessKey && __submitBtn[count].accessKey=='s'){__submitBtn=__submitBtn[count];break;}
   }
   if(typeof(__submitBtn.length)=="undefined"){
      __wc=document.createElement('div'); __wc.id="wordcount";
      __wc.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Word Count: '));
      __wc.appendChild(document.createElement('span'));
      __submitBtn.parentNode.appendChild(__wc);
      count=__msg.value.match(/\b\w+\b/g);
      count=(count)?count.length:0;
      __wc.lastChild.innerHTML=count;
      __wcl=((__boardID.length && (__boardID in wordCountLimit))?wordCountLimit[__boardID]:(__boardID.length && ("all" in wordCountLimit))?wordCountLimit["all"]:0)
      if(count<__wcl){__submitBtn.disabled=true;}
      if(document.addEventListener){
         __msg.addEventListener("keyup",wordUp,false);
         __msg.addEventListener("input",wordUp,false);
         __msg.addEventListener("change",wordUp,false);
      }else if(document.attachEvent){
         __msg.attachEvent("onpropertychange",wordUp);
      }else{
         __msg.onkeyup=wordUp;
         __msg.onmouseup=wordUp;
         __msg.onchange=wordUp;
      }
   }
}

function wordUp(event){
   if(this.document){var thiss=event.srcElement;}else{var thiss=this;}
   var count=thiss.value.match(/\b\w+\b/g); count=(count)?count.length:0;
   __wcl=((__boardID.length && (__boardID in wordCountLimit))?wordCountLimit[__boardID]:(__boardID.length && ("all" in wordCountLimit))?wordCountLimit["all"]:0)
   if(count<__wcl){__submitBtn.disabled=true;}else{__submitBtn.disabled=false}
   __wc.lastChild.innerHTML=count;

}
//-->
</script>


edit: changed logic slightly so that "all" can be used to specify a word count limit only for boards not specifically given a minimum limit.

NOTE: minimum limits are still optional. If left unedited then only wordcount will be displayed and no minimum limit will be enforced

For each board you want to set a unique limit for you add a line. If you want to set a 420 word limit on all boards except three which as an example are named suggestions(30 words minimum) ,support (10 words minimum) and ooc (no minimum) the wordCountLimit would look like this...

var wordCountLimit={
   suggestions:30,
   support:10,
   ooc:0,
   all:420
}

If you still don't understand then give me the board IDs you want limits on and I'll plug them in for you.

TIP: If you don't know what a board ID is then go into admin panel and click the Modify Board link. The drop down list that comes up asking you to choose which board to modify will have the ID of the board in parentheses like this ...Coding support(id:codesupport)

The updated code in this thread or the code from the database?

Oops I see why.. adding the "all" option reversed the logic. Code edited.
Thanks Garyn

Exactly.
One line for each board you want to set a minimum limit on.
Each line has a comma at the end except the last line.
If you want to apply a minimum limit to all boards that don't have a line then use all as the boardid

You're welcome!
Let me know if there are any more problems...

It works, Cooper. We have it installed on one of the boards I'm on. You just need to make sure that the board names and numbers aren't part of the commented out area. The red area is commented out, you need put your ID's and numbers under that, where I have boardID and board2ID and ##. You took the code out of your footers, so I can't tell you for sure that you had it commented out, but it sounds like what we did at first on our board (my admin doesn't know too much about coding).

var wordCountLimit={
/*=====start examples=====
rpboardid:200,
all:100 <-- all boards except rpboardid will have a 100 word minimum
=====end examples=====*/
boardID:##,
board2ID:##,
all:##
}