gistfile1.txt

I'm going to set an option in the settings page to opt into this. So if users wanted to tweet from the admin a longer script, like tweet-longer then can.

jQuery count

jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
/* jQuery jqEasyCharCounter plugin
 * Examples and documentation at: http://www.jqeasy.com/
 * Version: 1.0 (05/07/2010)
 * No license. Use it however you want. Just keep this notice included.
 * Requires: jQuery v1.3+
 *
 * Modified by: Austin Passy 09/29/2010
 * @link http://austinpassy.com
 */
(function(a){a.fn.extend({jqEasyCounter:function(b){return this.each(function(){var f=a(this),e=a.extend({maxChars:100,maxCharsWarning:80,msgFontSize:"12px",msgFontColor:"#000000",msgFontFamily:"Arial",msgTextAlign:"right",msgWarningColor:"#F00",msgAppendMethod:"insertAfter"},b);if(e.maxChars<=0){return}var d=a('<div class="jqEasyCounterMsg" style="padding:2px 7px;">&nbsp;</div>');var c={"font-size":e.msgFontSize,"font-family":e.msgFontFamily,color:e.msgFontColor,"text-align":e.msgTextAlign,width:f.width(),opacity:0};d.css(c);d[e.msgAppendMethod](f);f.bind("keydown keyup keypress",g).bind("focus paste",function(){setTimeout(g,10)}).bind("blur",function(){d.stop().fadeTo("fast",0);return false});function g(){var i=f.val(),h=i.length;if(h>=e.maxChars){i=i.substring(0,e.maxChars)}if(h>e.maxChars){var j=f.scrollTop();f.val(i.substring(0,e.maxChars));f.scrollTop(j);$('input#publish').attr('disabled','disabled')}else{$('input#publish').removeAttr('disabled')}if(h>=e.maxCharsWarning){d.css({color:e.msgWarningColor});$(this).css({"backgroundColor":"#ffcccc"})}else{d.css({color:e.msgFontColor});$(this).css({"backgroundColor":"#fff"})}d.html("Characters: "+f.val().length+"/"+e.maxChars);d.stop().fadeTo("fast",1)}})}})})(jQuery);
			/*
			$('#content').keydown(function(e){
				var words = $.trim($(this).val()).split(' ').length;
				if ( words > 10 && e.keyCode > 65 ) { return false; }
			});			
			$('#wp-word-count').html('Characters:' + words +);
			*/
			$('#content').jqEasyCounter({
				'maxChars': 140,
				'maxCharsWarning': 130,
				'msgFontSize': '11px',
				'msgFontColor': '#333',
				'msgFontFamily': '"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,"Bitstream Vera Sans",sans-serif',
				'msgTextAlign': 'left',
				'msgWarningColor': '#F00',
				'msgAppendMethod': 'insertAfter'              
			});

//This is the else statement I've created if a user opts out of limiting the content to just 140 characters.
//It's a stripped down version, that allows more than 140 characters, but warns the user and still counts characters.

        (function(a){a.fn.extend({jqEasyCounter:function(b){return this.each(function(){var f=a(this),e=a.extend({maxChars:100,maxCharsWarning:80,msgFontSize:"12px",msgFontColor:"#000000",msgFontFamily:"Arial",msgTextAlign:"right",msgWarningColor:"#F00",msgAppendMethod:"insertAfter"},b);if(e.maxChars<=0){return}var d=a('<div class="jqEasyCounterMsg" style="padding:2px 7px;">&nbsp;</div>');var c={"font-size":e.msgFontSize,"font-family":e.msgFontFamily,color:e.msgFontColor,"text-align":e.msgTextAlign,width:f.width(),opacity:0};d.css(c);d[e.msgAppendMethod](f);f.bind("keydown keyup keypress",g).bind("focus paste",function(){setTimeout(g,10)}).bind("blur",function(){d.stop().fadeTo("fast",0);return false});function g(){var i=f.val(),h=i.length;/_if(h>=e.maxChars){i=i.substring(0,e.maxChars)}if(h>e.maxChars){var j=f.scrollTop();f.val(i.substring(0,e.maxChars));f.scrollTop(j);$('input#publish').attr('disabled','disabled')}else{$('input#publish').removeAttr('disabled')}_/if(h>=e.maxCharsWarning){d.css({color:e.msgWarningColor});$(this).css({"backgroundColor":"#ffcccc"})}else{d.css({color:e.msgFontColor});$(this).css({"backgroundColor":"#fff"})}d.html("Characters: "+f.val().length+"/"+e.maxChars);/_added_/if(h>=e.maxCharsWarning){d.html("This post will auto trim itself to<br />140 character or less with a link back to itself.");}/_end_/d.stop().fadeTo("fast",1)}})}})})(jQuery);

        $('#content').jqEasyCounter({
            'maxChars': 140,
            'maxCharsWarning': 140,
            'msgFontSize': '11px',
            'msgFontColor': '#333',
            'msgFontFamily': '"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,"Bitstream Vera Sans",sans-serif',
            'msgTextAlign': 'left',
            'msgWarningColor': '#F00',
            'msgAppendMethod': 'insertAfter'              
        });
    <?php } ?>