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[Peter]

Code created by BcxGuru[/color]

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<script language=javascript>
/*
Created by Willie Wilson a.k.a BcxGuru
Use freely but do NOT post in other locations please
Thanks peter for pointing out my probs
*/

if(location.href.indexOf("=post")!=-1 || location.href.indexOf("=reply")!=-1 || location.href.indexOf("=modify")!=-1 || location.href.indexOf("=imsend")!=-1 || location.href.indexOf("imreply")!=-1)
{
var message = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea")["message"]
message.outerHTML+="<br/><table border=0><tr><td width=10%></td><td width=90%>Total characters left: <input type=text name=postmax size=8 disabled=true><td></tr></table>"
document.postmodify.onkeydown=tick
var MaxLength=10000 //switch to 5000 for a conforums board
}
function tick()
{
var length=document.postmodify.message.value.length
var charleft=MaxLength-length
if (charleft <= 0)
{
alert("You have exceeded the "+MaxLength+" character limit!")
charleft=0
}
document.postmodify.postmax.value=charleft
}

</script>


place in board footers