Meta Description

[Prakash]

I have tried to increase the size of meta description via phpmyadmin in ps_meta_lang to varchar(500) but the new category module still throwing me this error.

   1. the field META description (English (English)) is too long (128 chars max)

What can i do to extend the text field length?

[Prakash]

Any one please ?

[rocky]

Have you tried increasing the field size in classes/Product.php?

protected $fieldsSizeLang = array('meta_description' => 255, 'meta_keywords' => 255,
       'meta_title' => 128, 'link_rewrite' => 128, 'name' => 128, 'available_now' => 255, 'available_later' => 255);

[Prakash]

No i didnt tried this yet, but i have a question the catalog page says the mx characters for description is 128 but both in Database table and in this product script it has 255 why is this ?
And one more question is do i need to change 'meta_description' => 255 to 'meta_description' => 500 to get it done ?
Thanks.

Update:
I had edited that file and increased meta_description from 255 to 500 but it still throws the same error message.
Please help

[rocky]

I'm not sure it would say a maximum of 128 characters. I just tested it on my Prestashop v1.2.4 installation and it said "the field META description (English (English)) is too long (255 chars max)". I just increased the size of the field in my database to 500 and changed 'meta_description' => 255 to 'meta_description' => 500 in classes/Product.php and it saved the description fine without displaying the error message.

[rocky]

Sorry, my mistake. I just realised you meant the category meta-description, not the product meta-description. In that case, you need to change the field in ps_category_lang and change 'meta_description' => 128 to 'meta_description' => 500 in classes/Category.php.

[Prakash]

Wow mate its working now, thanks for your timely help i appreciate it.