By knalstaaf on

In some cases customers ask for a long site slogan. On the Site Information page (admin/settings/site-information) you'll notice that the slogan field is limited to a maxlength of 128 characters.

Please refer to the comments of Gekiboy (D6) or Harmj (D7) to achieve this. The method in this post is not recommended:

In order to bypass this, find the following file: root/modules/system/system.module.

On line 173 (or nearby) you'll find the following line:

$type['textfield'] = array('#input' => TRUE, '#size' => 60, '#maxlength' => 128, '#autocomplete_path' => FALSE, '#process' => array('form_expand_ahah'));

Replace the number 128 (which indicates the maximum length) with the desired amount of characters, and save it. Now go back to admin/settings/site-information or refresh the page if you're already on it.

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Comments

Gekiboy’s picture

Gekiboy commented

This is not a good idea as it affects the default text field size for all text fields and makes a change to your Drupal core which would be overwritten if ever you update to a newer version. Instead it's better to use a hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() in a custom module to make this change. For example, if your module was called site_base, the function would look like this:

/**
 * Implementation of hook_form_FORM_ID_alter().
 */
function site_base_form_system_site_information_settings_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
  $form['site_slogan']['#maxlength'] = 256; // Or whatever number you would like to set it to.
}
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cpelham commented

I created and installed a module containing the function above, careful to change the function name. I changed the maxlength to 1024 and then cleared cache. but the form still only allows 128 characters. my site is a Drupal7 site. Does that make any difference?

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HarmJ’s picture

HarmJ commented

The Drupal 7 form array is slightly different..

I used:

$form['site_information']['site_slogan']['#maxlength'] = 256;

if ($form_id == 'system_site_information_settings') {
		$form['site_information']['site_slogan']['#maxlength'] = 256;
  }

And that worked for me.

liz.oh’s picture

liz.oh commented

New themer here. Where am I supposed to put this code? (At least the OP's suggestion was easy...)

HarmJ’s picture

HarmJ commented

Create a custom module (http://www.slideshare.net/tanoshimi/creating-custom-drupal-modules)
and use it in the hook_form_alter function, like this:

function YOURTHEMENAME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id)
  {

    switch ( $form_id )
    {
         if ($form_id == 'system_site_information_settings') {
		$form['site_information']['site_slogan']['#maxlength'] = 256;
        }
.....
olak’s picture

olak commented

for me (in a drupal 7 site) it worked like this:

<?php

/**
* Increase the length of the slogan.
* Implements hook_form_FORM_ID_alter.
*/
function MODULENAME_form_system_site_information_settings_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  $form['site_information']['site_slogan']['#maxlength'] = 255;
}
?>

using modulename instead of themename.
found here: http://scito.ch/content/longer-slogan-text-drupal-7

esteinborn’s picture

esteinborn commented

In Drupal 8 you need to modify it to the following:

MODULENAME.info.yml:

name: Site Slogan Maxlength Modifier
type: module
description: 'Increase the max length for the site slogan field'
package: System Modification
core: 8.x

MODULENAME.module:

<?php

use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;

function MODULENAME_form_system_site_information_settings_alter(&$form, \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state, $form_id) {
  $form['site_information']['site_slogan']['#maxlength'] = 500;
}
erjuni’s picture

erjuni commented

This looks very straightforward. I created the module with the two files above, installed it, enabled it. But the slogan field is still limited the same as before. I did flush all cache just in case.

Any suggestion on where to look?

Sergio Arbarviro’s picture

Sergio Arbarviro commented

I scrupulously followed your instructions. When using the compressed .tar.gz file to install the new module, I get the error message:
"Unable to create directory 'temporary://update-extraction-7a97f8d7/.' "
I thus can't even install the custom module - and have not been able to check its effectiveness.

Does anyone have a clue on how to solve this?
Kind regards.

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hawkeye.twolf
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commented

It sounds like your web server does not support uploading modules that way. Try uploading the folder to the correct directory (sites/all/modules) via FTP or some other mechanism, then visiting the Modules page again to turn it on. See documentation on installing modules for Drupal 7 or Drupal 8.

Hawkeye Tenderwolf
a Senior Developer
at Lullabot

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andypost
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commented

Core issue to fix that #2928960: Increase site slogan maxlength to 255 to allow longer slogans