updates for twitter 280 limit

views/new-post.php

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         </div>
 
         <div class="form-group">
-          <div id="note_content_remaining" class="pcheck206"><img src="/images/twitter.ico"> <span>140</span></div>
+          <div id="note_content_remaining" class="pcheck206"><img src="/images/twitter.ico"> <span>280</span></div>
           <label for="note_content">Content</label>
           <textarea id="note_content" value="" class="form-control" style="height: 4em;"></textarea>
         </div>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 
 .pcheck206 { color: #6ba15c; } /* tweet fits within the limit even after adding RT @username */
 .pcheck207 { color: #c4b404; } /* danger zone, tweet will overflow when RT @username is added */
-.pcheck200,.pcheck208 { color: #59cb3a; } /* exactly fits 140 chars, both with or without RT */
+.pcheck200,.pcheck208 { color: #59cb3a; } /* exactly fits 280 chars, both with or without RT */
 .pcheck413 { color: #a73b3b; } /* over max tweet length */
 
 .reply-context {
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ $(function(){
   $("#note_content").on('change keyup', function(e){
     var text = $("#note_content").val();
     var tweet_length = tw_text_proxy(text).length;
-    var tweet_check = tw_length_check(text, 140, "<?= $this->user->twitter_username ?>");
-    var remaining = 140 - tweet_length;
+    var tweet_check = tw_length_check(text, 280, "<?= $this->user->twitter_username ?>");
+    var remaining = 280 - tweet_length;
     $("#note_content_remaining span").html(remaining);
     $("#note_content_remaining").removeClass("pcheck200 pcheck206 pcheck207 pcheck208 pcheck413");
     $("#note_content_remaining").addClass("pcheck"+tweet_check);
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ $(function(){
       // }
       // $("#note_category").val(category.join(", "));
 
+      /*
+      // stop auto-populating usernames in replies, since Twitter no longer requires it
       if($("#note_content").val() == "" && data.mentions) {
         var mentions = '';
         for(var i in data.mentions) {
@@ -575,6 +577,7 @@ $(function(){
         }
         $("#note_content").val(mentions);
       }
+      */
 
       if(data.entry) {
         $(".reply-context .content").text(data.entry.content.text);