Increasing the size of pages to take more content

[jasnick]

Using CMSMS 1.9.4.2

A page has stopped taking any content. I know it is very large - it is a site for a non-profit group and is a ridiculous length. I might have to tackle this some other way but have been searching for how to do it and found this:
To change the maximum length of your content fields you need to use PhpMyAdmin, or some other database utility, to change the field type from TEXT to MEDIUMTEXT or LONGTEXT. In PhpMyAdmin, select your CMSMS database and click on the "cms_content_props" table (assuming a table prefix of cms_). Click on the edit icon next to the "content" field. Then, in the "Type" dropdown menu, select MEDIUMTEXT or LONGTEXT, depending on what you want, then click on the "Save" button.

Problem is I can find Content and Type but Medium or Longtext is not in the dropdown menu.

[Wishbone]

What is in the dropdown menu?

What type of content needs to be that large? Is it just a large block of text? If it is regular entries, maybe News or CGBlog would be better.

[jasnick]

Hi Wishbone

It is a page of articles, several for each month and they keep stockpiling them! I have told them before that the page is far too long but as it is a non-commercial site, have let it go.Now that I am converting the site to CMSMS I saw last night that I can make each month a sub-page and link from the parent page to the month's page. Good learning curve for me as I have not done an in- page link thing before and now see how it is done.

So I won't bother with the phpMyAdmin stuff. I got that info in my first post from this site but the drop-downlist I got when I clicked on 'type' didn't contain the lengths mentioned. I keep pages on commercial sites a manageable length anyway so am not likely to ever need it again.

Thanks for reply.