Limiting Profile Field textbox entry length

Hi!
In my user profile fields through s2member, I have included a multi-line text area for a short bio. Is there any way to limit the size of this? I’ve already had a member type an insanely long bio for this area, and I’d like to curb this.

Hi Gary,

When you create the custom registration field (Dashboard -› s2Member® -› General Options -› Registration/Profile Fields), use the Other Attributes field at the bottom and add maxlength=”250″ (where ‘250’ is the maximum number of characters allowed).

I’m afraid HTML doesn’t have an attribute to limit the length in textarea. Text has maxlength, but textarea doesn’t really have a limit.

You can use JavaScript to do it, though. You may have seen some interfaces that have a character counter as you type even, and will give you an error if you’re over the limit. E.g. forum profile forms in the signature textarea.

http://google.com/search?q=textarea+maxlength

I hope that helps. :)