closes #91

public/src/modules/composer.js

@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ define(['taskbar'], function(taskbar) {
 			});
 		}
 
+		if (bodyEl.value.length <= 9) {
+			return app.alert({
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 5000,
+				title: 'Content too short',
+				message: "Please enter a longer post.",
+				alert_id: 'post_error'
+			});
+		}
+
 		// Still here? Let's post.
 		if (parseInt(postData.cid) > 0) {
 			socket.emit('api:topics.post', {

src/topics.js

@@ -317,6 +317,24 @@ marked.setOptions({
 				}
 			});
 			return; // for now, until anon code is written.
+		} else if(!title || title.length <= 3) {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 5000,
+				title: 'Title too short',
+				message: "Please enter a longer title.",
+				alert_id: 'post_error'
+			});
+			return;
+		} else if (!content || content.length <= 9) {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 5000,
+				title: 'Content too short',
+				message: "Please enter a longer post.",
+				alert_id: 'post_error'
+			});
+			return;
 		}
 		
 		user.getUserField(uid, 'lastposttime', function(lastposttime) {

src/websockets.js

@@ -383,6 +383,25 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server, { log:false }),
 		});
 
 		socket.on('api:posts.edit', function(data) {
+			if(!data.title || data.title.length <= 3) {
+				socket.emit('event:alert', {
+					type: 'error',
+					timeout: 5000,
+					title: 'Title too short',
+					message: "Please enter a longer title.",
+					alert_id: 'post_error'
+				});
+				return;
+			} else if (!data.content || data.content.length <= 9) {
+				socket.emit('event:alert', {
+					type: 'error',
+					timeout: 5000,
+					title: 'Content too short',
+					message: "Please enter a longer post.",
+					alert_id: 'post_error'
+				});
+				return;
+			}
 			postTools.edit(uid, data.pid, data.title, data.content);
 		});