From 8d21d4f99856bc679d66356da9215453d48daa65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Baris Usakli <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:45:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] closes #91

---
 public/src/modules/composer.js | 10 ++++++++++
 src/topics.js                  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/websockets.js              | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/public/src/modules/composer.js b/public/src/modules/composer.js
index bad6387110..2dde077e2a 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/composer.js
+++ b/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', {
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 1fb7ec7e97..715122cc3e 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/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) {
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 76ee675a45..2b3ea8117c 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/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);
 		});