The Movie Database Support

Starting since just the other day (seems like roughly 3 ago), I've newly been noticing that celebrity bios, if their length is longer than the Biography area can show, there's no longer the green "...Read more", that you can click on to be able to read however the text continues. Now biographies simply end mid-sentence. However, if you click on "Changes", the complete text is able to be read, in the editing history.

A couple examples of what I mentioned (identical is the case with any other bio that's longer than the area the Biography rectangle is able to show):

https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4110-humphrey-bogart

https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5064-meryl-streep

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I continue to experience this. Is everyone/anyone else?

@genplant29 Yes, sorry! I didn't notice there were missing until you pointed it out. I do not have the greatest observation skills nor memory, so I can't attest for how long it's been that way. cat2

Thanks, Banana. I'm glad to learn it's not just me. grin

I just pushed the fix for this, it was a bug that wasn't caught when I upgraded a library. thumbsup_tone2

Thanks so much, Travis! ok_hand

Unfortunately, though apparently either most or many bios definitely are again clickable to be able to read how they continue, I've just now discovered some additional instances of the earlier mentioned problem, of bios abruptly ending, but with nothing to be able to click on for the continuation. Following are three examples, regarding cast members of a movie I watched last night:

https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1905-vincent-price

https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44714-eva-gabor

https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24556-donald-randolph

Each bio has three black continuation dots at the end of visible portion, but that of course don't do anything if clicked on.

It looks to me as though those bios are all complete, and the three dots mark the end.

They each definitely should continue. If you click on "Changes", which shows editing history, the remainder of each bio text becomes visible. This same situation was happening with all the site's other celebrity bios last week, but was mostly fixed. Apparently there still are some bugs remaining.

The fix looks good. Thanks Travis!

Ugh. That's about how I feel right now. I tried all morning to get the text element "read more" to snap in place with the shortened text but just couldn't get it to work right. This is the best I got right now but at least it should be good everywhere (I tried > 50 pages).

Thanks for pointing these out.

I experience something very similar with the season overviews of tv shows -> can someone give me feedback if this happens in your browser, too?!? (I use Firefox, but it's the same effect in Edge for me.)

Exhibit A: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61418-jane-the-virgin/seasons

The texts for season 1, 3 and 4 are cut short. cry

Exhibit B: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/67136-this-is-us/seasons

I added texts for season 1 and 2 -> but they are not displayed in my browser. When I reload my browser, they appear for a milli second, only to disappear again ... weary

Exhibit C: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/38472-marvel-s-jessica-jones/seasons

I can see the short text for season 1, but the text for season 2 is cut off. sob

I tried to find a solution for this in my browser preferences and my ad blocker, but no luck so far. Any ideas?!? lizard

Season overviews were never supposed to have the shorten text ellipsis stuff. I'm totally confused as to why it even does. I'll get it removed.

@travisbell wrote:

Season overviews were never supposed to have the shorten text ellipsis stuff. I'm totally confused as to why it even does. I'll get it removed.

Thank you! smiley_cat

Janar (hello!), I'm on Google Chrome. Indeed, the examples you cited do end abruptly using that.

I just now also checked via Internet Explorer. The same issue is experienced there.

@genplant29 wrong:

Janar (hello!), I'm on Google Chrome. Indeed, the examples you cited do end abruptly using that.

I just now also checked via Internet Explorer. The same issue is experienced there.

Thanks for letting me know! kissing_cat

It's weird, I think a few days ago it was okay, I don't know what happened? But Travis is investigating it already, so hopefully it's going to be okay soon ... spy_tone2

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