diff -urN rc2a/application/controllers/article.php rc2b/application/controllers/article.php
--- rc2a/application/controllers/article.php	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/application/controllers/article.php	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	$this->load->model('Article_model');
 	$this->load->model('Ad_model');
 	$this->load->model('Review_model');
+	$this->load->model('Category_model');
 	// load all settings into an array
 	$this->setting = $this->Setting_model->getEverySetting();
     }
@@ -81,9 +82,23 @@
 	} else {
 	    $data['recent'] = FALSE;
 	}
+	$data['categories'] = $this->Category_model->getAllCategories(0);
+	$data['show_categories'] = $this->setting['categories_sidebar'];
 	if ($data['article']) {
 	    debug('found article with title "' . $requested_article_title . '"');
 	    // article exists
+	    if ($this->setting['tag_cloud_sidebar'] > 0) {
+		//Prepare Tag Cloud
+		$tagcloud = $this->Review_model->getTagCloudArray();
+		if ($tagcloud !== FALSE) {
+		    $data['tagcloud'] = $tagcloud;
+		    foreach ($data['tagcloud'] as $key => $value) {
+			$tagcount[$key] = $value[0];
+		    }
+		    $data['cloudmax'] = max($tagcount);
+		    $data['cloudmin'] = min($tagcount);
+		}
+	    }
 	    // set page_title, meta_keywords and meta_description
 	    $data['page_title'] = $this->setting['site_name'] . ' - ' . lang('article_page_title_article') . ' - ' . $data['article']->title;
 	    if (trim($data['article']->meta_keywords) !== '') {
diff -urN rc2a/application/controllers/articles.php rc2b/application/controllers/articles.php
--- rc2a/application/controllers/articles.php	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/application/controllers/articles.php	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	$this->load->model('Article_model');
 	$this->load->model('Ad_model');
 	$this->load->model('Review_model');
+	$this->load->model('Category_model');
 	// load all settings into an array
 	$this->setting = $this->Setting_model->getEverySetting();
     }
@@ -84,10 +85,24 @@
 	} else {
 	    $data['recent'] = FALSE;
 	}
+	$data['categories'] = $this->Category_model->getAllCategories(0);
+	$data['show_categories'] = $this->setting['categories_sidebar'];
 	$data['allarticles'] = $this->Article_model->getAllArticles($this->setting['perpage_site_articles'], $this->uri->segment(3));
 	if ($data['allarticles']) {
 	    debug('loaded list of articles');
 	    // got list of articles
+	    if ($this->setting['tag_cloud_sidebar'] > 0) {
+		//Prepare Tag Cloud
+		$tagcloud = $this->Review_model->getTagCloudArray();
+		if ($tagcloud !== FALSE) {
+		    $data['tagcloud'] = $tagcloud;
+		    foreach ($data['tagcloud'] as $key => $value) {
+			$tagcount[$key] = $value[0];
+		    }
+		    $data['cloudmax'] = max($tagcount);
+		    $data['cloudmin'] = min($tagcount);
+		}
+	    }
 	    // set up config for pagination
 	    $config['base_url'] = base_url() . 'articles/index';
 	    $config['next_link'] = lang('results_next');
diff -urN rc2a/application/controllers/manager/ad.php rc2b/application/controllers/manager/ad.php
--- rc2a/application/controllers/manager/ad.php	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/application/controllers/manager/ad.php	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 		array(
 		    'field' => 'text',
 		    'label' => lang('manager_ad_form_validation_text'),
-		    'rules' => 'trim|max_length[256]'
+		    'rules' => 'trim|max_length[4096]'
 		),
 		array(
 		    'field' => 'link',
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 		    $this->Ad_model->addAd($name, $orig_file_name, $remote_image_url, $height, $width, $text, $link, $visible_in_sidebar, $visible_in_lists, $visible_on_review_page);
 		    $data['message'] = lang('manager_ad_add_success');
 		    // clear form validation data
-		    $this->form_validation->_field_data = array();
+		    $this->form_validation->field_data = array();
 		    // reload the form
 		    debug('loading "manager/ad/add" view');
 		    $sections = array('content' => 'manager/' . $this->setting['current_manager_theme'] . '/template/ad/add', 'sidebar' => 'manager/' . $this->setting['current_manager_theme'] . '/template/sidebar');
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 		array(
 		    'field' => 'text',
 		    'label' => lang('manager_ad_form_validation_text'),
-		    'rules' => 'trim|max_length[256]'
+		    'rules' => 'trim|max_length[4096]'
 		),
 		array(
 		    'field' => 'link',
diff -urN rc2a/application/controllers/manager/maintenance.php rc2b/application/controllers/manager/maintenance.php
--- rc2a/application/controllers/manager/maintenance.php	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/application/controllers/manager/maintenance.php	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -129,6 +129,23 @@
 	    $data['message'] = lang('manager_maintenance_repaired');
 	    debug('database repaired and optimized');
 	}
+	if ($this->input->post('db_update_submit')) {
+	    debug('check and update database options was submitted');
+	    $this->load->database();
+	    $query = $this->db->query("SHOW COLUMNS FROM `ad` WHERE field = 'text'");
+	    if ($query->num_rows() == 1)
+	    {
+	       $row = $query->row();
+	       if (strtolower($row->Type) == 'text') {
+		    $data['message'] = lang('manager_maintenance_db_not_updated');
+		    debug('no need to update database');
+	       } else {
+		    $data['message'] = lang('manager_maintenance_db_updated');
+		    $query = $this->db->query("ALTER TABLE `ad` CHANGE `text` `text` TEXT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci NOT NULL");
+		    debug('database has been updated');
+	       }
+	    } 
+	}
 	debug('loading "manager/maintenance/maintenance" view');
 	$sections = array('content' => 'manager/' . $this->setting['current_manager_theme'] . '/template/maintenance/maintenance', 'sidebar' => 'manager/' . $this->setting['current_manager_theme'] . '/template/sidebar');
 	$this->template->load('manager/' . $this->setting['current_manager_theme'] . '/template/manager_template', $sections, $data);
diff -urN rc2a/application/language/english/ORS_lang.php rc2b/application/language/english/ORS_lang.php
--- rc2a/application/language/english/ORS_lang.php	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/application/language/english/ORS_lang.php	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -661,6 +661,11 @@
 $lang['manager_maintenance_repair'] = 'Repair and Optimize Database';
 $lang['manager_maintenance_repair_info'] = 'Repairs and then Optimizes all tables in the database';
 $lang['manager_maintenance_repair_button'] = 'Repair and Optimize';
+$lang['manager_maintenance_update_db'] = 'Check Database Structure Is Up To Date' ;
+$lang['manager_maintenance_update_db_info'] = 'Checks table structure is correct for current version and make alterations if necessary';
+$lang['manager_maintenance_update_db_button'] = 'Check and Update';
+$lang['manager_maintenance_db_updated'] = 'Database was out of date and has been updated';
+$lang['manager_maintenance_db_not_updated'] = 'Database is already up to date';
 $lang['manager_maintenance_repaired'] = 'All tables have been repaired and optimized';
 $lang['manager_maintenance_confirm'] = 'Are you sure you want to do this?';
diff -urN rc2a/application/models/review_model.php rc2b/application/models/review_model.php
--- rc2a/application/models/review_model.php	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/application/models/review_model.php	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
 	// return the tag cloud
 	$this->db->select('tag,COUNT(*) AS tagcount');
 	$this->db->group_by('tag');
-	$this->db->limit($this->config->item('tag_cloud_count'));
 	$query = $this->db->get('tags');
 	if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
 	    $tag_array = array();
diff -urN rc2a/install/install.sql rc2b/install/install.sql
--- rc2a/install/install.sql	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/install/install.sql	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SET SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ad` (  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `name` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `local_image_name` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `remote_image_url` varchar(512) NOT NULL,  `image_height` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  `image_width` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  `text` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `link` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `visible_in_sidebar` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',  `visible_in_lists` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',  `visible_on_review_page` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ad` (  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `name` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `local_image_name` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `remote_image_url` varchar(512) NOT NULL,  `image_height` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  `image_width` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  `text` text NOT NULL,  `link` varchar(256) NOT NULL,  `visible_in_sidebar` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',  `visible_in_lists` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',  `visible_on_review_page` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `article` (  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `title` varchar(512) NOT NULL,  `seo_title` varchar(512) NOT NULL,  `description` text NOT NULL,  `meta_keywords` varchar(1024) NOT NULL,  `meta_description` varchar(1024) NOT NULL,  `link_text` varchar(512) NOT NULL,  `link_url` varchar(512) NOT NULL,  `last_modified` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `captcha` (  `captcha_id` bigint(13) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `captcha_time` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,  `ip_address` varchar(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',  `word` varchar(20) NOT NULL,  PRIMARY KEY (`captcha_id`),  KEY `word` (`word`)) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `category` (  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,  `seo_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,  `last_modified` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
diff -urN rc2a/README rc2b/README
--- rc2a/README	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/README	2026-01-04 19:59:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OpenReviewScript ©2011 - Version 1.0rc2a
+OpenReviewScript ©2011 - Version 1.0rc2b
 ----------------------------------------
 OpenReviewScript is free, open source software for creating product or service review websites, written in PHP using the CodeIgniter framework (http://codeigniter.com) and released under the GPLv2 license (see the 'LICENSE' file for more details).
diff -urN rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/design/style.css rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/design/style.css
--- rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/design/style.css	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/design/style.css	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 }
 div.formblock {
       display: block;
-      overflow: auto;
+      overflow: hidden;
       margin: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
 }
 div.formleft {
diff -urN rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/add.tpl rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/add.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/add.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/add.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                               </label>
                         </div>
                         <div class="formright">
-                              <input class="strong" type="text" name="text" id="text" value="{{= set_value('text', $ad->text) }}"/>
+                              <textarea cols="40" rows="8" name="text" class="strong" id="text">{{= set_value('text', $ad->text) }}</textarea>
                               {{= form_error('text') }}
                         </div>
                   </div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/edit.tpl rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/edit.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/edit.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/template/ad/edit.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                               </label>
                         </div>
                         <div class="formright">
-                              <input class="strong" type="text" name="text" id="text" value="{{= set_value('text', $ad->text) }}"/>
+                              <textarea cols="40" rows="8" name="text" class="strong" id="text">{{= set_value('text', $ad->text) }}</textarea>
                               {{= form_error('text') }}
                         </div>
                   </div>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
                         <div class="ad_image">{{= anchor($ad->link, $ad->image) }}</div>
                   {{ endif }}
                   {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
-                        <div class="ad_text">{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}</div>
+                        <div class="ad_text">{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}</div>
                   {{ endif }}
             </div>
       </div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/template/maintenance/maintenance.tpl rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/template/maintenance/maintenance.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/manager/manager_light/template/maintenance/maintenance.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/manager/manager_light/template/maintenance/maintenance.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -98,5 +98,17 @@
 		    </div>
 		</div>
 	    </form>
+            <form id="form" class="myform" onSubmit="return confirm('{{= lang('manager_maintenance_confirm') }}')" name="form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="/">
+		<div class="formblock">
+		    <div class="formleftwide">
+			<label>{{= lang('manager_maintenance_update_db') }}
+			    <span class="small">{{= lang('manager_maintenance_update_db_info') }}</span>
+			</label>
+		    </div>
+		    <div class="formright">
+			<input type="submit" name="db_update_submit" id="button" value="{{= lang('manager_maintenance_update_db_button') }}" />
+		    </div>
+		</div>
+	    </form>	    
 	</div>
     </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 	{{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	<div class="ad_text">
-	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	</div>
 	{{ endif }}
     </div>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 	{{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	<div class="ad_text">
-	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	</div>
 	{{ endif }}
     </div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 }}
 <!-- START OF SIDEBAR SECTION -->
 <div id="sidebar">
-    
+
     <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'SEARCH' SECTION -->
     {{ if ($show_search): }}
     <div id="search" >
@@ -32,7 +32,21 @@
 	    </div>
     {{ endif }}
     <!-- END OF 'SEARCH' SECTION -->
-    
+
+    <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'CATEGORIES' SECTION -->
+    {{ if($show_categories): }}
+    <div id="menu_header">
+	<p>{{= lang('sidebar_categories') }}</p>
+    </div>
+    <ul>
+	{{ foreach ($categories as $index=>$category): }}
+	<li><p>{{= anchor('results/category/'.$category->seo_name, $category->name) }}</p></li>
+	{{ if ($index+1 != count($categories)): }}<div class="menu_separator"></div>{{ endif }}
+	{{ endforeach }}
+    </ul>
+    {{ endif }}
+    <!-- END OF 'CATEGORIES' SECTION -->
+
     <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'RECENT REVIEWS' SECTION -->
     {{ if(($show_recent)&&($recent)): }}
     <div id="menu_header">
@@ -58,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/template.tpl rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/template.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/blue_black/template/template.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/blue_black/template/template.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -44,19 +44,6 @@
 	<script src="{{=  base_url() }}libs/jquery/jquery.form.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 	<script src='{{=  base_url() }}libs/star-rating/jquery.rating.js' type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
 	<link href='{{=  base_url() }}libs/star-rating/jquery.rating.css' type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
-	<script type="text/javascript">
-
-	  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
-	  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-27275277-1']);
-	  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
-
-	  (function() {
-	    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
-	    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
-	    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
-	  })();
-
-	</script>
     	<link rel="canonical" href="http://openreviewscript.org/files/v1.0rc2a_to_v1.0rc2b/" />
</head>
     <body>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 	{{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	<div class="ad_text">
-	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	</div>
 	{{ endif }}
     </div>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 	{{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	<div class="ad_text">
-	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	</div>
 	{{ endif }}
     </div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 }}
 <!-- START OF SIDEBAR SECTION -->
 <div id="sidebar">
-    
+
     <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'SEARCH' SECTION -->
     {{ if ($show_search): }}
     <div id="search" >
@@ -32,7 +32,21 @@
 	    </div>
     {{ endif }}
     <!-- END OF 'SEARCH' SECTION -->
-    
+
+    <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'CATEGORIES' SECTION -->
+    {{ if($show_categories): }}
+    <div id="menu_header">
+	<p>{{= lang('sidebar_categories') }}</p>
+    </div>
+    <ul>
+	{{ foreach ($categories as $index=>$category): }}
+	<li><p>{{= anchor('results/category/'.$category->seo_name, $category->name) }}</p></li>
+	{{ if ($index+1 != count($categories)): }}<div class="menu_separator"></div>{{ endif }}
+	{{ endforeach }}
+    </ul>
+    {{ endif }}
+    <!-- END OF 'CATEGORIES' SECTION -->
+
     <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'RECENT REVIEWS' SECTION -->
     {{ if(($show_recent)&&($recent)): }}
     <div id="menu_header">
@@ -58,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/category_results_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/category_results_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/category_results_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/category_results_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/search_results_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/search_results_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/search_results_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/results/search_results_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/green_leaf/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 	{{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	<div class="ad_text">
-	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	</div>
 	{{ endif }}
     </div>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 	{{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	<div class="ad_text">
-	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	    {{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	</div>
 	{{ endif }}
     </div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/article/article_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 }}
 <!-- START OF SIDEBAR SECTION -->
 <div id="sidebar">
-    
+
     <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'SEARCH' SECTION -->
     {{ if ($show_search): }}
     <div id="search" >
@@ -32,7 +32,21 @@
 	    </div>
     {{ endif }}
     <!-- END OF 'SEARCH' SECTION -->
-    
+
+    <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'CATEGORIES' SECTION -->
+    {{ if($show_categories): }}
+    <div id="menu_header">
+	<p>{{= lang('sidebar_categories') }}</p>
+    </div>
+    <ul>
+	{{ foreach ($categories as $index=>$category): }}
+	<li><p>{{= anchor('results/category/'.$category->seo_name, $category->name) }}</p></li>
+	{{ if ($index+1 != count($categories)): }}<div class="menu_separator"></div>{{ endif }}
+	{{ endforeach }}
+    </ul>
+    {{ endif }}
+    <!-- END OF 'CATEGORIES' SECTION -->
+
     <!-- START OF CONDITIONAL 'RECENT REVIEWS' SECTION -->
     {{ if(($show_recent)&&($recent)): }}
     <div id="menu_header">
@@ -58,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/articles/articles_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/contact/contact_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/home/home_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/page/page_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/results/category_results_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/results/results_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/results/search_results_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text != ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_content.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_content.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_content.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_content.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 	    {{ endif }}
 	    {{ if ($ad->text !== ''): }}
 	    <div class="ad_text">
-		{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+		{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
 	    </div>
 	    {{ endif }}
 	</div>
diff -urN rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl
--- rc2a/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-02 21:20:56.000000000 +0000
+++ rc2b/themes/site/red_black/template/review/review_sidebar.tpl	2026-01-04 19:22:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     {{ endif }}
     {{ if ($ad->text!=''): }}
     <p class="sidebar_ad">
-	{{= character_limiter($ad->text, 100) }}
+	{{= character_limiter($ad->text) }}
     </p>
     {{ endif }}
     {{ endif }}