Child Category Quantity List Limit & Category Description Character Limit

[FidelGonzales]

CATEGORY QUANTITY LIMIT

Within one category, we have over 300 categories. In the standard template, it seems there were a few missing. Why would this be? Is there a way to override this?

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION CHARACTER LIMIT

Since there were a few missing categories and also because we wanted to limit the load time, we wanted to hard code each child category (sub-category) link within the root category description. But, it seems there is a character limit within the category description field, since it removes a large portion of the links (characters). It also causes page load issues, if the cutoff is in a string of code. Is this an issue that could or should be solved by modifying the database structure character count directly within the related category table?

Or should I simply hard code into a custom template specific to that category? Would this method theoretically allow the page to load quicker?

EXAMPLE

This example shows the HTML hard coded into the category template.

http://dirtarmory.com/parts/13/manufacturers

[FidelGonzales]

I did find that the category description field does process plugins such as the NoNumbers Modules Anywhere Plugin. This was a limitation in the default VM1 code.

The remaining question, though, is there a way to increase the category quantity limit and a way to increase the category description character count limit?