Increase description and allow HTML in description entry (phpld)
 

Could anyone help me do these two things please?

I would like to enter the HTML code directly into the description for URL links, can this be done?

It can be done advisable no but just remove the |escape in the detail.tpl

in {$DESCRIPTION|escape.......

that is html. take it your using 2.x
for description length remove the textarea max if there is one and increase the table in the database also.