Rating & Comment

johnlewisdesign
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12 years 5 months ago #20414 by johnlewisdesign

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Thanks for this, great stuff. I will implement this in a second as its halfway to getting where I need.

But, back to the original question though, is there absolutely no way to have the comments showing on category view? Can I hack the category view page and add the comment code manually? Its a requirement not an option for me, it needs to work just like Facebook's wall, displaying topics + comments all fully expanded. Like I say I'm yet to find anything that can do this; and really really want to continue using flexicontent on this site as its otherwise perfect for my needs.

Thank you for such a wonderful component!

John

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ggppdk
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12 years 5 months ago #20418 by ggppdk

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Some improvements about integration with jcomments are planned.

About what you ask for category view and comments per item

why don't you just copy the code from item.php to the category_items.php and test ?

Code:

<!-- BOF comments -->
<?php if ($this->params->get('comments') && !JRequest::getVar('print')) : ?>
<div class="comments">
<?php
	if ($this->params->get('comments') == 1) :
		if (file_exists(JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_jcomments'.DS.'jcomments.php')) :
			require_once(JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_jcomments'.DS.'jcomments.php');
			echo JComments::showComments($item->id, 'com_flexicontent', $this->escape($item->title));
		endif;
	endif;
?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

I altered above the $this->item->id to be $item->id,
so be sure to place this code inside the

Code:

<?php foreach ($items as $item) : ?>
......	
<?php endforeach; ?>

Be careful how you place it inside the loop, e.g. the default template uses a table, if you don't form the table properly the comments will appear outside the table or your page will break completely !!!

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johnlewisdesign
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12 years 5 months ago #20429 by johnlewisdesign

Replied by johnlewisdesign on topic Rating & Comment

Ohhh man you are a LEGEND!!

I am going to get straight on this now (backing up first, of course!).

I will post you the finished result if you like. If it works, maybe it can be a nice feature for a future release - as I said, there is not one other component that can do this out of the box, so it could be a nice ace up your sleeve!

SO HAPPY! :-)

)

Kindest regards,

John

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12 years 5 months ago #20512 by johnlewisdesign

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ggppdk that was some reply man, thank yo so much again!

Its all working - exactly how I visualised it!

I just need to add some sort of real-time comment watching/loading (like facebook) and a bit of drag and drop positioning, and I have the exact solution I was looking for! The post/comment Mechanics are perfect

I'm pretty sure I can grab some off-the-shelf scripts for - drag and drop layouts
- collapsible areas
and incorporate them, now I know where I'm looking.

I modified components/com_flexicontent/templates/blog/category_items.php

This file is attached.

Woo hoo!

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