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change default behavior of <txp:popup_comments>
I’m trying to implement comments in popup style on my site; this is working quite well. Except for one thing: I’m using the tag <txp:popup_comments />
in the form popup_comments. This displays a standard phrase in english, something like this: Comments for (article title) and then the comments that are already there. (and then of course the comment form)
My question is: can I change this; for example: display a different text, not showing the comments that are already made on the article.
(Edited: added @ ‘s to show the tag. -Els)
Last edited by els (2006-06-16 19:14:30)
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#2 2006-06-16 19:22:54
- els
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Re: change default behavior of <txp:popup_comments>
I don’t even know <txp:popup_comments />
… it’s not in TextBook? But to start with you could have a look at this FAQ.
The text is stored in the language table, you can either change it there, or in en-gb.txt and re-install that manually.
Edit: that was apparently wrong, thanks Mary.
Last edited by els (2006-06-16 20:56:54)
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#3 2006-06-16 19:38:09
- Mary
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Re: change default behavior of <txp:popup_comments>
…display a different text…
You’d need to hack comments.php, which I wouldn’t recommend.
…not showing the comments that are already made on the article.
You’d need to modify your “comments_display” form.
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Re: change default behavior of <txp:popup_comments>
Thanks Mary and Els for your quick reply and suggestions. I took some time this morning to find out how it works; and with your suggestions I solved my problem.
The tag <txp:popup_comments />
is not in the TextBook, but it is used in the default popup_comments form that comes with the installation of TXP.
The tag <txp:popup_comments />
inserts the content of the form comments_display at the position of the tag.
So, functionally, it is the same as <txp:output_form form="comments_display" />
; but this doesn’t work in popup_comments; it generates all kind of strange errors.
So, in order to modify the comments popup to my needs I have to modify the form comments_display. (And that is business as usual).
It might be a suggestion to add this tag to the TextBook.
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