Display Comment Number

NyteOwl · 2006-03-15 22:10:10

I am trying to insert the comment number for an article into the comments display.

I have gotten as far as using

<code><txp:comment_permlink><txp:comment_id /></txp:comment_permlink></code>
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But the problem is the internal ID isn’t accurate, and contains leading zeros.

Can I do this without a plugin? (Using 4.0.3)

(Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I haven’t found it yet if it has)

alexandra · 2006-03-15 22:17:30

I do not quite understand what you like to achieve.. however there is a tag comments_count you can use

zem · 2006-03-15 22:23:41

Please explain what you’re expecting to happen.

NyteOwl · 2006-03-15 22:46:34

Comments_count is the total number of comments though.

WHat I was liiking for was a structure something like:

Article body

Posted by xxxxx on yyyyyyyy Comment # 1
commetn body

Posted by xxxxx on yyyyyyyy Comment # 2
commetn body

Posted by xxxxx on yyyyyyyy Comment # 3
commetn body

…

It’s that last commetn number I’m trying to get.

Something similar to the way these comments are numbered: http://9rules.com/whitespace/sxsw_2006__the_year_the_legends_died.php#7586

I’m also trying to figure out the alternating shaded comment blocks, and making the author’s block a different colour, but one thing at a time :)

whatbrick · 2006-03-15 23:25:41

Something like <a href=“http://www.theguruguys.com/testimonials/customer-testimonials#comment”>this</a> is what you are looking for?

I seem to recall a plugin that someone made that would handle the alternating comment colors (including differentiating the admin comments) but for the life of me I can’t remember the whos, whats or whys of it. I never used it as I had already hacked out a plugin myself, which I’m using in the site above (along with another small plugin I made for the comment numbers).

Elenita · 2006-03-15 23:41:31

whatbrick wrote:

Something like <a href=“http://www.theguruguys.com/testimonials/customer-testimonials#comment”>this</a> is what you are looking for?

NyteOwl, if you’re trying to get the behavior of the example, the easiest way is to do that is to set “present your comments as a numbered list?” in Admin —> Prefs (under Comments) to yes, and then style that list.

NyteOwl · 2006-03-15 23:59:16

Something like this is what you are looking for?

Similar, but trying to manage without using plugins if I can.

NyteOwl, if you’re trying to get the behavior of the example, the easiest way is to do that is to set “present your comments as a numbered list?” in Admin—> Prefs (under Comments) to yes, and then style that list.

I already have the numbered list option selected but still no numbers, even with the default comments form. I may be doing something wrong but for the life of me I can’t figure out what :/

Last edited by NyteOwl (2006-03-16 00:07:26)

zem · 2006-03-16 00:00:13

<txp:comment_id /> links to the unique ID for each comment, which is not what you want.

See admin > preferences > Present comments as a numbered list?

You can use a plugin for more complex things.

alexandra · 2006-03-16 17:32:36

@Net is your site online? any URL?

I would love to know how the guru guys customized the comments? Anybody an idea?

Mary · 2006-03-16 17:45:06

awj_comment_num

NyteOwl · 2006-03-16 18:07:57

alexandra: nope not online yet. I can duplicate everything the guruguys site did with the comments except the the alternating comment colour and the comment number.

Looks like I may be stuck using a plugin after all.

alexandra · 2006-03-16 19:00:29

@Nyte for alternating comments color you need a plugin. i usually take zem_nth which is easy to apply.
but i have no idea how to style the single ol numbers with css.

@mary thanks :)!

Jack · 2006-03-16 19:28:47

hm.. I’m no expert at this but if you’re printing out the comments as a list maybe you can try wraptag “ol”? An ordered list will have numbers instead of bullets, and then you can modify it to do what you want.

whatbrick · 2006-03-16 23:24:41

alexandra wrote:

I would love to know how the guru guys customized the comments? Anybody an idea?

Hopefully I do since I’m the one that did it. :)

I used two small plugins that I hacked together (before seeing that they were already done here…argh!). One to alternate colors, and one to count the comments.

The one that alternates colors simply switches classes that are defined in a stylesheet. You can tell it to use three classes, and the third class is used for the site-owner’s comments. If the email entered for the comment matches the one set in the plugin, then it uses the third class. However, that option is easily faked so I haven’t used it much.

I didn’t use an ordered list because I’m no expert at styling those things, so I have no idea if you can put the numbers the list items generate anywhere you want.

NyteOwl · 2006-03-17 01:56:54

Jack wrote:

hm.. I’m no expert at this but if you’re printing out the comments as a list maybe you can try wraptag “ol”? An ordered list will have numbers instead of bullets, and then you can modify it to do what you want.

Comments are already wrapped in ol and li when you select “display comments as numbered list”. My problem is that I’m not seeing any numbers.

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