Activate Comments - Where in the Code?

sting · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:20 pm

I have searched for this for almost an hour now.. this is really weird.

Ok - in Admin preferences, there is the Activate Comments in Articles radio button. So its set to No, but when you go to post a new story, there is also a radio button that states Activate Comments for this Story? - which DEFAULTS to yes.

The Comments section is one of the most exploited sections I have seen - with sites whose admins are not as active over run with comments that contain nothing but gambling links, etc.

So I wanted to default this to NO in the Submit stories area - as some people may WANT comments, but not on the majority of stories. After digging through the code, I found modules/News/admin/index.php to have the format, but am just missing this section for some reason - anybody have any ideas?

I see the part at the top with 'put in home' and it may just be the fact that I am falling asleep lol, but I just don't see it yet.

Input?

Thanks
-sting

Raven · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:35 pm

nuke_config table - column name articlecomm - Change default to 0 (ZERO)

sting · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:07 am

Have changed the default value but it still doesn't apply to the New Story. Interesting. . . .

GRRRR that it was in the tables and not in the code. GRRRR that I didn't see that.

Need more sleep, less caffeine.

-sting

says "GRRRRR" like a pirate says "ARGGHHHH"

or something

sting · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:18 am

Are you sure that this isn't the field that links up with the ADMIN/PREFS Activate Comments in Articles?

That isn't the one I am looking for. . .

-sting

Raven · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:23 am

You are correct - sorry. You want the nuke_stories table, column acomm

evaders99 · Moderator Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 2796

I think what he wants is in modules/News/admin/index.php

Under function adminStory()
You should have a line

Code:

puthome($ihome, $acomm);

Change $acomm to 1 - that should do it

...

To be really correct, we shouldn't use those undefined variables at all. Since puthome does check for empty strings, we could just do that

Code:

puthome("", "");

Another notice error plugged

midulsterracing · New Member Joined: Dec 01, 2005 Posts: 2

sting:

did any of these solve your problem?

sting · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:10 am

I did not get to evaders' suggestion - but the previous suggestions did not work - for now I simply make sure I check 'No' each time. Will revisit it one day. . .

-sting

montego · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:06 am

It appears to be working in the 2.10.00 RN release and I believe Evaders made the fix there.

midulsterracing · New Member Joined: Dec 01, 2005 Posts: 2

yes. evaders fix stops the comments from showing with the article on the front page and the "read more".

i wonder if there is a way to delete all comments from all articles in one go through the database?

montego · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:26 am

Absolutely there is. Wink

truncate table nuke_comments;

or even

delete from nuke_comments;