Change default level of comments moderation.

Hhawk

Posted on 15 Mar 2010, 09:02:16

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I have a quick question.

Is it possible to change the default setting on comments?

Currently it's set to: Allow comments.

However I want it to default to "allow them but require them to be approved first before they get shown"

How do I do this? Changing it everytime manually for each news post is a bit of extra work. Would be nice to change the default, so I don't need to look back.

#2100

Chris

Posted on 15 Mar 2010, 12:04:09

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Functions.php, around line 486~, change

Code:


$allowcomments = 1;

to

Code:


$allowcomments = 2;

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Hhawk

Posted on 15 Mar 2010, 12:27:01

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Thnx! :)

#2102

Hhawk

Posted on 07 Apr 2010, 15:32:47

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I have updated to the latest version (3.5), however the above doesn't work anymore?

How can I change the default settings for:

1. Comments (comments always need to be approved)
2. Toggle date (so it's always showing the date)
3. Toggle short story (so it always displays both short and long story by default)?

On a sidenote;

The date (in Dutch) is working great! Many thanks for this, however the rating is still not working properly for me. I tried with 4 different browsers (IE, FF, Chrome, etc.) but it's still not working like it should imho.

You can vote without problems, but the casted vote isn't shown anywhere. The only thing you can do is hover on the stars (like you are rating it for the first time, but says you have already voted when clicking).

Any idea?

#2230

Chris

Posted on 07 Apr 2010, 15:38:47

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If you have a look at config.php, you'll see a bunch of new options you can change to control how the news form looks

Code:


// Default options for the add news form
$newsform_options['toggle_archive'] = 0; // 0 = Hide archive options, 1 = Show the archive options
$newsform_options['never_archive'] = 1; // 0 = Never archive is not selected, 1 = Never archive is selected
$newsform_options['toggle_date'] = 0; // 0 = Hide date options, 1 = Date options are shown
$newsform_options['short_story'] = 0; // 0 = Hide short story, 1 = Short story section is shown by default
$newsform_options['allow_comments'] = 1; // Default comment options. 0 = No, 1 = Yes, 2 = Needs approval

As for the ratings form, I'll still need to have a look at it to be able to try figure out the problem.

If it says you've already rated when clicking on it then your rating has already submitted.

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Last edited by Chris at 2010-04-07 15:39:43 Reason: