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How to: using comments extension inside tt_news

10. February 2008 by Dmitry Dulepov
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Comments TYPO3 extension easily integrates with tt_news extension to provide comments to news items displayed by tt_news. Comments extension can be used to: 

  1. Comment on tt_news articles
  2. Automatically disable comments after some time
  3. Show number of comments for tt_news item

Commenting on tt_news articles

Comments extention can be used to comment on tt_news items. It is configured by default to work with tt_news, so it is necessary only to add to instances of comments extension to the page that holds tt_news plugin with SINGLE view. One instance of comments should work in "Comments" mode, another - in "Form" mode. That's all. It just works!

Disable comments after some time

Install comments_ic extension. It adds two new options to tt_news:

  • Disable comments for tt_news item completly
  • Close comments automatically after defined period of time

Period is defined using simple syntax. For example, 5d means 5 days, 1m means 1 month and 3h means to close comments after three hours.

Page caching is taken into account: comments_ic will ensure that users will not see comments form when comments are closed.

Displaying number of comments

To display number of comments for current news item, simply add ###TX_COMMENTS_COUNT### to your tt_news template. This is all that necessary. Number of comments will appear immediately. This works in LIST, LATEST and SEARCH tt_news view modes.

Conclusion

Comments TYPO3 extension is very flexible and convenient system for commenting on tt_news news articles. It requires minimum amount of work from TYPO3 web site administrator to add commenting capabilities to any TYPO3 extension. Read comments TYPO3 extension manual for more information.

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8 Comments

  1. on Wednesday, 13-02-08 14:05 Georg Ringer
    I guess I will take that ext for the next project - i am looking forward to your cool ext
  2. on Monday, 07-04-08 12:48 Rob
    hey Dimitry, thanks for publishing this ext. But unfortunatelly the option "disable comments" doesn´t work correctly on my system. I´m activating the option but the comment form is still shown.

    Having the following configuration:
    comments_ic 1.0.3
    comments 1.3.2
    tt_news 2.5.0
    typo3 v 4.1.2

    Thanks for any help and feedback. Best regards, Robert
  3. on Sunday, 07-09-08 02:03 Aleksandar Dulovic
    It would be nice to display the total number of user comments for an article.

    So, I was wondering if there is any particular reason why the marker
    ###TX_COMMENTS_COUNT###
    can't be used inside a tt_news single view?

    Cheers
  4. on Wednesday, 29-10-08 00:47 Julien Ballis
    Aleksandar Dulovic
    + 1

    I don't think it's possible now, so it would be nice to add a feature for the "Zebra style" (odd/even) for the comments ?

    However, a big THANK YOU for your extensions (not only this one!). They makes me happy ;)
  5. on Wednesday, 29-10-08 00:50 Julien Ballis
    Oops, I just see the marker for the Zebra style now. (###ALTERNATE###)
  6. on Thursday, 30-10-08 00:05 Tomas
    I've problem with this when my real_url is active? My form action does not contain the news_id in any form..
  7. on Thursday, 20-11-08 23:05 Igor
    Hi Dmitry.

    In new version of your helpful extension there is a new option for pagebrowser configuration - "pageBrowser ($pageBrowserKind)".

    Could you tell what settings for this should be set in TS (for standard pagebrowse ext. and for new ext. pagebrowse)

    Thanks in advance.
  8. on Friday, 21-11-08 13:11 Igor
    All clear, my mistake.
    The TS for 'pagebrowse' extension should be added before TS for 'comments' extension to static templates.

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