Download etoComment

Name: etoComment V1.3
Use: This snippet is a blog or comment or basic wiki snippet.
It outputs in chunks so it is easy for non-php users to style.


CHANGELOG:
V1.3a 2009-04-02 Fixed minor typo (comment tag) resulting in a parser error.

V1.3 2009-03-23

• Added server offset time
  
• Added automatic table creation
  
• Added the pending posts message to appear by default
  
• Fixed error in default message appearing above the captcha
  
• Added a hack to remove all in-line styling to remove the RTE white background
  
• Fixed error with anon posters and email notification
  
• Updated documetation to mention the requirement to use authenticate_visitor snippet to log in to moderate posts

V1.2- 2008-10-22

• $text['CommentsAwaitingModeration'] added to notify all user of un-moderated comments
  
• Fixed chunk collection from snippet call ->parseChunk($etoCommentForm)
  
• $allowSaveAccess now includes a check for if SESSION is not blank (stop showing anon posts to all anon users).
  
• Fixed $moderate message now not showing if moderation is turned off.
  
• If someone authorised edits a post, the original author now remains the post creator, not the editor.
  
• Now better use of page permissions so authorised users can only edit pages they have access to edit.

Authors: It is based on the RTE-Blogger snippet by Ralph Dahlgren
It was extended by Cris D 2008/06/03 for Etomite V1.1 and has been tested on 0.1.6.4 & 1.1

Installation Instructions:

Copy and paste the files in the zip file to the following locations and call them the following names:

1) etoCommentForm (saved to the chunk Library)- call it: etoCommentForm
2) etoComment (saved to the chunk library)- call it: etoComment
3) etoCommentSnippet (saved to the snippet library)- call it: etoComment
4) RTE (saved to the snippet library) - callit: RTE

Call the snippet on a page in a document [!etoComment!]


Default Installation Behaviour:

• The default settings will mean that you will have an installation that is comment-style and allows
  
• Owner-posters to edit their own posts, requires their email to post a comment and uses captcha for security.
  
• Once the post is made, no public will be able to see it until someone authorised views and approves it.
  
• If the owner (author) of the page (or a site admin member) is logged in (use the authenticate_visitor snippet) and views the page, they will be able to approve, reject, delete and edit the posts.
  
• Once a post changes from pending moderation to approved, it will be accessible by the public.

Optional Tweaks:

There are over 20 variables that you can set in trhe snippet call or in the snippet to make it do a wide range of things (all optional):
It can be a Blog (newest posts at the top with an entry form) or a Comment (newest posts at the bottom with the entry form).
You can choose who can add, edit, delete, approve and reject posts from public, logged in users, owners of posts, or owners of the page.
You can also elect to receive email alerts on new post.
The number of posts awaiting moderation also displays.
It is protected from spam by captcha and can be used to collect email addresses to validate posters.