Comments

Comments
Summary	Adds an event for commenting
Validation
Mod Updated	11 Feb 2024
Download link	For TNG 14.0 Comments 14.0.0.2d For TNG 13.0 Comments 13.0.0.2d For TNG 12.0 Comments 12.0.1.2a For TNG 11.0 Comments 11.1.2.2
Download stats	See download statistics
Author(s)	Erik Hoppe
Homepage	Comments (This page)
Mod Support	TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer	TNG Community Forums
Latest Mod	11.1.2.2 - 12.0.1.2a - 13.0.0.2d (TNG13) 14.0.0.2d (TNG14+ WITH Critical update)
Min TNG V	11.1.2
Max TNG V	14+
Files modified	See TNG Modules Impacted
Related Mods
Notes	Author of TNG Colouring Book Mods by me: At my user page.

Purpose of the mod

An event Comments is added to

• getperson.php (if not living or private)
• familygroup.php (if not living or private)
• placesearch.php
• showmedia.php (if not living or private)

for visitors to read and add comments to the subject.
A new page is added that lists all pages with comments - link in the Find menu.
The Find menu link signals when a new comment is added to the list.
Database tables are handled in Utilities as usual (back-up, restore etc)

Developer

This mod was developed by Erik Hoppe who is NOT maintaining or developing this mod. See Mod Support in the data box top right. (See all mods by Erik Hoppe.)

Visualization of this mod

If there are comments (one in this case), this is what the not logged in Guest sees.

User hoppehoppe is logged in

User hoppehoppe writes a comment. Note how to include a link

The result. The link is active.
The author of the last comment may edit it while it is the last (not Guests).

If Guests are allowed to post, a Captcha and/or Admin Approval can be activated.
The captcha is only displayed until a first post is submitted, during the visit (session-cookie).
The IP is always included in the Admin mail for Guests. It is not stored anywhere else so you really shoudn't turn the "Guest-mails" off.

The Administrator receives a mail w/ link to the comment and may Approve (if option is on) or Delete it.

The Administrator may delete any comment.

The Find menu link shows when a new comment is added to the listpage (not Guests).

The list of pages with comments.
There are New comments since the user visited this page the last time.

Credits

Credits go to dlcole, Ken and Katryne for your invaluable tests, help, suggestions, advice and patience. Thanks!
Many thanks also to the v.2 Testers/Translators:
Dutch: Renze P
French: Katryne
German: JPB

Requirements

• A working TNG installation.
• A backup of all affected files (see the list in the summary to the right)
• An installed current version of the Mod Manager.
• Both English and English-UTF8 folders be on your site
• Using the V14.0.0.2d version of the mod needs the Critical Bug Fix Nr 3 to be installed for TNG version between 14.0 and 14.0.3 included.

Known Conflicts

TNG version:

≥ 12.0.0

• The Move Notes Above Map mod must be UN-installed while this mod is installed or uninstalled.
  

It can be installed after this mod is installed or uninstalled.

Robin Richmond's mods Regroup Person Profile and Placesearch More Info must be UN-installed while this mod is installed or uninstalled.
They can be re-installed after this mod is installed or uninstalled.

Templates #6, #8, #19 (may apply to other 3rd party templates as well):
To install the mod under templates #6, #8 or #19 with database update (first time install or selected upgrade) you have to:

• Switch to another template
• Install the mod completely including the database tables
• Switch back to your prefered template.

Uninstalling is no problem in this respect.

Installation

1. Click on the download link, shown in the summary in the upper right corner of the page.
2. Un-zip the file and open the folder. You will find a .cfg file and a new folder inside.
3. Move/copy/FTP the .cfg file and the accompanying folder to the mods folder of your TNG system.
4. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the mod.
5. Make the Database Update to finish the installation:
   • First time install: Click the Create Comments Database Tables button
   • Update from v .0 or .1: Click the Update Comments Database Tables button

In the event of a problem

• Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability.
• Copy the backup of the affected files back to your TNG directory.
• Retry installing mod.
• Contact us through the TNG Community Forums.

Modmanager Edit Options

• Public reading: GUESTS can read posted comments (def = false = No)
• Public posting: GUESTS can post comments (def = false = No)
• Captcha: Show captcha for GUEST when adding first comment (def = true = Yes)
• Approval: GUESTS' posts must be approved by the Administrator (def = true = Yes)
• Approval: USERS' posts must be approved by the Administrator (def = false = No)
• Event: Always show the Comments event (def = false = No)
• Admin Mail: Admin receives mails for GUEST-posted comments (def = true = Yes)
• Admin Mail: Admin receives mails for USER-posted commenta (def = true = Yes)
• Page-select: Include the Comments event in getperson.php (def = true = Yes)
• Page-select: Include the Comments event in familygroup.php (def = true = Yes)
• Page-select: Include the Comments event in placesearch.php (def = true = Yes)
• Page-select: Include the Comments event in showmedia.php (def = true = Yes)

Language Support

Supported languages, if present, other than English:
Dutch
French
German
Swedish

Custom Text Additions

The config file includes the English language custom text.
There are French and Swedish translations if they are present in your TNG system.
For other languages you can modify the config file to add the custom text or manually add to whatever language you like.
(English custom text for reference)

$text['commentWrote'] = " wrote";
$text['commentMsg'] = "Comments";
$text['commentNotext'] = "There are no comments yet...";
$text['commentClick'] = "Write a comment!";
$text['commentUse'] = "Please don't use for changes/corrections (use the Suggest tab instead).";
$text['commentAddNew'] = "A new comment from";
$text['commentChars'] = "<b>You can NOT use the characters ";
$text['commentOr'] = " or ";
$text['commentNoreplace'] = "</b> They are deleted and not replaced.";
$text['commentPostbutt'] = "Add your comment!";
$text['commentError1'] = "No comment!";
$text['commentHeader'] = "Pages with comment(s)";
$text['commentPersID'] = "ID";
$text['commentPersPlace'] = "Name (link = new win/tab)";
$text['commentSubmitter'] = "By";
$text['commentAdded'] = "Added";
$text['commentNumb'] = "#";
$text['commentDelete'] = "Delete";
$admtext['commentsvisits'] = "Comments read";
$admtext['commentPage'] = "Comments";
$text['commentPage'] = "Comments"; // admtext is not global
$text['commentNew'] = "New";
$text['commentNewChar'] = "<b>  !</b>";
$text['commentNewMail'] = "New Comment posted";
$text['commentDatabase'] = "Database";
$text['commentMail'] = "Mail";
$text['commentErrorinsert'] = " error on Insert Comment";
$text['commentErrorupdate'] = " error on Update Comment";
$text['commentErrordelete'] = " error on Delete Comment";
$text['commentErrorapprove'] = " error on Approve Comment";
$text['commentAlertadmin'] = "Please alert the Administrator. Thank You.";
$text['commentRegarding'] = "Regarding ";
$text['commentReldel'] = "Reload page to Delete";
$text['commentGuest'] = "guest";
$text['commentGuestinput'] = "Your name/signature here please.";
$text['commentSelect'] = "<b>Just this once:</b><br/>Please mark the bird so we know that you are not a spam-robot.";
$text['commentNoSelect'] = "Please select the bird to add a comment.";
$text['commentWrongSelect'] = "You selected the wrong image. Please try again.";
$text['commentError2'] = "Please enter your name or signature.";
$text['commentIPwarning'] = "<b>Note!</b> Your IP-address (".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].") is sent with the form.";
$text['commentApprovewait'] = "Your comment will be added when it has been approved by the administrator.";
$text['commentApprove'] = "Approve";

$text['commentPagetitle'] = "List of Comments";
// NOTE: Use _only_ PLAIN A-Z here! No accented or umlauted letters. (Used in the browser tab)

$text['commentDelcom'] = "Do you really want to DELETE this comment?\\n\\nWARNING! This can not be undone!";
// NOTE: Use _only_ PLAIN A-Z here! No accented or umlauted letters. (Used in a JavaScript-box)

$text['commentApproveadmin'] = "AWAITS APPROVAL!";
// NOTE: Use _only_ PLAIN A-Z here! No accented or umlauted letters. (Used in Admin mails)

Explanation for the limitations in the last three texts:
If your (private) .cfg serves only one character set and you save it in that same set, this is not a problem for you.
The distributed .cfg serves two character sets (UTF-8 and ANSI), therefore HTML-entities have to be used for umlauted and accented letters, for example
ä = ä, é = é etc, otherwise strange characters will be displayed in one of the two character sets.
JavaScript boxes, Browser tabs (Page title) and mails are not HTML-elements and therefore HTML-entities can't be used.

Uninstalling the mod

If you want to completely Remove (uninstall) this mod and any tables if created, you should

1. click the Uninstall button.
2. click the Remove Comments Database Tables buttons.
3. click the Delete button to delete the config file and its folder from the mods folder.

Revision History

Mod Version	TNG Version	Date	Contents
14.0.0.2d	14+	29 Feb 2024	The use of $modspath needs the installation of Critical update Nr 3 OR TNG v14.0.4 - MichelK
13.0.0.2d	13.0	29 Feb 2024	Replaced $modspath with 'mods' for the mods subfolder - Can be a problem for users having 'mods' subfolder renamed - MichelK
13.0.0.2a	13.0	22 Sep 2020	Updated for TNG 13.0
12.0.1.2a	12.0	16 May 2020	Apostrophes in names were not handled correctly (Thanks to Marc Irish and omalleyashe for the alert)
12.0.1.2 (v.1 was never public)	12.0	14 Sep 2018	The list-page is MOVED to the FIND-menu! (A more natural place, right?) Many additions and Edit options, such as Public reading and writing, Dutch and German translations (thanks Renze and JPB!) and more.
11.1.2.2	11.1	14 Sep 2018	The list-page is MOVED to the FIND-menu! (A more natural place, right?) Many additions and Edit options, such as Public reading and writing, Dutch and German translations (thanks Renze and JPB!) and more.
12.0.1.0	12.0	14 Sep 2018	Introduction
11.1.2.0	11.1	14 Sep 2018	Introduction

Sites using this mod

If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG site to the table below:

URL	User	Note	Mod-Version	TNG-Version	User-language
Family tree of Marcin & Emilia Senderski	Marcin Senderski	Only home page is public	13.0.0.2a	13.0.4	EN,PL
The Cole / Tanner Family Tree	David Cole	Public/Private	see here	see here	EN,DE,FR,ES,NL
Familiestamboom.frl	Renze Petersohn	Public/Private	12.0.1.2	12.0.1	NL,EN,DE
MyMispoche Genealogy	Carlton Brooks	Public and Private	12.0.1.2	12.0.1	EN
Gambrillfamilytree	Bobby Gambrill	Public	14.0.0.2b	14.0.4	EN
Kemp(e) Family History	Andrew Kemp	Public	see here	see here	EN
Lathrope Family Genealogy	S Sharpe	Public	13.0.0.2a	13.0.4	EN
Joseph Oran Holtz Genealogy Pages	Jim Holt	Private	See Here	See Here	EN
Braymen / Munderloh	ChrisB	Public / Private	13.0.0.2a	13.1.2	EN
Généakat	Katryne Chauvigné-Bourlaud	Public / Private	14.0.4.2d	14.0.4	FR,EN
Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project	Chris Korte	Public / Private	14.0.0.2d	14.0.5	DA,EN,FR,DE

TNG Modules Impacted

The following TNG Modules are modified, and should be backed up prior to installing this mod:

• getperson.php
• familygroup.php
• placesearch.php
• showmedia.php
• genlib.php
• customconfig.php
• admin_genconfig.php
• admin_utilities.php
• admin_backup.php
• admin_optimize.php
• admin_restore.php

The custom texts will be added to these files, which should also be backed up prior to installing this mod:

• languages/English/cust_text.php
• languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php
• languages/Dutch/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/Dutch-UTF8/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/French/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/French-UTF8/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/German/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/German-UTF8/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/Swedish/cust_text.php - if present
• languages/Swedish-UTF8/cust_text.php - if present