Hide Username on Comment/Increase Title Size/Inserting Dropdown Box

[ncblazin247]

Hello,

I have a few questions please forgive me I am not too skilled at programming

1. Im wondering if their is any way to hide the poster's username on his/her comment so that the comment appears anonymous?

2. Is there a way to increase the size of individual comment titles?

3. How would you go about inserting a dropdown box with a couple options as an extra field for commenters?

Thanks so much for the help guys!

[smart]

1. Open /components/com_jcomments/tpl/default/tpl_comment.php and replace:

Code: (php)

<?php echo $comment->author; ?>

with:

Code: (php)

<?php echo JText::_('Guest'); ?>

2. Open /components/com_jcomments/tpl/default/style.css and set any font size in line:

Code: (css)

#comments .comment-title {color: #b01625;font: bold 1em Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;margin: 0;padding: 0}

(you could replace 1em with 1.5em or 16px or any other value you need)

3. No, such feature doesn't supported now.

[ncblazin247]

Thanks for the help Smart I appreciate it! While Im here, are you aware of how to increase the size of the thumbs up/thumbs down icon? I can increase the size of the gif file but I am unsure how to make it properly function and fit using the style.css file. I know you have to adjust something within the "Vote" section I am just not sure what.

[smart]

If you increase vote buttons size, you will need change these styles:

Code: (css)

#jc span.comments-vote {width: 6em;height: 15px;float: right}
#jc span.comments-vote a{width: 15px;height: 14px;float: left;margin: 0 3px 0 0;display: block;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-image: url(images/jc_vote.gif);border: none !important; text-decoration: none}
#jc span.comments-vote .busy{margin: 0; float: right; width: 16px}
#jc .vote-good{background-position: 0 0}
#jc .vote-poor{background-position: -15px 0}
#jc span.vote-good,#jc span.vote-poor,#jc span.vote-none{margin: 0;float: right;font: bold 1em Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;line-height: 14px}

[ncblazin247]

Hey Smart , yes I know I have to edit that area I just dont know what exactly to edit. I increased the thumbs gif to 60Wx44H but when I save it it only shows a piece of it. I need to edit something within this section to give the gif more room i guess I just dont know how to do so.

[smart]

The original icon's sizes are 15w x 14h, so if you increase their size to 60w x 44h you'll need change styles to:

Code: (css)

#jc span.comments-vote {width: 24em;height: 45px;float: right}
#jc span.comments-vote a{width: 60px;height: 44px;float: left;margin: 0 3px 0 0;display: block;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-image: url(images/jc_vote.gif);border: none !important; text-decoration: none}
#jc span.comments-vote .busy{margin: 0; float: right; width: 61px}
#jc .vote-good{background-position: 0 0}
#jc .vote-poor{background-position: -60px 0}
#jc span.vote-good,#jc span.vote-poor,#jc span.vote-none{margin: 0;float: right;font: bold 1em Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;line-height: 44px}