Moderator only

[daniel]

Hi everyone,
There is a function that I would really love to see in JComments: The ability to make the discussion on a certain article only open to moderators (or a special user rank). This could possibly be realized through a function "lock discussion", and then in the user privileges two new check boxes could be added - One for locking a discussion and one for posting in a locked discussion.

Kind regards,
Daniel

[smart]

Hm.. As I understand you want restrict commeting permissions for all users except moderators for certain article? Theoretically it could be implemented via custom JComments plugin - it could check the article's ID and if it listed in plugin's parameters - disable commeting for all users except moderators.

[daniel]

Hm.. As I understand you want restrict commeting permissions for all users except moderators for certain article? Theoretically it could be implemented via custom JComments plugin - it could check the article's ID and if it listed in plugin's parameters - disable commeting for all users except moderators.

Yep, that is what I was thinking. There is no such plugin out there yet as I understand?

[smart]

Seems I found more easier solution...

1. Open file /plugins/content/jcomments.php
2. Find code:

Code: (php)

            $config->set('comments_on', intval($commentsEnabled));
            $config->set('comments_off', intval($commentsDisabled));
            $config->set('comments_locked', intval($commentsLocked));

and add after next code:

Code: (php)

           if ($article->id == 123 || $article->id == 124) {
                $user = & JFactory::getUser();
                if ($user->usertype != 'Super Administrator' && $user->usertype != 'Administrator') {
                    $config->set('comments_off', 1);
                }
            }

This code will disable commeting for articles with ID 123 and 124 for all usergroups except Administrators and Super Administrators. Hope it help you...

[daniel]

Seems I found more easier solution...

1. Open file /plugins/content/jcomments.php
2. Find code:

This code will disable commeting for articles with ID 123 and 124 for all usergroups except Administrators and Super Administrators. Hope it help you...

Thanks a lot, even though it is not the best solution (Manual edit) it still makes things so much easier for me. Thanks a lot!

Daniel