Hi,
Sorry if this is one which is very obviously a mis-ticked box in the admin, but I've tried fiddling with every admin page I can find with no luck.
I've made a site in Drupal 5 beta 1 (which is a *very* nice system - particularly friendly for total n00bs like me) and have come across a problem with the way comments are displayed. When someone makes a comment, it's not being marked with the author details, which makes it very hard to follow a discussion!
Here's an example: http://www.tigmoo.co.uk/?q=node/16 - the comment replying to this blog post has no indication of which author made it (it was another logged in user), just a subject field and the comment itself.
When the user is typing out the comment, their username is shown correctly on the page, above the subject field, but this doesn't then appear in the preview or the final comment.
Does anyone have any suggestions please on what I might be doing wrong? - very grateful for any advice thanks!
John
Comments
another example...
^ this is what I'd like to appear! The username and posting date are displayed between the subject and the comment, but this doesn't happen on my site :(
Try this : Go into
Try this :
Go into Administer | Site Building | Themes
Click on the Configure link...
On the right... you have :
Display post information on
Enable or disable the submitted by Username on date text when displaying posts of the following type.
You have check boxes there for different types of content. Check the appropriate boxes.
Let me know if that's what the problem was...
Caroline
hmm....
Many thanks for your help Caroline!
That didn't do the trick (they were already checked so I cleared and checked again, but to no avail), but it did give me an interesting pointer, as I hadn't thought it might be a theme problem. I use the chameleon theme, so switched it to pushbutton and it displays the info nicely.
Annoying though, as I'm probably not clever enough to make the design work in a different theme engine (chameleon is nice and easy!).
cheers,
John
Hi John
That's an issue then. If the chameleon theme gives you access to that setting, and the setting is not making the comment info appear, then it's an issue I think.
If you have the time maybe you can report it. And it will be fixed for you and other people in the next beta or release candidate.
I've got issues!
Thanks Caroline,
I managed to get around it by switching theme and building it all back up again, but I'll put in an issue as you say. (very exciting for a n00b - not sure how to go about issues, so hopefully won't put it in the wrong place!)
thanks loads again for setting me off on the right course - wouldn't have got round it without your help :)
John
You are very kind. I am a
You are very kind. I am a newbie too, you know.
I have looked for a place to file that issue. Not found an ideal place. Under "Drupal Project", there is the Garland and Minelli themes but not the other ones. You can place in "other".
Really, the Garland & Minelli themes look very nice but their CSS is a nightmare to "customize" (meaning the page layout), the other themes should all be functional as they are more easily customizable. My opinion LOL...
You just click on "issues" in the menu on the right, same menu as where you can log out. Then it is quite straightforward...
Caroline