By chadj on

Hi, I want to provide a comment box to encourage comments (including a name, email, subject and body field)

After posting the comment, I want to send an email verification/signup link.

Only if the user clicks the link will the comment be posted.

Kind of a double-opt-in comment system with the comment up front. This is not the same as anonymous posting.

I've written one in straight PHP before but don't know Drupal well enough yet to write it myself.

Anyone know of an existing module or code for this?

Thanks,

- Chadj

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alexis’s picture

alexis commented

You need to understand how Drupal modules work and the hook system first but I'm sure you can get a few ideas on how comments posting is handled by looking at comment.module and intercepting some functions there.

I'd review the anonymous comment approval code and would try to add unique links, via hook_menu, to replicate the logic with emails sent.

Also, take a look at hook_form_alter, I guess that would help you to change the standard comment form if needed.

Could you share the code you've written in plain PHP? Some of us could get a few more ideas from it.

Would anybody else be interested in a module like this? Perhaps I could take a look at it in a few days.

Alexis Bellido
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chadj’s picture

chadj commented

I just discovered the approval queue and it pretty much does 90% of the job exactly. I'll take your advice and start there. When I get the code done I'll post it back.

Thanks,

Chadj

samualminor’s picture

samualminor commented

This is a great idea as I am having some problems with comments of users. Could you share it? This is what I'd like to do for I want to filter comments coming to my website.

.carey’s picture

.carey commented

This sounds like it would be a nice module to have.

joe4’s picture

joe4 commented

I am also interested in this feature.

Allow anonymous comments but require a unique e-mail address. If the user adds a comment it would not post till they click the link in a e-mail that was sent.

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chadj’s picture

chadj commented

Maybe the approval queue could be modified to send a signup verification email. If the user confirms (joining) the message is posted and removed from the approval queue.

- Chadj

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joe4 commented

Does anyone want to help pay for this module with me?

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