You project (although great) is a duplicate of http://drupal.org/project/commentsblock

Just wondering why you created another? (unless I am missing something?)

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opdavies’s picture

Status: Active » Postponed

I did a search on Google and Drupal.org and didn't find the commentsblock module. I'll take a look at that and see if this is a duplicate.

geerlingguy’s picture

I would argue that this module is substantially different from Commentsblock, in that it uses core APIs instead of Views to put the comments into a block. I outlined this technique, and the differences between this technique and Views-powered comment blocks, in this blog post: http://www.midwesternmac.com/blogs/jeff-geerling/moving-comments-block-d...

I think this module deserves to be available alongside Commentsblock.

geerlingguy’s picture

Note that, at a minumum, though, the project page could be expanded to describe how the comments are put into the block, and how that process is different then the views-powered method used by Commentsblock (along with a link to Commentsblock).

rajmataj’s picture

The commentsblock module is supposed to allow for the comment form to appear in a block, but it currently does not work (version 7.x-2.0-beta1 with Drupal 7.19). The article mentioned above does talk about putting the comment form in a block but this Node Comment Block (NCB) does not offer that functionality.

Any plans for the NCB module to allow usage of the comment form?

jpstrikesback’s picture

Actually this module does show the comment form in my experience but I wanted a little more control over it so I added a second block and the option to show or hide either the form or comments for either block. See #1931544: NCB add a block & add show/hide options & use comment_node_page_additions() for more info.

Sutharsan’s picture

Issue summary: View changes
Status: Postponed » Active

Re-activating the issue. Not clear why it is postponed.

From a site builders perspective both modules are mature do the same thing; Expose comment in a block. I strongly encourage both maintainers to collaborate. If not for Drupal 7 then at least for a Drupal 8 version of their modules. As a developer I have an opinion about both modules, but let's make the best possible module together and give site builders an easy choice.

Sutharsan’s picture

Related issues: +#2285041: Duplicate project

Adding Commentsblock's issue for collaboration.

Sutharsan’s picture

@opdavies, don you have any more response on this issue? @morcra, maintainer of Commentsblock is in favor of merging both modules: https://www.drupal.org/node/2285041#comment-8943445. And what about comment #3 to update the project page?

opdavies’s picture

I'm happy to collaborate and merge the modules.

opdavies’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)