I'm trying to customize comments on my site, and wanted to use the mytheme_preprocess_comment() functionality to alter some of the comment variables, so I followed the directions and uncommented the line that disables it.

But the function does not ever fire. I can even put deliberate errors into it (nonexistent function names, etc.) and the function is never called.

I've tried rebuilding the theme registry, clearing caches, etc.

Any pointers?

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johnalbin’s picture

johnalbin
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commented
Category: bug » support
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

They definitely work fine.

Did you rename the preprocess function from STARTERKIT_preprocess_comment to foo_preprocess_comment (where "foo" is the name of your sub-theme)? The "how to create a sub-theme" instructions say to do that.

geerlingguy’s picture

geerlingguy commented
Component: Code » layout.css

For the airyblue theme, here's the code I used to get preprocess_comment to work (just FYI):

/**
 * Override or insert variables into the comment templates.
 *
 * @param $vars
 *   An array of variables to pass to the theme template.
 * @param $hook
 *   The name of the template being rendered ("comment" in this case.)
 */
function airyblue_preprocess_comment(&$vars, $hook) {
  if ($vars['status'] = 1) {
    $vars['classes_array'][] = 'comment-unpublished';
  }
}
akalata’s picture

akalata commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (works as designed)

Closing old and inactive support requests.