ajax comment refresh module, which hook to take?
Currently I am developing a module which updates the comments for a node in realtime using AJAX.
The good news: my alpha version works! Still quite some things to do, e.g. dealing with paging issues.
The bad news aka my question: I have to insert some Javascript on the page to handle the AJAX requests, but which hook should I use for that? Currently I am using hook_comment, which works. The disadvantage: it is called for each comment, so e.g. in PHP
drupal_add_js(array('commentsAjaxRefresh' => array("json_url"=>$json_url)), 'setting');actually results in an array Drupal.settings.commentsAjaxRefresh.json_url (in stead of an integer), with a length equal to the number of comments. The hook_view does not seem to work (no js is inserted) and besides that: not every node will have comments.
So what node should I take?
P.S. Just out of curiosity: is anyone besides me interested in this module?
Ajax Module
Yes, I'm interested in the module. I've tried using the ajax_comments module, but it doesn't quite fit my needs.
Looking forward to the first release.
@homerzzz: see
@homerzzz: see http://drupal.org/node/401288#comment-1971896
The answer of this question: hook_nodeapi did the trick.
Yes this will be an useful module.
Yes this will be an useful module.
This should be extended as an admin-configurable option to all lists (like those generated by views)
apart from comments. An audio alert by ajax whenever there is something new (on-offable) will be great too.
Is there a downloadable tar that can be tested ?
See the link above for the
See the link above for the zip. It is in alpha state, so take care.
But would that not lead to an annoying user experience? E.g. you are reading a web page, and suddenly something changes while reading...
In list pages this type of
In list pages this type of ajax behavior adds a topic added to the top of the list. Without disturbing what is being read. For example, see Gmail.
I understand, but first I
I understand, but first I want to focus on the comments (if you don't mind :)