I was wondering if it's possible to show activity comments with user picture of the activity comment author. I tried to look at the code however

**
 * Preprocess the comment display to add in the sanitized variables
 */
function template_preprocess_activity_comments_comment(&$vars, $hook) {

// -- > something here for the display of the activity author's pictures
// like ->  $picture = $account->picture;


  $vars['username'] = theme('username', $vars['comment']);
  $vars['comment_value'] = check_plain($vars['comment']->comment);
  $vars['date'] = format_date($vars['comment']->timestamp);
  if (activity_comments_delete_access($vars['comment']->cid)) {
    $vars['delete_link'] = l(t('Delete'), 'activity/comments/delete/' . $vars['comment']->cid, array('query' => drupal_get_destination()));
  }
}

can somebody point me in the right direction in this way please... it will be a great option to have such a feature in this module..

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gausarts commented

This is what I did to display the picture along side the comments:

/**
 * Preprocess the comment display to add in the sanitized variables
 *
 */
function mytheme_preprocess_activity_comments_comment(&$vars, $hook) {
  $account = user_load(array('uid' =>$vars['comment']->uid));
  $vars['username'] = theme('username', $vars['comment']);
  
  // Adjust the size to your imagecache preset, you may want to link to profile
  $vars['user_picture'] = theme('imagecache', 'thumb_32x32', $account->picture, strip_tags($vars['username']), strip_tags($vars['username']));
  $vars['comment_value'] = check_plain($vars['comment']->comment);
  $vars['date'] = format_date($vars['comment']->timestamp);
  if (activity_comments_delete_access($vars['comment']->cid)) {
    $vars['delete_link'] = l(t('Delete'), 'activity/comments/delete/' . $vars['comment']->cid, array('query' => drupal_get_destination()));
  }
}

Copy the theme from the module into your theme folder. Adjust the imagecache, variables and also put the new variable "user_picture" inside your activity-comment.tpl.php

I had to redeclare the argument in my theme to get it work last time I did, though. Haven't tried to revert back without hook_theme, but that way it worked.

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troyl commented

Thanks gausarts

for a quick reply,

I tried to add the function to my theme and override the preprocess as you have pointed,

however it doesn't seem to give out any output.

is there anything I am missing..

this is what I put in my theme..


// Preprocess the comment display to add in the sanitized variables

function MYtheme_preprocess_activity_comments_comment(&$vars, $hook) {
  $account = user_load(array('uid' =>$vars['comment']->uid));
  $vars['username'] = theme('username', $vars['comment']);
  
  // Adjust the size to your imagecache preset, you may want to link to profile
  $vars['user_picture'] = theme('imagecache', 'image_user_default', $account->picture, strip_tags($vars['username']));
  $vars['comment_value'] = check_plain($vars['comment']->comment);
  $vars['date'] = format_date($vars['comment']->timestamp);
  if (activity_comments_delete_access($vars['comment']->cid)) {
    $vars['delete_link'] = l(t('Delete'), 'activity/comments/delete/' . $vars['comment']->cid, array('query' => drupal_get_destination()));
  }
}

and i added this variable to the activity_comment.tpl.php

print $user_picture;

Any help would be great

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gausarts commented

Perhaps the file name is the problem. No underscore, it's a hyphen: activity-comment.tpl.php

troyl’s picture

troyl commented

Thanks for the quick reply..

I copied the activity-comment.tpl.php to my theme folder and added the variable

print $user_picture;

but to no avail..

is there anything else I am missing

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gausarts commented

I believe you have cleared the theme registry, so the last step is somehow necessary. You may have to redeclare the template and argument via your hook_theme.

Have you placed something like below into your hook_theme?

    'activity_comments_comment' => array(
      'template' => 'tpl/misc/activity-comment', // adjust the path
      'arguments' => array('comment' => NULL),
    ),

I have never done this with other module overrides, but last time I did was a last resort and worked. I believe this should not be necessary, but

So hopefully the maintainers can tell us in the right direction if any other possible step we missed so we can avoid this.

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troyl commented

Thanks gausart for your reply,

I finally got the pictures working, but directly altering the activity-comment.tpl.php file,

No matter what I do I can't for the life of it got to accept the template suggestion from my theme.

I think the culprit is this code fragment 


    'activity_comments_comment' =>  array(
      'arguments' => array('comment' => NULL),
      'template' => 'activity-comment',
    ),
  );
}

as explained here http://drupal.org/node/223440

it should not be passed as an array

  // Do not do this:
  $variables['template_files'] = array('hook-suggestion');
 
  // Instead do this:
  $variables['template_files'][] = 'hook-suggestion';

but i may be wrong, it would be nice for the maintainers of this module to shed some light on this

I really appreciate your help... thanks

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gausarts commented

Yes, hopefully we can override it like any other modules.

BTW, that hook_theme is an extra step to avoid "directly altering the activity-comment.tpl.php file", unless you can live with that on the following upgrades :)

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Scott Reynolds commented

@#6 The module isn't providing a template suggestion(s). You are trying to override a theme hook. See here for in-depth instructions plus examples: http://drupal.org/node/341628

There is no error/bug in Activity code.

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troyl commented

@#8 I never said module had a bug/error however, what eludes me is that every other module is simply overridden by copying and pasting the *.tpl.php file to the theme and making necessary changes to it, however, this is not the case in the activity_comment module.

I even tried to override the hook_theme() function in my theme template file but to no avail. I checked it with devel but no matter what I do it does not get overridden.

If every module can be overridden by a simple process why would activity_module be different. This leaves a question mark on activity_comment module.

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zuzu83 commented

an interim solution dans le fichier "activity_comment.tpl.php"

<?php
	$usr = user_load($comment->uid);
	$picture = theme('imagecache', 'your_image_cache_size', ($usr->picture) ? $usr->picture : variable_get('user_picture_default', ''), strip_tags($comment->name));
?>
<div class='container-inline'>
  <span class="activity-user-picture" style="margin-left:-32px;"><?=$picture?></span>
  <span class='activity-user'><?php print $username ?></span>
  <div class='activity-comment'><?php print $comment_value ?></div>
</div>
<div class='activity-comments-meta'>
  <div class='activity-comments-timestamp'>
    <?php print $date; ?>
  </div>
  <?php if (!empty($delete_link)) :?>
    <div class='activity-comments-delete'>
      <?php print $delete_link; ?>
    </div>
  <?php endif; ?>
</div>
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