Given comments will be fieldable in Drupal 7, is/will there be a means to convert comments created via this module back to core comments? Is this desirable, or does anyone foresee this module having value with D7?

I am trying to determine if to install this module and convert all comments to nodes on a (advanced) forum site, or wait for the pending release of D7. The impetus is having filefields on comments.

thx

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michelle
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This module will still have value in D7. It's not all about being fieldable. How fast it gets updated to D7, I couldn't tell you. All I can say with certainty is that it will be done eventually.

Michelle

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avolve commented

Thanks Michelle. I will give it a test install on a sandbox.

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crea commented
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I have no plans for D7. If someone decides to create a version for D7, he's always welcome to become co-maintainer.

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michelle
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And here's me a year later with egg on my face. I am no longer using Node Comments except for on a site that is just in limbo until I can rewrite it. I won't be porting it to D7 because I am switching to entities.

To be fair, when I wrote that comment, I didn't know entities existed. :)

Michelle

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mitylite commented
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Going back to the part of the question that wasn't answered.

Is there a way to convert existing node comments to core comments? I've been using node comment but I want to upgrade to D7 and that means I need a way back to core drupal comments right? So how do I go about that?

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michelle
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I vaguely remember there being some code for it in the module but I don't think it worked well. Make sure you try it on a dev site.

Might be easier to just port Node Comment to D7 as well...

Michelle

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mitylite commented

Code in the module? Not even sure how I would begin to utilize it if it even exists... Nor am I sure if I'd really want to keep node comments if I could, since I'm trying to simplify the site as much as possible to cut down on resource usage because that usage is huuuuuuuuuge(apparently) and I only have like 300 user at any given moment which I don't think is that large for my kind of site. My server admin is always complaining: "Durpal is a hog", "Man, i have 10x the traffic and you still outweigh my usage", "Drupal sucks", "Your site use breaks too easy" "Blah blah blah blah blah" :p

must... shut him up >_<

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michelle
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My site that uses Node Comments is a horrible resource hog as well. I can't say for sure that's to blame but, honestly, the site is pretty dead and there's not much going on other than posting in the forum which is all NC.

By code in the module, I meant that the functionality exists. If you set the node type back to comments, I believe it will either convert them right there or put a note in the site status page that links to where you can convert them. It's been a loooong time since I've looked at that, though, and I have no dev site at the moment where I could try it.

Michelle

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mitylite commented

I'll give it a shot then when I can duplicate my website on my local computer and start tinkering with it.

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mitylite commented
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I finally managed to get my site downloaded to a local server, and you were right on :p

When you switch back to drupal comments in the node type settings, it will take you to a page that asks you to confirm the conversion of the existing node comments back to standard drupal comments. It all went smoothly.

Thanks Michelle.