This is mostly an FYI issue. I'm starting work on making a replacement for Node Comments in Drupal 7 specifically for Advanced Forum. While this won't replace Node Comments in the general sense because of being forum specific, it may turn out to be a better direction for the module in general. I've only just started on this tonight, and by started I mean am reading up on exactly what entities are and how one uses them, so definitely no progress to report. The reason I'm filing this issue is in case anyone else comes along wondering about doing this they will hopefully get in touch with me to see if we can collaborate.

Michelle

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avolve commented

Is this paralleling a shift to entities for Advanced Forum 3.x / D7?

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Yes.

Michelle

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svenrissmann commented

Will there be a "take over function" for converting existing Drupal6 Nodecomments to Drupal7-Entities?

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There will be for forums. I can't speak to whether there will be a more generic converter.

Michelle

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svenrissmann commented

So in fact, if I use Nodecomments on the Forum Nodetype at Drupal 6, the Drupal 7 Entity based AdvForum version will convert them (and only them) into it´s own Dataformat (however that will look)...?!?

For me that would be ok and enough to know!

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Yes. My own forum is on Node Comments so I will need to write a converter in order for me to upgrade to Drupal 7. :) I do use Node Comments for other things on my site, so may write a general converter, but I haven't decided, yet. I'm going to be making a lot of changes on my site and may decide to just scrap everything outside the forum and start over.

Michelle

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crea commented
Project: Node Comments » Artesian Forum
Version: 6.x-2.x-dev »
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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Not sure what to do with this... I ended up not going that route and deciding to make Artesian Forum instead so this really isn't an Artesian issue. Just gonna close it, I guess.

Michelle

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Just so you know, there's a big discussion on moving comments to their own entities for drupal 8 here #731724: Convert comment settings into a field to make them work with CMI and non-node entities

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Thanks, but Artesian won't be using comments, so it's a moot point for this project. Good to know in general, though. :)

Michelle

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allan1015 commented

>> Thanks, but Artesian won't be using comments

something feels right about that

if all posts are nodes
Can this Entities as Threads and perhaps this - Awesome relationships - http://drupal.org/project/awesomerelationship
be used to connect/collect/lonk the posts into threads? threads to topics to forums to catagories - something like that?
I am guessing thsi relationship 'stuff' was part of the attraction to use comments to start?

I am but a hack when it comes to coding, but if i can help later in testing, debugging, - ill keep checking in

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Artesian won't be using nodes, either. Relationships are handled in code. I don't want to add dependencies unless they are absolutely necessary.

I appreciate the testing offer. I'm sure I'll need it. At the moment, though, the code is massively in flux with periodic git dumps to the mudbox and not very useful for anyone to test.

Michelle