Edit Comments: Requested changes
Development and Programming
Would it be possible to modify the Edit Comments plugin to recognize the comment mod powers of article authors? It would be nice if people could edit the comments in their articles without having to go to the control panel, since comment authors and super admins can do this anyway.
Also, could we get the ability to close and delete comments AJAXically? Next to the Edit link, it could add Close and Delete and allow those with sufficient permissions to see and execute these commands. It could also show closed comments to certain people and allow them to be reopened.
Other than this, this plugin is great. I’m loving it and I’ve barely even used it yet. 😊
I would like to second the above.
Additionally I have another suggestion. When setting the maximum time allowed for editing comments it would be great if you could show how many minutes are remaining. I currently have the following code
{exp:edit_comments:edit_link comment_id="{comment_id}" author_id="{author_id}"}
[You have 30 minutes to {text}Edit Your Comment{/text}]
{/exp:edit_comments:edit_link}Where it says 30 minutes it would be great to have a variable that would update everytime the page is refreshed with how many minutes are remaaining perhaps {time_remaining} or something along that lines.
An interesting idea. I’m currently playing with it to see if I can incorporate this script to show the time left. So far, it’s coming along pretty well except for passing it the amount of time left — and I’m not sure yet how I’m going to solve that. But I’ll post a solution (either here, or maybe in a new thread) if I figure it out.
I realize this is a super old thread…but…I thought I might ask becuase the topic is similar - would either of you know of a way to achieve this edit functionality not using ajax? Simply redirecting the comment author to an SAEF (of sorts) where they can edit. And on update the comment author would be redirected back to the original entry they posted to.
Just thought I’d ask.
Thanks