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jry1209

Dec 22 2003, 06:44 PM

How can I change it so that when then clicking on the comment link under a post rather then a seperate comment window opening up, having it simply go to the full article for that post with the comment feature below?

Dexter

Dec 22 2003, 07:37 PM

You'll have to change the templates for every place you want to do this. Main Index, Category Archive, and any Date Based archives you have.

Find this in the old template code

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    <MTEntryIfAllowComments>
    | <a href="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTCommentScript$>?entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" onclick="OpenComments(this.href); return false">Comments (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a>
    </MTEntryIfAllowComments>

and replace it with this

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    <MTEntryIfAllowComments>
    | <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>#comments">Comments (<$MTEntryCommentCount$>)</a>
    </MTEntryIfAllowComments>

jry1209

Dec 23 2003, 06:31 AM

Thanks a lot. Worked like a charm.

jry1209

Dec 23 2003, 06:45 AM

Forgot one thing though, how can I do it so that the actual entry shows above the comments themselves on that page?

oscarf

Dec 23 2003, 07:49 AM

In your individual entry archive template, look for the form element:

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<form method="post" action="<$MTCGIPath$>sub-to-com.cgi" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie[0].checked) rememberMe(this)">

and right after that, if it is not there, insert the following:

CODE

See if that gets it done ...

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