1. Drupal Essentials
HANDLING COMMENTS
IN DRUPAL
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3. Who is this for?
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New to Drupal?
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Inherited a new
Drupal site and want
to know more about
configuration
Starting a new Drupal
site!
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4. training.acquia.com/events
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5. In this demo
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For total beginners to
Drupal configuration
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Comment configuration
Display of comments
Modules to improve
comment moderation
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6. Comments:
Out of the box
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7. Demo
• Adding a comment.
• Turning on comments for a content type.
• Setting permissions.
• Review the comment queue.
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8. Per content type
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9. Comment configuration
Enable the Comments module
Enable comments per content type
Configure permissions per role
https://drupal.org/node/777676
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10. Closed??
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11. Comments
• As an author you can open or close
comments per item of content.
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12. Comment form
• Below the
content.
• After showing
list of
comments.
• This is
configurable.
• Show reply form
on another page
as an option.
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13. Add fields
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14. Possibly Webform
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15. Comment queue
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16. Unapproved
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17. Check comment
• Visible only if logged in
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18. Modules to improve
Comments
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19. Comment Notify
https://drupal.org/project/comment_notify
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20. Rules scheduler
• Close comments after a period of time.
http://drupalize.me/videos/introducing-rules-scheduler
http://drupaleasy.com/blogs/doug-hercules/2013/01/give-yourcomments-shelf-life
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21. Schedule based on date
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22. CAPTCHA +
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23. Honeypot
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24. Services
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25. Panels
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26. Comment theming
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27. Default node layout
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28. Node template
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29. Per node layout
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30. Panels
Override display of node
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31. Disqus
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32. Disqus
• Advantages:
• Hand over moderation.
• Login verification w facebook, G+ etc
• Disadvantages:
• You’re giving up all your comments and
user interaction.
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33. Disqus
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35. http://disqus.com/admin/drupal/
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36. Permissions
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37. Mollom
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38. Mollom
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39. Statistics
• Shows you “Ham” versus “Spam”
By Douglas Muth (CC BY-SA 2.0) http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmuth/8180972354/
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40. Another example
• Spamtastic!
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41. Mollom Configuration
1. Download and Install the module
2. Account keys connect you to Mollom server
3. Set permissions for users
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Which user roles can bypass Mollom
protection?
4. Configure Mollom for specific forms
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Select protection mode, either Text
analysis or CAPTCHA-only
5. Set fall back options
http://mollom.com/tutorials/drupal-7
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42. 1. Download
https://drupal.org/project/mollom
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43. 2. Sign up for keys
http://mollom.com/
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44. 3. Permissions
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45. Who can access?
• Anonymous gets checked by Mollom
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46. 4. Configure for forms
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47. 5. Fall back settings
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48. Questions?
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