[geeklog-devtalk] Re: What's New Comments Enhancement

[Michael Askew]

Hi again,

I've created Feature Request 366 for this change  
(http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/index.php? 
func=detail&aid=366&group_id=6&atid=108).

I've also created feature request 364, "Make the Calendar Feature a  
Geeklog Plugin;" I am currently working on that.

-Michael

On Jan 15, 2005, at 3:57 AM, Michael Askew wrote:


> <whatsnewcomments_filemgmt.patch><whatsnewcomments-geeklog.patch>

>

> Howdy,

>

> Last April I submitted patches for geeklog and the filemgmt plugin  

> that enabled the What's New block to display new comments for plugins.  

> The idea seemed well received but the patches haven't yet made it into  

> the main geeklog distribution.

>

> Since I have just finished merging geeklog 1.3.11 with my site, I am  

> submitting updated patches. There work with geeklog 1.3.11 and  

> filemgmt 1.3RC3. The modified files are

>

> 	geeklog/public_html/docs/plugin.html

> 	geeklog/public_html/lib-common.php

> 	geeklog/system/lib-plugins.html

>

> 	filemgmt/functions.inc

>

> You can see these changes in action at http://demo.club-lu.net.

>

> Here's a recap of the changes:

>

> * A new plugin API function has been added; it's called  

> "plugin_getwhatsnewcommentsinfo_{pi_name}". It takes one argument, the  

> id of an item that has new comments (the "sid" column from the  

> comments table) and returns a two item array consisting of a name for  

> the item and the URL for the item. If for some reason (permissions  

> problems, configuration options) the items new comments should not be  

> shown the function should return false.

>

> * The COM_whatsNewBlock function now selects all new comments (grouped  

> by sid and type) for plugins that support the What's New comment  

> section (plus those for articles and polls); for each one it asks the  

> appropriate plugin for the name and URL of the item the comments apply  

> to, and if appropriate, adds the item to the list of recent comments.  

> When 15 items with new comments have been found it stops.

>

> * Two new functions were added to lib-plugins.php to build a list of  

> plugins supporting the What's New comment section and to call the  

> getWhatsNewCommentInfo function for a given plugin.

>

> -Michael