"Reply" vs "Comment" label on button in the comments UI
The original concern turned out to be a misunderstanding
of the meaning of the main "Reply" button in the page
comments UI.
Original posting:
I am trying out Talkyard with my Hugo site, and testing locally.
I have added http://localhost:1313 to the list of sites in my
admin area and have set up my pages to show Talkyard comments.
Snippet result:
<script>talkyardServerUrl='https://comments-for-prooftoys-org.talkyard.net';</script>
<script async defer src="https://c1.ty-cdn.net/-/talkyard-comments.min.js"></script>
<div class="talkyard-comments" data-discussion-id="" style="margin-top: 45px;">
<noscript>Please enable Javascript to view comments.</noscript>
<p style="margin-top: 25px; opacity: 0.9; font-size: 96%">Comments powered by
<a href="https://www.talkyard.io">Talkyard</a>.</p>
</div>
I have also tried a snippet with a non-empty discussionId,
same visible result.
When I go to a page I see a display of Talkyard information.
Screenshot:
I see no place to enter a comment, but there is a button to allow me to
reply to the nonexistent comment.
How can I fix this?
Thanks.
KajMagnus @KajMagnus2019-05-28 19:03:08.652ZHi Cris, the reply button is for replying to the blog post that is supposed to be visible above the reply button. If you have a look at the comments section here:
https://www.kajmagnus.blog/new-embedded-comments#comment-97
you'll see the same reply button, and a similar "NNN replies" horizontal bar. This time, though, there's a blog post above the Reply button. Maybe this makes it more clear how everything is supposed to work?Or am I missing something :- ) Maybe you'd like to post a screenshot of your whole page? Is there something above the reply button, in your case?
if you click Reply, then, an editor should appear so you can type a comment. Currently, there's no always-visible editor (although I'm startnig to think that'd be a nice thing to have).
Ohhhhh.
Thanks for the very prompt response.
I understood the "reply" button as a way to reply to another comment.
My plan is to provide for comments, actually more likely questions
about information on the web site, not a blog post.So I was expecting a small always-visible editor and a button
that says something more like "Comment" or perhaps "Ask question"
or "Question / comment".As you can tell, my first thought or three is that "reply" is confusing
in this context.(Sometimes it takes a day or more before I reply o. O it's a bit random)
I could edit the main Reply button title to "Ask a question", via custom CSS. Let me know.
(Adding an always visible editor, that's relatively much work though, won't happen the nearest time.)
( Custom CSS. Something like this seems to work:
.dw-ar-t > .esPA .icon-reply b { display: none; /* remove "Reply" .... */ } .dw-ar-t > .esPA .icon-reply::after { content: 'Ask a question'; /* ... and add this */ opacity: 1; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; })
Yes, that makes sense, thanks. I had been thinking maybe I could do something of the kind.
I like a lot about your approach, both from the point of view of features and also client/provider relationships (especially that there is open source). Since your reply I have gone on to playing around with what I can do with comments on my test site. Talkyard is surprisingly powerful in a few different dimensions.
Cheers,
CrisUnfortunately the comments display is in an iframe, and I don't
know how to affect the styling of content in an iframe,
especially as it is cross-site. I can modify the CSS through
the Chrome DOM inspector, but not through a CSS file.Any thoughts on that?
There's a CSS editor here: https://comments-for-prooftoys-org.talkyard.net/-/admin/customize/css-js
(Hmm maybe I can make it easier to find somehow.)
Whoah, I didn't see that one coming. Yes, your CSS works, and I have done a little more customizing, though I can't promise all of it is wise. But I prefer to start with a fairly minimalist UI for the inexperienced user.
For what it's worth, here is my current CSS. I have hidden the main Talkyard toolbar header and removed editing of comments.
Thanks much.
.dw-ar-t > .esPA .icon-reply b { display: none; /* remove "Reply" .... */ } .dw-ar-t > .esPA .icon-reply::after { content: 'Comment'; /* ... and add this */ opacity: 1; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; } /* Don't show the biggish block toolbar */ .dw-cmts-tlbr-head { display: none; } /* Don't support editing comments. */ a.dw-a.dw-a-edit.icon-edit { display: none; }
- In reply toCrisP⬆:
If you have time, I'm wondering which dimensions you have in mind? Maybe there's something could mention on the homepage (so others find out sooner)
That is not such an easy question. I was just looking for something fairly minimal with modest cost structure for a site doesn't aim for a whole lot of traffic. I was trying utteranc.es, which is cute, but probably a bit too minimalist and requires GitHub login, which seemed a little doubtful.
The capabilities of Talkyard seem to kind of go on and on. Tons of room for growth if desired, for example forums. Customizable via CSS, as I am now aware. ;-)
- Progresswith handling this problem
