lpb

can someone point me in the right direction on this... i've never done anything besides tweaking existing modules/components for display purposes, etc.--so i'm not sure how to add completely new elements.

i want to add a URL field and an email field to akocomment (and then integrate trackback using a hack i saw on this site earlier).

first step is adding URL and email fields. where do i start?

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DDRcasey

Well, your going to have to do some database editing and akocomment php file editing for sure. Also some of the admin akocomment php files. Basically its alot of editing of files, which to do for what you want, im not sure.

lpb

i've rethought a bit and don't think i'm going to go as far as database editing...but i am going to try to hack the akocomment php files and convert "subject" into "URL or email" and then either linking the URL or just saving the email in the database for admin only

.... I'll let you know how it goes.

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Rey

I think he's trying to do like a blog where the Name field becomes linkable to the url the poster has put in.

ehsabbi

Does anybody know how to show the full name and not username on the comments?

hvanleeuwen

is there a hack or another component like akocomment that lets unregistered visitors comment AND lets them type their own name without having to register?

I just want people to type their own name instead of the fixed 'gues'

ehsabbi

Hi hvanleeuwen

I had this problem before and the guys here had help me.
To get your task, simple edit your file home_of_mambo/mambot/akocommentbot.php
on line 208:

Where you find:

replace by this :

hvanleeuwen

This workaround should do the trick indeed, thanks.

Mambo is a great cms let's just hope all these 3rd party components programmers etc will stick around and mature their code.