comments on static pages

[George]

just wondered if anyone has added comments on static pages ?

[Arvid]

Someone has indeed

Although static pages can not be commented in vanilla FlatPress, you may add the Disqus comment system - this works for entries and static pages. See our wiki for details

All the best,
Arvid

[George]

Ive looked at that but would prefer the flatpress system, any ideas ?

[virtualsky]

At first I was going to say, "couldn't you just alter the php to include the 'comments' portion from the blog entry sheet into the static page sheet", but then I took a close look at the file structure. From what I can see, all of the static pages are stored as .txt files within the same sub-folder. While comments, on the other hand, are stored within a sub-folder under the folders created for each individual blog entry. So, obviously that first idea wouldn't work.

The only way that I can thing of to add comments to a static page (within the confines of vanilla Flatpress as it is today) is to create a companion blog entry for each static page. Then, at the bottom of the static page, you include a link to the corresponding blog entry page, where the visitor could then add a comment. Not very graceful, I know.

[George]

thanks,i did it but much easier than that, my flatpress has two instances running. the first is only for the front/home page. the second is the main site.
so in the main site i edited static.pl and added a link to the home site. it isnt clean but it works

[virtualsky]

Ah yes, I see what you did there. Good thinking!

[WineMan]

I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but on your home page at the bottom there is an error message. Here is what it says:

Server Uptime 17:10:08 up 8 days, 7:50, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Warning: Undefined array key 1 in /home/.sites/site2/wwwroot/web/odds/uptime2.php on line 4

[George]

I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but on your home page at the bottom there is an error message. Here is what it says:

Server Uptime 17:10:08 up 8 days, 7:50, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Warning: Undefined array key 1 in /home/.sites/site2/wwwroot/web/odds/uptime2.php on line 4

thanks for heads up i think its now fixed

[Arvid]

thanks,i did it but much easier than that, my flatpress has two instances running. the first is only for the front/home page. the second is the main site.
so in the main site i edited static.pl and added a link to the home site. it isnt clean but it works

This is tricky