As described at length on this guy's blog it's very difficult to find the vast majority of the controls for the comment module. This is because instead of being under Administer » By module » Comment
most of the controls are only available under Administer » Content management » Content types » Blog entry » Edit
.
It would provide a drastic increase in usability to simply add a notice under Administer » By module » Comment
stating "Controls for comments specific to the Blog entry content type are available under Administer » Content management » Content types » Blog entry » Edit
when the Blog module is enabled."
Comment | File | Size | Author |
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#12 | shawn-yoroy-339417.patch | 1.88 KB | Shawn DeArmond |
#8 | jamesan_339417-8.patch | 1.96 KB | JamesAn |
#6 | jamesan_339417-6.patch | 1.91 KB | JamesAn |
#3 | jamesan_339417.patch | 3.8 KB | JamesAn |
Comments
Comment #1
mr.baileysComment #2
karschsp CreditAttribution: karschsp commentedtagging for novice queue
Comment #3
JamesAn CreditAttribution: JamesAn commentedThe descriptions under
Administer » By module
are fetched from the modules' respective .info files. I don't think it would be appropriate to have a notice in the module's description about where to find its controls, although I agree that it needs to be somewhere.This patch places the following blurb under hook_help:
Controls for comments of specific content types are available under the content type's edit page
I avoided using blogs as a specific example as comment controls are content-type-specific and all content types can be open to commenting.
Comment #4
Dries CreditAttribution: Dries commentedI'm OK with this patch. Sounds like a nice usability improvement.
Comment #5
catchWe should definitely add the help text, but not in 3-4 places - just admin/content/comment seems fine.
Comment #6
JamesAn CreditAttribution: JamesAn commentedThe help text in comment_help() has changed. I've updated the patch.
Comment #8
JamesAn CreditAttribution: JamesAn commentedWhy'd it not work..? =\ Here's it again.
Comment #9
Shawn DeArmond CreditAttribution: Shawn DeArmond commentedThe patch worked as advertised and the help line is added to the comment module.
Comment #10
yoroy CreditAttribution: yoroy commentedYay for drastically shorter help texts.
Only niggle I have is I don't think we use 'controls' very often, but settings instead. And I think we can shave off a few more words and put the most important ones first:
change this:
Controls for comments of specific content types are available under the content type\'s <a href="@content-type">edit page</a>.
to this:
Change comment settings on the content type\'s edit page.
Comment #11
yoroy CreditAttribution: yoroy commentedstatus…
Comment #12
Shawn DeArmond CreditAttribution: Shawn DeArmond commentedAlright, here's a patch with yoroy's suggestion.
It's up to the community to decide which should be committed.
Comment #13
yoroy CreditAttribution: yoroy commentedtestbot?
Comment #14
Dries CreditAttribution: Dries commentedCommitted to CVS HEAD. Thanks!