Thursday, May 3, 2007

yvComment Joomla 1.5 Comments Extension

yvComment is a comments extension (component + plugin) for Joomla! 1.5 only! This extension allows users to add comments to any Article. yvComment is written from scratch specifically for Joomla! 1.5 and it is not compatible with previous versions of Joomla!/Mambo. So it is free to use most advanced features of Joomla! 1.5. It is required to install both "yvComment Component" and "yvComment Plugin". Distribution package contains both Component and Plugin zipped files inside it. All configuration setting of this extension are set in "yvComment Plugin parameters" (Administrator interface->Extensions->Plugin Manager->yvcomment).
To add Comments, user have to be logged on. You may configure, if comments are visible to unregistered users, by "Access level" of yvComment Plugin.
By default, yvComment uses the same storage (database table), as Articles. So, you may use for Comments the same "Article manager" and even Joomla! extensions, designed for Articles.
To separate Comments (of Articles) from Articles themselves (and from other content, e.g. news etc.), you have to select Section for Comments (in yvComment Plugin parameters).
Just from frontend, user may edit his (or her) comment (clicking the same image as for editing articles), if this is the last comment of the thread. Administrator may edit or delete any comment.
yvComment uses simple css file components/com_yvcomment/default.css), that may be used as a start point for customization.
Currently yvComment is translated into two languages: English and Russian.
http://yurivolkov.com/Joomla/yvComment/index_en.html

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