Hi,

I have a weblog called ‘noticeboard’, and would like to display recent comments under each entry. I have successfully added a comment submission form and comment display option to my single entry page, but I would like comments to be displayed on the main weblog page as well.

Is this possible? The documentation states that the comment display should be used only in a single page, but I would like visitors to be able to see a list of weblog entries and approved comments under each post.

Here is the code for my weblog diaplsy:

(I tried taking the disable= part off but this made no difference)

And here is the code I’ve used after the above piece to display the comments:

The comments aren’t showing up, any suggestions on how I can make this work would be appreciated.

Thanks.

UPDATE:

I’ve managed to list the recent comments by using the code from this page (http://expressionengine.com/docs/modules/comment/recent_comments.html) but these are displayed as a list at the bottom of the page. I would really like each comment to be displayed under the relevant entry.

mork - 26 May 2008 04:58 AM

The documentation states that the comment display should be used only in a single page, but I would like visitors to be able to see a list of weblog entries and approved comments under each post.

Exactly. Comments, as we know them, are meant to go on single weblog entry pages only. EE does not natively have the ability to show the comments on “mutli-page” templates. For a workaround, involving PHP, see the wiki.

Ingmar Greil - 26 May 2008 06:08 AM

mork - 26 May 2008 04:58 AM

The documentation states that the comment display should be used only in a single page, but I would like visitors to be able to see a list of weblog entries and approved comments under each post.

Exactly. Comments, as we know them, are meant to go on single weblog entry pages only. EE does not natively have the ability to show the comments on “mutli-page” templates. For a workaround, involving PHP, see the wiki.

Hmmm…not sure I like the idea of putting an extra burden on my hosting, I’ll stick with a list at the bottom for now.

Thanks for the information.

It will depend on your setup, the number of page visits and a number of other factors. I have done it on occasion, and it was not all that bad. You may just try it, if you like, see how it goes. Just be aware of potential issues and limitations. Marking this thread as “Resolved”. If anyhting else comes up, kindly start a new thread, thanks.

Just a quick followup after reviewing your support threads, mork.  With the latest version of ExpressionEngine, you can use the entry_id= parameter in the comment entries tag to display comments on multi-entry pages.  Ingmar has updated the Wiki article with a method that would utilize this parameter that doesn’t require any PHP.  You’ll want to take care with regard to how much you show on a given page, for instance, 200 weblog entries with 10 comments from each entry would be rather excessive and probably have a negative impact on performance.