CommentDrop

CommentDrop is a Liquid drop representing a comment. Each comment, whether it is a regular reply, a pingback or a trackback, will be encapsulated in a CommentDrop.

Methods

CommentDrop supports the following methods:

id

Returns the ID of the comment as a string.

type

Returns the type of the comment, as a word (reply, pingback or trackback).

author

Returns the name of the comment author, with a link to its website if one's given. Returns "Anonymous" if no name was given.

get_author

Returns the name of the comment author, html escaped.

get_email

Returns the e-mail of the comment author, html escaped. Please note that this should never be displayed publicly without the permission of the owner!

get_website

Returns the website of the comment author, html escaped.

get_date

Returns the date the comment was posted.

date

Returns the date the comment was posted. This is wrapped in an hAtom compatible microformat (according to the Microformat datetime-design-pattern).

For example: <abbr title="2007-12-31T13:02:03Z">December 31, 2007 at 13:02</abbr>

If you want to remove the dotted underline or small caps displayed in some browsers by default (Firefox, Opera, Konqueror…), use the CSS style rules border-bottom: none; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; on this <abbr>.

permalink

Returns a permalink to the comment.

text

Returns the text of the comment, as HTML.

get_text

Returns the original text of the comment, with the Textile.

entry

Returns the entry on which this comment was posted, as an EntryDrop.

by_admin?

Returns true if the comment was written by an administrator.

get_errors

Returns an array of errors that occurred during the validation of a newly written comment. These should be displayed above the comment form.

errors

Returns an array of errors that occurred during the validation of a newly written comment, in an unordered list with the ID "comment_errors".

For example:

<p id="comment_message">The following errors occurred:</p>

<ul id="comment_errors">

<li>Please enter a comment text.</li>

<li>Please enter a name.</li>

</ul>