Templates for Comment Plugin

See CommentPlugin: Customisation for help.

While this topic can be viewed as a topic, it is used by the Comment Plugin as a template file. The syntax is the same as used for the templates used for presentation in skins - see Skin Templates. The important content in here is in the verbatim blocks. The rest of the topic is just comments.

See Comment Plugin Examples to view rendered templates

Put your local templates into User Comments Template (create if it does not exist yet). Local templates defined in that topic will override templates defined below.

CommentPlugin can work in two modes, refresh and ajax. In refresh mode, the entire topic is refreshed whenever a comment is added. This is rather slow, but gives the most accurate results. In ajax mode, insertion of comments is handled by Javascript in the browser, but what the user sees after adding a comment is not necessarily identical to what they will see when the topic is refreshed.

The templates below all use ajax mode for best performance by default. The plugin will fall back to refresh mode if Javascript is not available (e.g. it is enabled in your user's browsers).

If you want to disable ajax completely, then override the following template

%TMPL:DEF{ajax}%commentPluginAjax%TMPL:END%

setting it to empty.

Template definitions

Note that the use of URLPARAM in the templates should be done in a way that prevents Cross Site Scripting attacks. The safest is to let URLPARAM encode the unsafe characters (default) but this prevents the user from entering Foswiki macros in the comment input fields. It is however safe to use encode="off" when the following rules are observed.

• The encode="off" option for URLPARAM is only used in this topic within verbatim tags to prevent this topic from being an XSS attack vector.
• The encode="off" option is only used in OUTPUT defs and never in the PROMPT.
• The encode="off" should never be used for guest comments. The comment plugin will expand the $encodeguest token to "off" for logged in users and "entity" for guests.

Templates used in rest of file

Generic prompt box used by other templates

%TMPL:DEF{promptbox}%<div class="commentPlugin commentPluginPromptBox"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="middle"><td><textarea %DISABLED% rows="%rows|3%" cols="%cols|70%" name="comment" class="foswikiInputField commentPluginPromptBox" title="%MESSAGE%">%MESSAGE%</textarea></td><td>&nbsp;<input %DISABLED% type="submit" value="%button|Add comment%" class="foswikiButton %TMPL:P{ajax}%" /></td></tr></table></div><!--/commentPlugin-->%TMPL:END%

Short comment, signed and dated

%TMPL:DEF{outputoneliner}%   * %URLPARAM{"comment" encode="$encodeguest"}% -- %WIKIUSERNAME% - %GMTIME{"$day $month $year"}%%TMPL:END%

See rendered template Default

User templates

top

Comments, signed and dated, added at top of file

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:top}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:top}%%TMPL:P{outputoneliner}%%POS:TOP%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template top

bottom

Comments, signed and dated, added at end of file

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:bottom}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:bottom}%%POS:BOTTOM%%TMPL:P{outputoneliner}%%TMPL:END%

See rendered template bottom

above

Comments, signed and dated, added immediately before anchor

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:above}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:above}%%POS:BEFORE%%TMPL:P{OUTPUT:threadmode}%%TMPL:END%

See rendered template above

bulletabove

Bullet item added immediately before anchor. The input field width is passed with parameter inputsize, for example:

%COMMENT{type="bulletabove" inputsize="20"}%

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:bulletabove}%<input class="foswikiInputField" name="bullet_above_item" id="bullet_above_item" type="text" size="%inputsize|40%" value="%URLPARAM{"bullet_above_item"}%" />&nbsp;<input %DISABLED% type="button" value="%button|Add item%" class="foswikiButton %TMPL:P{ajax}%" />%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:bulletabove}%   * %URLPARAM{"bullet_above_item" encode="$encodeguest"}%%POS:BEFORE%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template bulletabove

threadmode

Wiki thread mode comment, signed and dated

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:threadmode}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:threadmode}%%POS:BEFORE%

%URLPARAM{"comment" encode="$encodeguest"}%

-- %WIKIUSERNAME% - %DATE%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template threadmode

belowthreadmode

Comments, signed and dated, added recurse after comment box.

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:belowthreadmode}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:belowthreadmode}%%POS:AFTER%
---++++ %WIKIUSERNAME% - %SERVERTIME%

%URLPARAM{"comment" encode="$encodeguest"}%

%TMPL:END%

See rendered template belowthreadmode

below

Comments, signed and dated, added immediately below anchor

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:below}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:below}%%POS:AFTER%%TMPL:P{outputoneliner}%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template below

tableprepend

Comments, signed and dated, added at top of table below the anchor/location/COMMENT

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:tableprepend}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:tableprepend}%%POS:AFTER%| %URLPARAM{"comment" newline="<br />" encode="$encodeguest"}% | %WIKIUSERNAME% | %SERVERTIME% |
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template tableprepend

tableappend

Comments, signed and dated, added at end of table above the anchor/location/COMMENT

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:tableappend}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:tableappend}%%POS:BEFORE%| %URLPARAM{"comment" newline="<br />" encode="$encodeguest"}% | %WIKIUSERNAME% | %SERVERTIME% |
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template tableappend

after: Add before the comment box, after the last comment

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:after}%%TMPL:P{promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:after}%%NOP%%TMPL:P{outputoneliner}%
%POS:BEFORE%%TMPL:END%

See rendered template after

action

Action added to action table directly above comment box (requires Foswiki:Extensions/ActionTrackerPlugin)

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:action}%

%TABLE{databg="#ffffff" tableborder="0" cellborder="0"}%
|        <label for="action_who">Action for</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" name="action_who" id="action_who" type="text" size="50" value="%URLPARAM{"who"}%" /> |
| <label for="action_due">Due date</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" name="action_due" id="action_due" type="text" size="30" value="%URLPARAM{"due"}%" /> |
|    <label for="action_comment">Comment</label>| <textarea %DISABLED% rows="%rows|3%" cols="%cols|50%" name="action_comment" id="action_comment" class="foswikiInputField commentPluginPromptBox" onfocus="if(this.value=='%MESSAGE%')this.value=''" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value='%MESSAGE%'">%MESSAGE%</textarea> |
|| <input %DISABLED% type="button" class="foswikiButton %TMPL:P{ajax}%" value="Add action" /> |
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:action}%%POS:BEFORE%%AC%NOP%TION{who="%URLPARAM{"action_who" encode="$encodeguest"}%" due="%URLPARAM{"action_due" encode="$encodeguest"}%"}% %URLPARAM{"action_comment" encode="$encodeguest"}%<br />- Created by %WIKIUSERNAME%, %SERVERTIME%%ENDACTION%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template action

table

Tablerows adding on end

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:table}%
%TABLE{databg="#ffffff" tableborder="0" cellborder="0"}%
|        <label for="comment_date">Date</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" %DISABLED% type="text" size="40" name="comment_date" id="comment_date" /> |
|        <label for="comment_city">City</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" %DISABLED% type="text" size="40" name="comment_city" id="comment_city" value="" /> |
|| <input %DISABLED% type="button" class="foswikiButton %TMPL:P{ajax}%" value="%button|Add entry%" /> |
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:table}%%POS:BEFORE%| %URLPARAM{"comment_date" encode="$encodeguest"}% | %WIKIUSERNAME% | %URLPARAM{"comment_city" encode="$encodeguest"}% |
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template table

toctalk

Talk using TOC adding on end

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:toctalk}%
%TABLE{databg="#ffffff" tableborder="0" cellborder="0"}%
|        <label for="comment_summary">Summary</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" %DISABLED% type="text" size="40" name="comment_summary" id="comment_summary" /> |
|        <label for="toctalk_comment_text">Message</label>| <textarea %DISABLED% rows="%rows|3%" cols="%cols|50%" name="toctalk_comment_text" id="toctalk_comment_text" class="foswikiInputField commentPluginPromptBox" onfocus="if(this.value=='%MESSAGE%')this.value=''" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value='%MESSAGE%'">%MESSAGE%</textarea> |
|| <input %DISABLED% type="button" value="%button|Add%" class="foswikiButton %TMPL:P{ajax}%" /> |
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:toctalk}%
%POS:BEFORE%---++++ %SERVERTIME% %WIKIUSERNAME%: %URLPARAM{"comment_summary" encode="$encodeguest"}%
%POS:BEFORE%%URLPARAM{"toctalk_comment_text" encode="$encodeguest"}%
%POS:BEFORE%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template toctalk

bookmark

Create a list of annotated bookmarks

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:bookmark}%
%TABLE{databg="#ffffff" tableborder="0" cellborder="0"}%
|        <label for="comment_url">Url</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" %DISABLED% type="text" size="40" name="comment_url" id="comment_url" value="http://" /> |
| <label for="comment_link">Link label</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" %DISABLED% type="text" size="40" name="comment_link" id="comment_link" /> |
|    <label for="bookmark_comment_text">Comment</label>| <input class="foswikiInputField" %DISABLED% type="text" size="40" name="bookmark_comment_text" id="bookmark_comment_text" value="%MESSAGE%" /> |
|| <input %DISABLED% type="button" value="%button|Add bookmark%" class="foswikiButton %TMPL:P{ajax}%" /> |
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:bookmark}%%POS:BEFORE%   * [[%URLPARAM{"comment_url" encode="entity"}%][%URLPARAM{"comment_link" encode="entity"}%]] %IF{" '%URLPARAM{"bookmark_comment_text" encode="entity"}%' = '' " then="" else="- "}%%URLPARAM{"bookmark_comment_text" encode="entity"}%
%TMPL:END%

See rendered template bookmark

return

Post to a different topic and return to here. The comment target is set in the PROMPT. In the form below the redirectto is set to the current (including) topic.

%TMPL:DEF{returnpromptbox}%
<input type="hidden" name="redirectto" value="%BASEWEB%.%BASETOPIC%" />
%TMPL:P{promptbox}%
%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:return}%%TMPL:P{return_promptbox}%%TMPL:END%

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:return}%%POS:BEFORE%%TMPL:P{OUTPUT:threadmode}%%TMPL:END%

See rendered template return

Include UserComments

Including User Comments Template ("Template" gets automatically appended to the name):

%TMPL:INCLUDE{"UserComments"}%