Comment Plugin Template for Support Question Comments

This page defines a custom CommentPlugin template to add comments to SupportForum pages.

Input form definition:

%TMPL:DEF{PROMPT:support_comment}%<div style="margin: -5px 0 5px 0;">
%IF{
 "istopic '%SYSTEMWEB%.ScrollBoxAddOn'"
 then="$percntINCLUDE{ \"%SYSTEMWEB%.ScrollBoxAddOn\" section=\"scroll_box_engine\" }$percnt $percntINCLUDE{ \"%SYSTEMWEB%.ScrollBoxAddOn\" section=\"static_box_start\" boxstyle=\"padding: 7px; width: auto; background-color: #f6f6fb;\" }$percnt"
 else="<nop>"
}%
<div>
<textarea %DISABLED% rows="%rows|14%" cols="%cols|90%" name="comment" class="twikiTextarea" wrap="soft" style="width: 100%" onfocus="if(this.value=='%MESSAGE%')this.value=''" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value='%MESSAGE%'">%MESSAGE%</textarea>
</div>
<div style="padding: 5px 0 0 0;">
<input %DISABLED% type="submit" value="%button|Add comment%" class="twikiButton" />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
Change status to: <select %DISABLED% name="Status">
<option %IF{"'%FORMFIELD{Status}%'='Asked'" then="selected='selected'"}% value="Asked">Asked question</option>
<option %IF{"'%FORMFIELD{Status}%'='Answered'" then="selected='selected'"}% value="Answered">Answered question</option>
<option %IF{"'%FORMFIELD{Status}%'='Unanswered'" then="selected='selected'"}% value="Unanswered">Closed unanswered</option>
</select>
</div>
%IF{
 "istopic '%SYSTEMWEB%.ScrollBoxAddOn'"
 then="$percntINCLUDE{ \"%SYSTEMWEB%.ScrollBoxAddOn\" section=\"static_box_end\" }$percnt"
 else="<nop>"
}%
</div>%TMPL:END%

Output format definition: (specify encode="off" to preserve special characters, use encode="safe" to escape special characters (e.g. for verbatim text))

%TMPL:DEF{OUTPUT:support_comment}%%POS:BEFORE%
%URLPARAM{ "comment" encode="safe" }%

%STARTSECTION{ type="expandvariables" }%%IF{ "defined 'BUBBLESIGNATUREFORMAT'" then="$percntBUBBLESIGNATUREFORMAT$percnt" else="-- $percntWIKIUSERNAME$percnt - $percntDATE$percnt" }%%ENDSECTION{ type="expandvariables" }%

%TMPL:END%

Include generic comment templates:

%TMPL:INCLUDE{"%SYSTEMWEB%.CommentPlugin"}%

Related: SupportForumMaintenance, SupportForum, AskSupportQuestion, WebTopicEditTemplate, SupportHeader, CommentPlugin, WebPreferences

-- PeterThoeny - 2012-07-03