I am starting to use the Comments action as provided with Freeway 6…
The page where the action is on will automatically expand to 50 commnets, after that you will see a “load more comments” button.
However I would like to restrict the expanding.
Is there a way to “force” freeway so the comments will stay in a seize defined window that will scroll through the comments if there isn’t enough space.
I already discussed this with Discus, but this functionality isn’t available yet, hence my question.
Thanks
Ben
If discuss dont provide the function then you’re out of luck. The only
options left to you are to limit the size of the div container that the
comments display in and set it to overflow:hidden or even scroll which will
at least limit the amount of comments displayed in the browser (note
though, they will still be downloaded and in the code) - if you can get
your box to tie in with your line height it might even look fairly neat too
and will function as a hack.
I am starting to use the Comments action as provided with Freeway 6…
The page where the action is on will automatically expand to 50 commnets,
after that you will see a “load more comments” button.
However I would like to restrict the expanding.
Is there a way to “force” freeway so the comments will stay in a seize
defined window that will scroll through the comments if there isn’t enough
space.
I already discussed this with Discus, but this functionality isn’t
available yet, hence my question.
Thanks
Ben
Thanks for your comment,
That is indeed what I am looking for but how will I achieve that in Freeway Express ?
On 25 Apr 2013, 3:56 pm, Glynster wrote:
The only
options left to you are to limit the size of the div container that the
comments display in and set it to overflow:hidden or even scroll which will
at least limit the amount of comments displayed in the browser
With the box that contains your discuss comments selected, look in your
INSPECTOR panel under GENERAL and you should see an option to change
OVERFLOW to HIDDEN (I apologise - I dont know express so I am not 100% sure
it has that option but I dont see why not as it isnt an advanced feature).
Then, simple scale the size of the discuss box to the size that you would
like it and ensure that the height is set to FIXED.
Thanks for your comment,
That is indeed what I am looking for but how will I achieve that in
Freeway Express ?
On 25 Apr 2013, 3:56 pm, Glynster wrote:
The only
options left to you are to limit the size of the div container that the
comments display in and set it to overflow:hidden or even scroll which
will
at least limit the amount of comments displayed in the browser
I do have a “show or hide” checkbox, I don’t have a “fixed” for the height only for the width, the options for the height are “minimum” or “flexible”.
And then of course there is a “lock” and “publish”
Anyway none of those options seem to solve my “problem”
I do remember the option for the height was available in FW 5.5. But it has gone ?
If you know how to edit your CSS file you can do it manually - simply add
the value “overflow:hidden;” to your relevant ID in your CSS file.
So, for example, if the container box is called “comments” then you would
have a line in your CSS that starts #comments and is then followed by a lot
of values within curly brackets { }. If there is already a value called
“overflow:” then change what immediately follows it with the word “hidden”
if not create one line this…
overflow:hidden; being sure that every statement on the line still ends in
a semicolon; You might also play with changing this to “scroll” instead.
You will need to refresh your browser each time.
Of course, if you do this manually, every time FW republishes your site you
will write over this - this can be solved in other ways but first see if
this fixes your problem
I do have a “show or hide” checkbox, I don’t have a “fixed” for the height
only for the width, the options for the height are “minimum” or “flexible”.
And then of course there is a “lock” and “publish”
Anyway none of those options seem to solve my “problem”
I do remember the option for the height was available in FW 5.5. But it
has gone ?
Glynster,
Thanks again for staying with me.
I do appreciate your input, however I need to give it another thought. So far I sticked to Freeway Express as It hardly forced me to do some extra coding (except for some mark-up lines or body-tags).
So I am not sure if I will go down this road, as I frequently update my site.
Thanks again
Ben
Glynster,
Thanks again for staying with me.
I do appreciate your input, however I need to give it another thought. So
far I sticked to Freeway Express as It hardly forced me to do some extra
coding (except for some mark-up lines or body-tags).
So I am not sure if I will go down this road, as I frequently update my
site.
Thanks again
Ben
Only a very few Actions are available for Express. Basically, the ones that ship with it, and a few extras that Softpress have deemed worthy of conversion. Being able to use custom Actions is one of the up-sell benefits of using Pro.
Walter
On Apr 25, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Ben wrote:
I will go for a search for the actions, as you pointed out.
Over the years, I have been amazed at the work-arounds that many Express users have found to make incredibly professional sites. Often times, they have to become more familiar with HTML and CSS than their “pro” peers, because they don’t have all the bells and whistles and extra controls (and Actions) that are available in Pro.
Walter
On Apr 25, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Ben wrote:
Thanks Walter,
I will take this into account. (or simply wait for Disqus, to add some features as they “promised”- ).
To be honest, so far I managed quite well with Express. Occasionally I am temped to go for the Pro version, up to now I wasn’t ready yet.
).