Difference between revisions of "PT Comments"

Revision as of 17:54, 5 November 2010

About Comments App

The Comments application is built in the Application Development Framework (ADF).

Overview

The Comments application provides the flexibility to add comments to any custom element within the CommonSpot site. Functionality to dynamically add a comments block to news articles, publications, etc.

Requirements

ADF Library components that are required for the Photo Gallery:

• CCAPI
• ceData_1_0
• scripts_1_0

ADF must be configured correctly for your site. Site Configuration (ADF.cfc) has instructions for configuration.

Contents

The CS Photo Gallery contains the following:

• Custom Elements:
  • Comment - Custom Element

Note: Elements may contain one or more: Render Handlers, Display Templates, or Custom Field Types

Pre-installation Considerations

Application Development Framework (ADF) must be setup and configured on the server for the site. For detailed instructions, see the Application Development Framework (ADF) wiki page for Site Configurations.

This installation guide assumes that you have no Custom Elements/Metadata Forms with the names above. Before the installation of CS Photo Gallery, remove any Custom Elements/Metadata Forms with the names contained in the "Contents" section above. (If you do not remove existing elements with these names, you may have difficulties during the installation.)

The CCAPI must be configured for the site. Follow the steps to set up the CCAPI Config file for the site.

Installation/Setup

Each of the following steps should be completed fully and in the order presented:

1. Extract Comments Application
2. ADF Configuration
3. Import Elements
4. Site Configuration
5. Build Templates/Pages

Getting Started

• Getting Started - Guide to set up the photo sizes and categories.