Home → Problems →

Blog comment validation messages not showing

Brendan Falkowski

19 Feb, 2012 10:59 PM via web

Admin Functions

• Edit
• Remove

Noticed today that comment validation messages don't appear in the frontend (errors or success). For example, click submit without filling in the form: http://gravitydept.com/blog/a-way-forward/#comment-form

No error warnings appear, but they're coded into the template: blog.post.tpl

    {% if message %}
      <p class="respond-message">{{ message }}</p>
    {% endif %}

    {% if errors %}
      <ul class="respond-errors">
        {% for error in errors %}
          <li>{{ error | textilize }}</li>
        {% endfor %}
      </ul>
    {% endif %}

1. 2 Posted by Jonathan Hoyt on 20 Feb, 2012 04:46 PM

   

   Here's Brandon's comment form, I think he handles errors a bit differently.

       {% if item.accepting_comments? %}
         <h2>Post a Comment</h2>
         {% commentform %}
           {% if message %}
             <p class="message">{{ message }}</p>
           {% else %}
             {% if errors %}
               <ul class="message">
                 {% for error in errors %}
                   <li>{{ error }}</li>
                 {% endfor %}
               </ul>
             {% endif %}
   
             <div class="meta">
               <div>{{ form.name_label }}  {{ form.name_field }}</div>
               <div>{{ form.email_label }} {{ form.email_field }}</div>
               <div>{{ form.url_label }}   {{ form.url_field }}</div>
             </div>
             <div class="body">
               {{ form.body_field }}
               <p class="note">Comments use <strong>textile</strong>. Anonymous comments will be deleted.</p>
   
               <div class="buttons"><button type="submit"><span>Post Your Comment</span></button></div>
             </div>
           {% endif %}
         {% endcommentform %}
       {% endif %}
   

   Admin Functions

   • Edit
   • Split
   • Remove

2. Jonathan Hoyt closed this discussion on 20 Feb, 2012 04:46 PM.

3. Brendan Falkowski re-opened this discussion on 20 Feb, 2012 06:31 PM

4. 3 Posted by Brendan Falkowski on 20 Feb, 2012 06:31 PM

   

   Thanks Jonathan, found the fix. The {% if message %} and {% if errors %} must be inside the {% commentform %} declaration.

   Would be really nice to have these form constraints and template tags documented over here: http://docs.harmonyapp.com/

   Admin Functions

   • Edit
   • Split
   • Remove

5. John Nunemaker closed this discussion on 07 Mar, 2012 04:44 PM.

Comments are currently closed for this discussion. You can start a new one.