This is for Boonex Dolphin 6.1x
By default Dolphin 6.1x will display the first 5 comments in all areas of your site. So when 6 or more are left a small link with "Show 6-10" will appear. If you have more than 11, then another link after that will appear with 11-15, etc...etc.
Now some people don't even realize this is there or see it. Maybe you want to show 10 on a member's profile page before the next link instead of 5. The first 10 visible, after that a link for "Show 11-21" will become available.
You can do this to a member's profile page only. Or maybe you want to show 10 comments on a profile page. 7 in the audio/video area. 6 in classifieds area, and maybe 6 in the blogs.
So lets change the number of comments to show in sets of 10 instead of 5 on a profile page.
First backup the file:
/inc/classes/BxDolCmts.php
Then open the file with a text editor such as notepad or word pad and find near the top:
'profile' => array (
'system_id' => 1, // this system id
'table_cmts' => 'CmtsProfile', // table with comments
'table_track' => 'CmtsTrack', // table to track duplicate ratings
'allow_tags' => 0, // allow tags in comments or not
'nl2br' => 1, // convert all new line caracters to <br /> tags
'sec_to_edit' => 90, // number of seconds to allow edit comment after submit, 0 - do not allow edit
'per_view' => 5, // comments per view, like paginate
'is_ratable' => 1, // allow rate comments or not
'viewing_threshold' => -3, // below this value comment is hidden by default
'animation_effect' => 'slide', // animation effect : slide, fade or default
'animation_speed' => '2000', // speed of animation effect in ms (1000 == 1 second)
'is_on' => 1 // is voting enabled or not
),
Find:
'per_view' => 5,
Change to:
'per_view' => 10,
Like so:
'profile' => array (
'system_id' => 1, // this system id
'table_cmts' => 'CmtsProfile', // table with comments
'table_track' => 'CmtsTrack', // table to track duplicate ratings
'allow_tags' => 0, // allow tags in comments or not
'nl2br' => 1, // convert all new line caracters to <br /> tags
'sec_to_edit' => 90, // number of seconds to allow edit comment after submit, 0 - do not allow edit
'per_view' => 10, // comments per view, like paginate
'is_ratable' => 1, // allow rate comments or not
'viewing_threshold' => -3, // below this value comment is hidden by default
'animation_effect' => 'slide', // animation effect : slide, fade or default
'animation_speed' => '2000', // speed of animation effect in ms (1000 == 1 second)
'is_on' => 1 // is voting enabled or not
),
Save file and re-upload over writing the original.
Simply refresh a member's profile with more than 5 to see the changes.
You can do the same to the other areas:
'sharedPhoto' => array (
'sharedMusic' => array (
'sharedVideo' => array (
'classifieds' => array (
'blogposts' => array (
Other things you can change you will see notes to the right of each area.
'viewing_threshold' => -3,
If there are comments with -points they will be hidden if they have more than -3 negative points. A link becomes available that a member will have to click on. To show these anyway change -3 to a larger number such as -10.
Below is an Screen Shot of a default profile section. Here you can see the first 5, and the "Show 6-10" Link at the bottom. Applying the above changes will show the first 10 here instead.
Also notice the -4 points, and you can't see the actual comments unless you click on "toggle". If you want these to show anyway then change the 'viewing_threshold; => -3 to -10 or similar.
Also see these other guides I recently wrote and posted for:
How to Hide Comment Points
Show Newest Comments First at Top
Stay Tuned for more!!