I wanted to install Greg's Threaded Comment Numbering Plugin from http://counsellingresource.com/featu...for-wordpress/.
The instructions were:
replace wp_list_comments() in your theme’s comments.php file with wp_list_comments('callback=gtcn_basic_callback').
I found three of these instances and changed all three.
When testing, the first comment number was actually 0. So I went back to the original file and only replaced the first instance. This seemed to work as the comment numbering started at 1 and seemed to be working correctly.
Fearing that I might have problems further on, I wrote to the developer. Below is a transcript:
My file had this:
wp_list_comments(array(
‘avatar_size’=>$bfa_ata['avatar_size'],
‘reply_text’=>__(’ · Reply’,'atahualpa’),
‘login_text’=>__(’Log in to Reply’,'atahualpa’),
‘walker’ => new Walker_Comment2,
‘max_depth’ => ”,
’style’ => ‘ul’,
‘callback’ => null,
‘end-callback’ => null,
‘type’ => ‘comment’,
‘page’ => ”,
‘per_page’ => ”,
‘reverse_top_level’ => null,
‘reverse_children’ => ”
))
and now I have _list_comments(’callback=gtcn_basic_callback’) where all the above was. Is this OK?
In my comments.php file, there were 3 instances of the above and I replaced them all only to find that my comment numbers were starting from 0
The developer replied:
Your theme does not use the standard built-in WordPress comment walking class by itself, but rather extends it with some additional custom code. Therefore, I would recommend caution when replacing anything that might result in breaking the custom code extensions.
From a very cursory look, it appears that the theme’s default callback function is contained in the file bfa_comment_walker.php, starting around line 94. You could try modifying it by inserting a direct call to gtcn_comment_numbering, as described in the advanced usage instructions.
Alternatively, you might try giving the name of the basic callback function gtcn_basic_callback in the array which the theme is passing to wp_list_comments, rather than the null which is there now.
My best suggestion, though, would be to contact the author of the theme directly and ask them to support the plugin when the plugin is active. That way, the theme author can integrate the numbering functionality into the theme seamlessly, preserving their own custom modifications to the WordPress core code, without someone else like me coming along and trying to guess what to tweak where in order to work with the modifications — and possibly messing up all their hard work in the process.
Flynn, should I give up on this and go back to my old file (which I saved) or is it OK? I won't have problems in the future because of this change will I?
Thank you.
