1 Topic by creaturecorp (edited by creaturecorp 2005-04-23 23:45)

  • From: Canada
  • Registered: 2004-12-12
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Topic: Nested comments question

I have a nested comments script here, based on punBB's style. Everything goes well, until a thread grows to such a size that the boxes are squished up the edge.

I'm looking for a way to have the boxes level out at a certain point. They are indented with <blockquote>. Any suggestions?

EDIT: Feel free to play with it if you wish, just don't spam it.

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2 Reply by Paul

  • Paul
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Re: Nested comments question

The comments are no doubt being generated by a loop. Why not put a counter on the loop and once it hits a certain point then you assign a class to the blockquote which can be used to override the indenting.

I may be going blind but I can't see any closing </blockquote>.

  • From: Canada
  • Registered: 2004-12-12
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Re: Nested comments question

Maybe it would be better if the blockquote tags were simply excluded before the squishing started, with means of a counter like you  suggested. The only other problem then is it's not apparent which comment is a reply to which.

Maybe a fixed size table would prevent the squish?

Hopefully my site won't be busy enough to have such a large thread anyway. tongue

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  • From: Canada
  • Registered: 2004-12-12
  • Posts: 148

Re: Nested comments question

I've decided to do this script with a "next 10" feature so it will keep the boxes from squishing. big_smile This also will save bandwidth.

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