Adding comment count / link to meta

  • Resolved jessica

    (@kerflop)


    11 years, 10 months ago

    I’d like to add a comment link and count to the entry meta. I’ve edited the entry meta to look like this (clipping it out of a longer functions file string):

    if ( $tag_list ) {
		$utility_text = __( '<img src="/images/file.png" class="meta-icon"> Filed in %1$s  ', 'twentytwelve' );

    I’d like to add a comment count next to it with an icon. I found the comment code in the content.php file:

    <?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>', __( '1 Reply', 'twentytwelve' ), __( '% Replies', 'twentytwelve' ) ); ?>

    But I’m not sure how to make them work together. Any ideas?

    The site is still under development so I’m afraid I can’t share a link.

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  • please post the full code of your edited function twentytwelve_entry_meta()

    Thread Starter jessica

    (@kerflop)

    Sure:

    function twentytwelve_entry_meta() {
	// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
	$categories_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'twentytwelve' ) );

	// Translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma.
	$tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', __( ', ', 'twentytwelve ) );

	$date = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time></a>',
		esc_url( get_permalink() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
		esc_html( get_the_date() )
	);

	$author = sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a></span>',
		esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
		esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'twentytwelve' ), get_the_author() ) ),
		get_the_author()
	);

	// Translators: 1 is category, 2 is tag, 3 is the date and 4 is the author's name.
	if ( $tag_list ) {
		$utility_text = __( 'Filed in %1$s  ', 'twentytwelve' );
	} elseif ( $categories_list ) {
		$utility_text = __( 'Filed in %1$s  ', 'twentytwelve' );
	} else {
		$utility_text = __( 'Filed in %1$s  ', 'twentytwelve' );
	}

	printf(
		$utility_text,
		$categories_list,
		$tag_list,
		$date,
		$author
	);
}
endif;

    what all do you want to have in the list:

    – categories?
    – tags?
    – date?
    – author?
    – comment count?

    all in this order?
    what separators inbetween?

    your ‘truncated’ code would only show the categories…

    Thread Starter jessica

    (@kerflop)

    I was able to edit it so it showed only categories, but I want to add a comment link. So it would read like so:

    Filed under: category list Leave a reply

    or

    Filed under: category list 3 Comments

    With ‘leave a reply’ and ‘# Comments’ links to the comment form.

    I have icons to use, here is a screenshot of the area in my photoshop mockup I’m slicing from: https://elevensixty.com/meta.png

    all excess removed, for example:

    function twentytwelve_entry_meta() {
	$categories_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'twentytwelve' ) );

		$utility_text = '<span class="filed-in">' . __( 'Filed in %1$s  ', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>';

	printf(
		$utility_text,
		$categories_list
	);
	echo '<span class="comments-link">';
	comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Leave a reply', 'twentytwelve' ) . '</span>', __( '1 Reply', 'twentytwelve' ), __( '% Replies', 'twentytwelve' ) );
	echo '</span>';
}

    possibly adapt the css classes .filed-in and .comments-link to something unique to use with your icons

    Thread Starter jessica

    (@kerflop)

    Wonderful! Exactly what I needed – thank you very much!

    Thread Starter jessica

    (@kerflop)

    Forgot to mark as solved…

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