Allows for threaded comments to be added to multiple and different models. Drop-in compatible for acts_as_commentable (however requiring a database schema change)
This gem is for Rails 3 and later versions only.
This gem depends on CollectiveIdea's Awesome Nested Set gem. It is installed if not already present when you install this gem.
You can find the gem on GitHub at collectiveidea/awesome_nested_set
In your Gemfile, add:
gem 'acts_as_commentable_with_threading', git: '[email protected]:codequest-eu/acts_as_commentable_with_threading.git'
and run bundle install.
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To install from scratch:
rails generate acts_as_commentable_with_threading_migration
This will generate the migration script necessary for the table
class Car < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_commentable :engine, :design
end
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Add a comment to a model instance, for example an Car:
@car = Car.find(params[:id]) @comment = @car.engine_comment_threads.build(:body => "Hey guys this is my comment!") @comment.user = current_user @comment.save -
To make a newly created comment into a child/reply of another comment:
@comment.move_to_child_of(the_desired_parent_comment) -
To retrieve all comments for an car, including child comments:
@all_comments = @car.engine_comment_threads -
To retrieve only the root comments without their child comments:
@root_engine_comments = @car.root_engine_comments -
To check if a comment has children:
@comment.has_children? -
To verify the number of children a comment has:
@comment.children.size -
To retrieve a comment's children:
@comment.children -
If you plan to use the
acts_as_votableplugin with your comment system be sure to uncomment two things:- In
lib/comment.rbuncomment the lineacts_as_votable.
- In
- xxx - For contributing the updates for Rails 3!
- Jack Dempsey - This plugin/gem is heavily influenced/liberally borrowed/stolen from acts_as_commentable.
And in turn...
- Xelipe - Because acts_as_commentable was heavily influenced by Acts As Taggable.