wrong comments count?

sinner

hi, i just installed vanilla 2.0.18.10, on my first post, with NO COMMENTS, but it always show 1 comment on mainpage. any help would be appricated. thanks.

peregrine

you could change your /conf/locale.php

to these and put the vietnamese translation on the right.

or you could add them to the bottom of the definitions file (and remove them from conf/locale.php

/home4/giesu/public_html/forum/locales/ViVN/definitions.php"

---

If you want to rename a Translation - anything with T("something") "You DON'T change it in the core T("to something else"). That is the whole purpose of definitions - not to change the core.

the precedence is as follows for definitions

• you change or add a definition in one of the following files

the order of locales (the higher the number on the list, the higher precedence).

en-CA is a country code (substitute your own country code that you use

 1 - application based and dashboard based definitions   
       applications/locale/en-CA/definitions.php   
       applications/dashboard/locale/en-CA/definitions.php   
 2- plugin based - plugins/yourplugin/locale/en-US.php   
       plugins/your plugin/locale/en-US/definitions.php   
 3 - theme based   -   themes/yourtheme/locale/en-CA.php   
 4 - locale based - /locales/en-US/definitions.php   
 5 - locale based locales/en-US/other_definitions.php   
 6- conf based - conf/locale.php   
 7- conf - specialized conf/locale-en-US.php  

you could create a file called conf/locale.php

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
$Definition['Start a New Discussion'] = 'Erzähl uns was!'

or add it to your locale based definitions - and make sure you don't have duplicates, other wise the last one will take precedence in the file and the highest number on the above chart will take precedence.

it is better than changing the core.

when modifying locales or adding locale files - always clear the ini files in the /cache folder - for best results.

peregrine

said:

hi, i just installed vanilla 2.0.18.10, on my first post, with NO COMMENTS, but it always show 1 comment on mainpage. any help would be appricated. thanks.

you could change the word comments to posts. and it will be correct.

If I Recall Correclty
that is the default behavior in 2.0.18.10 - discussion counts as 1 in the comment count.

where as in 2.1x discussions without comments are 0 comments.

P.S. IIRC (you can always qualify anything you say with an IIRC

you could try statsbox plugin. I think there is a fix there.

sinner

hi, thanks for the quick reply. which file do i edit ? and where is it located? thanks.

peregrine

changing comments to posts.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/163542/#Comment_163542

http://vanillaforums.org/addon/1104/stats-box

you can search the forum for this previousl asked question "comment count" as well as I can, there are numerous answers. pick the one most approprate to what you want to do. The ones that recommend changing the core files are the ones you should avoid.

http://vanillaforums.org/search?adv=&search=comment+count

sinner

hi, i'm using the stats-box plugin, but it still shows wrong comment count. i like the idea of changing comments to posts as stated in the first link you provide, but i dont know which files to edit, it doesnt say in that post, can you please advise. thanks.

vrijvlinder

For that you need to add those definitions to your conf/locale.php file ...

$Definition['%s comment']='%s post';
$Definition['%s comments']='%s posts';

sinner

@vrijvlinder said:
For that you need to add those definitions to your conf/locale.php file ...

$Definition['%s comment']='%s post';
$Definition['%s comments']='%s posts';

still doesnt work

peregrine

still doesnt work

what "still doesn't work"

delete your ini files in /cache folder . read some other discussions to get some insights

how do I change this text ... etc. etc. etc.

• on how to work with vanilla. with locales.php and definitions and localization.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/199091/#Comment_199091

sinner

i've researched about this topic for a week now. and couldn't find a way to correct it. anyway, there's something in my mind might be pose a problem. i'm using the BrandFriend theme, plus a different locale definition.php file for the forum for a different language than english. also, i've deleted the cache ini files everytime i insert new code and upload them back.

i've also tried to put the code above inside the new definition.php file, but it still doesnt work.

peregrine

the /conf/locale.php is the last one checked and will override the other ones.

did you delete the ini files in your cache?

• post the contents of your conf/locale.php file and
• post the contents of cache/locale_map.ini

if you do that, we can troubleshoot.

if you don't post the contents of the two files, you can drag this thread on for another week or two.

sinner

yes, i did delete ini files in my cache everytime i changed a file & re-upload it, here it is:

conf/locale.php :

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();

cache/locale_map.ini :

[vi-VN]
0 = "/home4/giesu/public_html/forum/locales/ViVN/definitions.php"
1 = "/home4/giesu/public_html/forum/conf/locale.php"

peregrine

make your /conf/locale.php

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();

$Definition['%s comment']='%s post';
$Definition['%s comments']='%s posts';
$Definition['Comments'] = "Posts";

peregrine

the first two definitions will change comments without the use of statsbox plugin

and the

$Definition['Comments'] = "Posts"; // will change "Comments" to "Posts".

sinner

hi, i just did that ealier, and it didnt work. i just tried it again, here are the current contents:

/conf/locale.php

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();

$Definition['%s comment']='%s post';

$Definition['%s comments']='%s posts';

****cache/locale_map.ini ****

0 = "/home4/giesu/public_html/forum/locales/ViVN/definitions.php"

1 = "/home4/giesu/public_html/forum/conf/locale.php"

peregrine

re-read my post.

http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/205594/#Comment_205594

and do as exactly as it says.

then post a screenshot of your site.

sinner

did exactly what you said, still counting 1 post as 1 comment, attached screenshot of forum.

peregrine

ok you changed Comments to Posts. as you asked for and said it won't work but it does indeed work as noted in your screenshot.

Your second issue is changing count to subtract 1 from the comment count.

change the line 98 in class.statsbox.plugin.php

from

   Wrap(T('Comments')) . Gdn_Format::BigNumber($Discussion->CountComments), 'span', array('class' => 'StatsBox AnswersBox'));

to


              Wrap(T('Comments')) . Gdn_Format::BigNumber(($Discussion->CountComments) -1), 'span', array('class' => 'StatsBox AnswersBox'));
    }

sinner

WOW! IT'S WORKING NOW! what a releive! , thanks a millionnss...

ok, the 2nd question i want to ask is, how do i translate the word "Posts" in that column to my language? where do i define it?

and one last thing, there's a yellow tag flying on the right of the categories space, how do i move it to the post, or remove it for good?

thanks.

peregrine

you could change your /conf/locale.php

to these and put the vietnamese translation on the right.

or you could add them to the bottom of the definitions file (and remove them from conf/locale.php

/home4/giesu/public_html/forum/locales/ViVN/definitions.php"

---

If you want to rename a Translation - anything with T("something") "You DON'T change it in the core T("to something else"). That is the whole purpose of definitions - not to change the core.

the precedence is as follows for definitions

• you change or add a definition in one of the following files

the order of locales (the higher the number on the list, the higher precedence).

en-CA is a country code (substitute your own country code that you use

 1 - application based and dashboard based definitions   
       applications/locale/en-CA/definitions.php   
       applications/dashboard/locale/en-CA/definitions.php   
 2- plugin based - plugins/yourplugin/locale/en-US.php   
       plugins/your plugin/locale/en-US/definitions.php   
 3 - theme based   -   themes/yourtheme/locale/en-CA.php   
 4 - locale based - /locales/en-US/definitions.php   
 5 - locale based locales/en-US/other_definitions.php   
 6- conf based - conf/locale.php   
 7- conf - specialized conf/locale-en-US.php  

you could create a file called conf/locale.php

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
$Definition['Start a New Discussion'] = 'Erzähl uns was!'

or add it to your locale based definitions - and make sure you don't have duplicates, other wise the last one will take precedence in the file and the highest number on the above chart will take precedence.

it is better than changing the core.

when modifying locales or adding locale files - always clear the ini files in the /cache folder - for best results.

sinner

YOU'RE AWSOME! the translation works!

sinner

i dont know why the "new" yellow tag is flying around on top of the categories, do you have any ideas? attached screenshot.