Works with MODx Version(s): 0.9.6, 0.9.5
Submitted: Apr 3rd 2008 | License: GPL - GNU Public | Downloads: 1059

Description

Jot is a snippet for MODx and gives your site users the opportunity to enter feedback on your articles. Add comments to articles, create guestbooks, you can even use multiple instances on the same page.

Full documentation available on the MODx WIKI

Instructions

Install:

1) Download and extract the archive.
2) Create a directory called "jot" in your [MODx Directory]/assets/snippets directory
3) FTP or copy the files into [MODx Directory]/assets/snippets/jot
4) Create a new snippet in the manager called "Jot" and copy/paste the contents of jot.snippet.txt into the code field.

Update:

1) Download and extract the archive.
2) Backup and delete the contents of [MODx Directory]/assets/snippets/jot
3) Copy the files into [MODx Directory]/assets/snippets/jot
4) Update the "Jot" snippet in the manager and copy/paste the contents of jot.snippet.txt into the code field.

Snippet call example:

[!Jot? &subscribe=`1` &pagination=`10`!]

or

[[Jot? &subscribe=`1` &pagination=`10`]]

Depending on your page cache settings.

Updates

Added the facility to notify the document author when a comment is posted. The e-mail address is taken from the author's Manager User account details.

There are three new parameters:
&notifyAuthor - 1 / 0 (default 0) - send an e-mail to the author when new comment is made
&subjectAuthor - text - subject line for the author notification e-mail
&tplNotifyAuthor - template for the author notification e-mail