question about comment threading in Opal / tags sized according to usage

[belenen]

When there are only a few comments to a post, they all show up, but when there are more than 50 comments on a single post, they are condensed and you have to click the thread link in order to see them. is there a way to suppress the switch? I want comments to always show, even in a long thread.

while I'm at it, is it possible to have the font-

Comments

[ivles]

1. display all comments, always
You have to learn S2 for that

2. this is called tag clouds.
Seek help how to create this with a theme layer in the opal comm.

[belenen]

1. I've been using S2 for a long time.

2. thanks for giving me the name of it.

[ivles]

Good! Then, you'll just have to change all simple form of comment (print_comment_partial) to full form (print_comment).

See howto on tag clouds.

[belenen]

I tried that and it didn't work, so I tried changing the print_comment_partial code to match the print_comment code and that almost works -- it prints everything but the icon and actual text of the comment! ( http://belenen.livejournal.com/302576.html ) ARRRRRRRRGGGGG!!! can you help? here's what I'm using, maybe you can see my mistake:
function EntryPage::print_comment_partial(Comment c

[ivles]

Can I get back to you later? Internet is dead in Indonesia due to an earthquake in Taiwan, so I cannot really help you at the moment.

[belenen]

how 'bout now? ;-)

[ivles]

still at 50% of speed. But, I'll try...

[belenen]

is it still really slow?

[ivles]

Sorry, internet dead @ campus earlier today and yesterday. It just got back. :D
Lemme see, how bout we start with the tag list first?

[belenen]

actually I've decided against the tag cloud, or rather, that I'm neutral to it. If you've already gotten it figured out then I'd love to use it, but if not, don't worry about it. ;-)

*goes to edit post*

[ivles]

I mean, I'm tinkering with the code starting now. :D

[ivles]

It seems that, the system (the core layout, s2id=1) mark every comment whether it is partial or not (full), then the Opal layout core just make use of these data, it cannot change it (just like we cannot change the comment form HTML layout). At least that's what I get from skimming through the code.

Sorry. :-(

[belenen]

oh poo. Well, thank you for trying! Really, I appreciate it. ;-)