Log IP

Maybe I’m missing something, but I would really like to be able to log the IP of anyone (logged in or not) leaving a comment. I know this is easy to do, but would require an extra field in the Jot table. I’m thinking of hacking the version I’m using (1.1.2) to add this, but is there any chance this might be added in the near future - I’d prefer not to use hacked code if I don’t have to.

I believe Jot does it by default.

Have a look at the default template, and view the sample posted comments as an admin.

Quote from: zi at Jun 13, 2008, 05:16 AM

I believe Jot does it by default.

Have a look at the default template

Where do I find that?

view the sample posted comments as an admin.

I already did that - couldn’t find anything looking like an IP.

I guess I could configure IP as a custom field and use a customised form template?

Where’s the best place to find how to create templates for Jot? I’ve been searching but haven’t found anything yet...

Thanks for the help.

Goto http://modxcms.com/Jot-998.html

Preview the screenshot, and you will find IP at the bottom-right corner of the posts in that screenshot.

For the templates, you will have to study Jot’s default templates. You can find them in /jot dir. (cant recall exact path though).

hope it helps.

Quote from: zi at Jun 13, 2008, 06:43 AM

Goto http://modxcms.com/Jot-998.html

Preview the screenshot, and you will find IP at the bottom-right corner of the posts in that screenshot.

Hmm. That’s for 0.9.9.8 and I’m on 1.1.2. Like I said, I’ve trawled through the MySQL tables and can’t see IP being stored anywhere. There is a ’secid’ field, but that seems to be used for some default/system entries - maybe it’s used for logged-in users only?

For the templates, you will have to study Jot’s default templates. You can find them in /jot dir. (cant recall exact path though).

Thanks, found it. I’m still at square one working out how to record IP against comments though ... :-(

If you line #42 of chunk.comment.inc.html, you will see the following code:


Its from latest, 1.1.2. And keep in mind, you will only be able to see the ip if you are logged in as admin user.

Quote from: zi at Jun 16, 2008, 03:54 AM

If you line #42 of chunk.comment.inc.html, you will see the following code:

  `+] [+jot.moderation.enabled:is=`1`:then=`<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois?searchtext=[+comment.secip+]">[+comment.secip+]</a>`+]</div>

Its from latest, 1.1.2. And keep in mind, you will only be able to see the ip if you are logged in as admin user.

Hmm, interesting. The problem is, the ’secip’ column is blank for the comments that have been left on the site. So the IP is not being recorded when the comment is created. This is using the comments chunk that came as default with MODx.

Now this is interesting situation lol....

I am no expert at server stuff, but it might be the server config...

Quote from: zi at Jun 17, 2008, 03:44 AM

I am no expert at server stuff, but it might be the server config...

I doubt it, somehow. Using $_SERVER[’REMOTE_ADDR’] in PHP shows the user’s IP with no problem.

It seems the CJot class is getting its user info from $modx->getUserData();

$this->client = $modx->getUserData(); // in jot.class.inc.php

So I guess the IP isn’t being returned by that method for some reason. So it’s a MODx issue rather than a Jot issue, I guess. But I have no idea where to start looking for the answer to that problem :-(

I think its again a cache issue, try uncaching the page itself and call the jot cached.