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Re: can Jot display one random comment?

mrhaw — May 18, 2013, 08:32 AM

Awesome snippet that comes handy for me 5 years later!

Re: can Jot display one random comment?

whitejapan — Sep 03, 2011, 01:59 PM

I did it ^^

[!Jot? &tplForm=`myTmp` &docid=`8` &sortby=`createdon:a` &numdir=`0` &placeholders=`1` &output=`0` &pagination=`2`!]

[+jot.html.comments+]

Re: can Jot display one random comment?

whitejapan — Sep 03, 2011, 12:06 PM

Hello. It's great, but can you explain how to use it^^. I need to be able to show two last comments on the homepage.
Thank you very much.

Re: can Jot display one random comment?

highlander — Jul 09, 2007, 04:42 AM

if anyone is interested i solved this problem with the following snippet. it’s probably not the most efficient way of doing it but i’m fairly new to PHP and i don’t know the inner workings of MODx well yet.

anyways ...

db->select("id,content", "modx_jot_content", "published=1", "RAND()", "1");
$arr = mysql_fetch_array($rsContent);
$id = $arr['id'];
$content = $arr['content'];

$rsFields = $modx->db->select("content", "modx_jot_fields", "label='name' AND id=".$id);
$arr = mysql_fetch_array($rsFields);
$name = $arr['content'];

$rsFields = $modx->db->select("content", "modx_jot_fields", "label='location' AND id=".$id);
$arr = mysql_fetch_array($rsFields);
$location = $arr['content'];

$strReturn = "".$content."
- ".$name.", ".$location."";

return $strReturn;
?>

can Jot display one random comment?

highlander — Jun 27, 2007, 04:17 AM

hi there ...

i’m using Jot (1.1.2) to gather customer testimonials, which is working perfectly with moderation, notification, etc. however i need to be able to show a random "comment" on the homepage. is it possible to have Jot display one random comment?

many thanks