[TikiWiki-commits] [Git][tikiwiki/tiki][29.x] [ENH][UX] Comments: improve empty state message when there are no comments

Joseph Ushindi pushed to branch 29.x at Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware / Tiki


Commits:
cbc0a604 by Joseph Ushindi at 2025-10-22T14:46:31+00:00
[ENH][UX] Comments: improve empty state message when there are no comments
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* [ENH][UX] Comments: improve empty state message when there are no comments
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* [ENH]Comments: improve empty state message in remarksbox

See merge request tikiwiki/tiki!8615

See merge request tikiwiki/tiki!8807

- - - - -


2 changed files:

- templates/comment/list.tpl
- templates/comments.tpl


Changes:

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templates/comment/list.tpl
=====================================
@@ -35,15 +35,49 @@
             })
         </script>
     {else}
-        {remarksbox type=info}
-            {tr}There are no comments at this time.{/tr}
-        {/remarksbox}
+        {if $allow_unlock}
+            {remarksbox type=warning}
+                {icon name=lock}
+                {if $section eq 'forums'}
+                    {tr}Replies are locked for this topic.{/tr}
+                {else}
+                    {tr}Comments are locked for this content.{/tr}
+                {/if}
+            {/remarksbox}
+        {elseif $allow_post}
+            {remarksbox type=info}
+                {if $section eq 'forums'}
+                    {tr}No replies yet — Add your thoughts!{/tr}
+                {else}
+                    {tr}No comments yet — Add your thoughts!{/tr}
+                {/if}
+            {/remarksbox}
+        {else}
+            {remarksbox type=info}
+                {if $section eq 'forums'}
+                    {tr}No replies yet.{/tr}
+                {else}
+                    {tr}No comments yet.{/tr}
+                {/if}
+                {' '}
+                <a href="tiki-login.php">{tr}Log in{/tr}</a>
+                {if $prefs.allowRegister eq 'y'}
+                    {tr}or{/tr} <a href="tiki-register.php">{tr}register{/tr}</a>
+                {/if}
+                {' '}
+                {if $section eq 'forums'}
+                    {tr}to reply!{/tr}
+                {else}
+                    {tr}to add your thoughts!{/tr}
+                {/if}
+            {/remarksbox}
+        {/if}
     {/if}
 
     {if $allow_post and $prefs.comments_sort_mode neq 'commentDate_desc'}
         <div class="submit">
             <div class="buttons comment-form {if $prefs.wiki_comments_form_displayed_default eq 'y'}autoshow{/if}">
-                <a class="btn btn-secondary custom-handling" href="{service controller=comment action=post type=$type objectId=$objectId}" role="button" data-target="#add-comment-zone-{$objectId|replace:' ':''|replace:',':''|escape:'attr'}">{tr}Post new comment{/tr}</a>
+                <a class="btn btn-secondary custom-handling" href="{service controller=comment action=post type=$type objectId=$objectId}" role="button" data-target="#add-comment-zone-{$objectId|replace:' ':''|replace:',':''|escape:'attr'}">{tr}Add a comment{/tr}</a>
             </div>
         </div>
         <div id="add-comment-zone-{$objectId|replace:' ':''|replace:',':''|escape:'attr'}" class="add-comment-zone"></div>


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templates/comments.tpl
=====================================
@@ -163,9 +163,26 @@
             {/if}
         </div>
     {else}
-        {remarksbox type=info}
-            {tr}There are no comments at this time.{/tr}
-        {/remarksbox}
+        {if $thread_is_locked eq 'y'}
+            {remarksbox type=warning}
+                {icon name=lock} {tr}Replies are locked for this topic.{/tr}
+            {/remarksbox}
+        {elseif $tiki_p_forum_post eq 'y'}
+            {remarksbox type=info}
+                {tr}No replies yet — Add your thoughts!{/tr}
+            {/remarksbox}
+        {else}
+            {remarksbox type=info}
+                {tr}No replies yet.{/tr}
+                {' '}
+                <a href="tiki-login.php">{tr}Log in{/tr}</a>
+                {if $prefs.allowRegister eq 'y'}
+                    {tr}or{/tr} <a href="tiki-register.php">{tr}register{/tr}</a>
+                {/if}
+                {' '}
+                {tr}to reply!{/tr}
+            {/remarksbox}
+        {/if}
     {/if}
 {/if} {* end read comment *}
 {if $section eq 'forums'}<a id="comments"></a>{/if}



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