Great guestbook! A few suggestions

[ChrisM]

Hi!

First: Really great guestbook. Really simple to use and very well designed to work with Joomla 1.5.

Now, I have a few suggestions:
First: I have turned on that only registered members can post a new item, is it then possible to turn off the captcha image? I mean, they are registered members, so no need for the captcha image then!
Second: Is it possible that it does not show emailaddresses? Since everyone can read the guestbook, I don't think it's a good idea to always show the emailadress. It is not neccessary to put an email, I know (because I have turned on registered users only), but the email will be auto-filled and I'm afraid that people will just keep it there and receive a lot of spam because of it. So can you please hide the emailaddresses?
Third: I would like to see the real name of the person in the name field and not the username (it makes more sense too!)

If those 3 can happen, it will be great! Thank you! (And I can also do some hacking myself, if you just tell me where!)

[Jan]

Second: You must not add an e-mail address, if user doesn't leave e-mail address and you don't require it ( in parameters), nothing happens and the message is displayed. The e-mail address is protected against spam too.

Third: it depends on user which name he adds to the field and if someone gives his nickname, maybe he wants not to display his fully name...

First: you right, added to feature request list... There will be new parameter - Show or hide Captcha protection...

Jan

[ChrisM]

Second: Yes... I know, but it automatically fills the emailaddress, because the user is logged in. But I don't need the emailaddress (it are all registered users anyway), so there will be an email there... But... I mean: is there a way to just not even show the field for the emailaddress? Or not show the emailaddress in the comments at all?

Third: I understand, it's up to the user... but if it auto-fills, I would say it's better to auto-fill it with the user's real name (registered user)... or not auto-fill it all?

Thank you for the very quick replies! Awesome!

[Jan]

Second: Just comment the HTML code in com_phocaguestbook/views/phocaguestbook/tmpl/default.php

Third: Just add the following code:

$form_username = $user->name;


instead of
$form_username = $user->username;



in row +- 50 in
com_phocaguestbook/views/phocaguestbook/view.html.php

First: Just download new version 1.1.2. In menu link - parameters component you can enable or disable the CAPTCHA verification...

Jan