crack open your skins _main.php and change this line :

			require( dirname(__FILE__).'/_feedback.php' );

to look like this :

echo 'I wish I hadn\'t removed the backlink :|';

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actually, I figured out that I can display comments - but when there are no comments it still displays, so its ugly. ANy way to clear tha up based on whether or not there are comments?

When I change the option to display the comment FORM in _feedback.php I don't get the comment form on my page....like i did with comments. WHat's holding it back?

I don't know php Y but I'm not stupid, it could be a funny joke for someone though....

That simply removes the ability to give any kind of feedback, or were you suggesting I replace feedback.php in my _main.php file? - that seem's excessive.

I changed the variable to allow the feedback form, but it didn't show up - what's holding it back....

This is what is in my _main.php:

<a name="commments" id="commments"></a>
	<?php // ------------- START OF INCLUDE FOR COMMENTS -------------
	 $disp_comments = 1;	 // Display the comments if requested
	 $disp_comment_form = 1; // Display the comments form if comments requested
	 require( dirname(__FILE__).'/_feedback.php' );
	 // -------- END OF INCLUDE FOR COMMENTS, TRACKBACK, PINGBACK, ETC. ------
	 locale_restore_previous();	// Restore previous locale (Blog locale)
	?>

THis is what's in my _feedback.php:

if( empty($c) )
{	// Comments not requested
	$disp_comments = 0;					// DO NOT Display the comments if not requested
	$disp_comment_form = 0;			// DO NOT Display the comments form if not requested
}

That's YaBBa's attempt at humor. Backlink is the term some use for the link in your skin to b2evolution.net. Your blog doesn't have one. Giving credit to the b2evolution project is not a requirement of using the software, but forum users are not required to help you either. Users who are willing to have that link in their skin show support for the project, help advertise b2evolution and improve the project's search engine rankings. This type of user is much more likely to get help in the forum.

My suggestion: Add a link to b2evolution on your site somewhere like most other skins do. You can use the stock button that comes in the custom skin, you can make your own button to match your site, or you can just use a plain text link. Once that's done, I'm sure YaBBa will be more than happy to help you.

Moderators: we should write this explanation up and put it in the manual so we can just link to it rather than typing out every time. We could make a nice polite explanation and maybe we'd link to it instead of getting snarky.

I'd still get snarky unless Y beats me to it.

OTOH I should figure out how to do this then thank solecist for the idea by sharing the method. It wouldn't be for 1.8.5 though. No sense in that.

Ok well if I were thinking just along UI, I'd provide a small comment box - upon which they type their text. Then when they enter their comment they get a confirmation page that asks them to confirm their name, pass a variable, and post the comment. But that's just me...

[url=http://manual.b2evolution.net/Backlink]Backlink in the manual[/url]

Feel free to change the wording or add a screencap so people can see what we're talking about.

snarky is right - I htink it was probably lost when I went through the headache of converting the skin from .92

Sorry I ask

You now have the word b2evolution in your skin, but it's not a link yet. You're halfway there. ;)

I haven't done skin work in a long time but I'll give this a go. solecist upgrading skins has been a PITA for everyone, but it's the price we pay for the 'growing pains' b2evolution is going through. I personally hope it stops, and stops SOON, but ... well ... I'm not holding my breath.

Actually the "snarkiness" ( is that a word ) was unintentional, I just deleted the solution when I noticed the lack of a backlink.

if( empty( $have_shown ) )
{
  $c = ( $c || generic_ctp_number( $Item->ID, 'feedbacks', 'published' ) ? 1 : 0 );
  require( dirname(__FILE__).'/_feedback.php' );
  $have_shown = true;
}

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Oh man you suck. Now I have to pretend I never saw this so I can invent it myself :(

Or you could just edit both our posts and move the answer to yours B)

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