Comment handling on pages: particularly Austerity one

[ed]

Rob is doing an austerity special over 8 days, with a different clip from an interview with NEF every day. I've set up a page here:
/austerity-basics

Question:

I know we can handle comments on pages, and I know that I don't get notifications of them. Can we arrange comment notifications for a page - asap - so that commenters get updates?

If not, no problem. I heard about this plan *today* so am not expecting any massive tech leaps.

[jim]

I'll start now.

[jim]

I can't do the platform migrate now, but adding the module is very easy so I've just done:

puffin:~# totn
tn@puffin:~$ cd static/transition-network-d6-p005/sites/all/modules/
tn@puffin:~/static/transition-network-d6-p005/sites/all/modules$ drush dl comment_notify-6.x-1.x-dev
Project comment_notify (6.x-1.x-dev) downloaded to                                                                         
/data/disk/tn/static/transition-network-d6-p005/sites/all/modules/contrib/comment_notify.
tn@puffin:~/static/transition-network-d6-p005/sites/all/modules$ drush www.transitionnetwork.org en comment_notify
The following extensions will be enabled: comment_notify
Do you really want to continue? (y/n): y
comment_notify was enabled successfully.          

I then went to ​Site configuration -> Comment notify and checked the settings. I also set the perms up to allow anonymous and logged in users get notified.

[jim]

Looks to be working... NOTE you will need to actually comment to get notifications or be the author of the node.

If you want an admin tool, this isn't it...

OK Ed?

[ed]

AS long as a user needs to comment in order to get notifications, then that's good. I'll check this tomorrow. Thanks.

[jim]

Replying to ed:

AS long as a user needs to comment in order to get notifications, then that's good.

Yes, That's how it works

I'll check this tomorrow. Thanks.

All ok?

[ed]

looks good from here. I can't tell from looking at the config if it does what you say it does, nor how I would stop it. I note:

Available subscription modes: both are selected:

• All comments
• Replies to my comment

Does this still mean that ONLY commenters get other comments, and that there is a setting that can specify between replies to a comment and comments to the original post?

If yes, that's great - close this puppy

[jim]

Confirmative!

Only people who comment can access the functionality, and they have a choice of no updates (no tick in the checkbox), or selecting a radio button for just replies to them, or all in the thread.

Works as requested, closing...