Changing date format on news comments

Posted by Community Admin on 25-Jul-2011 00:00

I am working on a 4.0 site, although I believe this probably applies to even the newest version of 4.1. Unfortunately, upgrading this site is not an option at this time.

I'm trying to change the date format on the comments, but not having any luck. The current format appears to be "dd MM". I'm trying to change it to "MM dd, yyyy".

When I edit the the Single Item Settings of the news widget on the page, the area of the widget template for comments doesn't appear to have spot for me to change this. It looks like this:

<br><hr noshade size=1 color=black>

<sf:ContentView

id="commentsListView"

ControlDefinitionName="NewsCommentsFrontend"

MasterViewName="CommentsMasterView"

ContentViewDisplayMode="Master"

runat="server" />

<sf:ContentView

id="commentsDetailsView"

ControlDefinitionName="NewsCommentsFrontend"

DetailViewName="CommentsDetailsView"

ContentViewDisplayMode="Detail"

runat="server" />

So I went into the Advanced Settings area, under "Comments", and I see a section where you can create date formats. So I created one, and enabled it, but it's not making any difference on my page.

Does anybody have experience changing the format of the comment dates?

Thanks!

Posted by Community Admin on 28-Jul-2011 00:00

Hi Orion,

PLease find below the default template we're using for Comments frontend list view.

<%@ Register TagPrefix="sitefinity" Assembly="Telerik.Sitefinity" Namespace="Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI" %>

<%@ Register TagPrefix="telerik" Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" %>

<sitefinity:ResourceLinks id="resourcesLinks" runat="server">

<sitefinity:EmbeddedResourcePropertySetter Name="Telerik.Sitefinity.Resources.Themes.EditorContentArea.css" Static="true" ControlID="htmlEditor" ControlPropertyName="ContentAreaCssFile" />

<sitefinity:ResourceFile Name="Styles/Ajax.css" />

</sitefinity:ResourceLinks>

<a id="comments"></a>

<ol id="mainContent" runat="server" class="sfCommentsList">

</ol>

<sitefinity:GenericCollectionBinder id="clientBinder" runat="server"

ServiceUrl="~/Sitefinity/Services/Common/Comments.svc"

TargetId="mainContent"

BindOnLoad="false"

DataKeyNames=""

DataMembers="Author, Comment"

LoadingPanelID="mainContentLoadingPanel">

<Containers>

<sitefinity:BinderContainer ID="BinderContainer1" runat="server" RenderContainer="false" TemplateHolderTag="OL" ContainerTag="LI">

<li>

<strong>Author ? Author.DisplayName : "" </strong> <em class="sfCommentDate">Comment.DateCreated.sitefinityLocaleFormat('dd MMM, yyyy')</em>

<div class="sfCommentText">Comment.Text</div>

</li>

</sitefinity:BinderContainer>

</Containers>

</sitefinity:GenericCollectionBinder>

<telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel ID="mainContentLoadingPanel" runat="server" Skin="Sitefinity" IsSticky="false" EnableSkinTransparency="false"><asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server" Text="<%$ Resources:Labels, Loading %>" />

</telerik:RadAjaxLoadingPanel>

<asp:Panel ID="addCommentsPanel" runat="server" class="sfSubmitComment">

<h2 id="addComment">Comment</h2>

<telerik:RadEditor ID="htmlEditor" runat="server" Skin="Sitefinity" Width="100%" Height="200"

EditModes="Design"

DialogHandlerUrl="~/Telerik.Web.UI.DialogHandler.axd" >

</telerik:RadEditor>

<input id="addNewComment" value="Submit" type="button" class="sfSubmitBtn" />

</asp:Panel>

You can modify the date fromat directly in it, and then map the template for the comments module, by going to Administration->Settings->Advanced->Controls->ViewMap and create a new viewmap. For HostType, please specify Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.CommentsList and in LayoutTemplatePath type in the app relative path to your customized CommentsList.ascx. If you have any additional questions, please let us know.

Kind regards,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 16-Jan-2012 00:00

I tried this and the site is now down with a very cryptic error. I have restarted the site and cycled the app pool.

HELP!


            [ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: key]
   System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add) +9374513
   Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.ConfigElementDictionary`2.Add(TKey key, TElement element) +150
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   Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadSectionFromFile(ConfigSection section, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, Boolean withUpgrade) +101
   Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Data.XmlConfigProvider.LoadSection(ConfigSection section, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName) +54
   Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.ConfigSection.Initialize(ConfigProvider provider, ConfigPolicyHandler policyHandler, String policyName, Boolean singlePolicy) +148
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   Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Config.Get(Boolean safeMode) +164
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   Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.SimpleView.get_Container() +21
   Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.SimpleView.CreateChildControls() +46
   System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +102
   System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +42
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   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +2496

Posted by Community Admin on 18-Jan-2012 00:00

Hi Tony,

I'm really sorry to hear about the problems you have experienced. We have tried reproducing the issue locally, so we can study the possible causes, but were not able to. Would it be possible for you to send us a copy of the project files and a backup of the database associated with it so we can debug the problem locally?

Greetings,
Boyan Barnev
the Telerik team

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Posted by Community Admin on 20-Jan-2012 00:00

I followed the instructions you listed however it seemed to have no effect on the comments list. I converted the list to an unordered list and changed the TemplateHolderTag to "UL" on the sitefinity:BinderContainer and theres no visible changes. Do I have to set the template path elsewhere?

Also the site I am working on is v4.3 Hotfix, in case that matters

Posted by Community Admin on 06-Apr-2013 00:00

I know this is way late to this post, but I am using 5.4 and having the exact same problem? What is the solution for this? Thanks.

Posted by Community Admin on 06-Apr-2013 00:00

Did you ever figure this out? It would help me greatly if I knew the solution.

Thanks.

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