Comments on: Hybrid 0.7 survey results: Theme hooks

By: sam

sam — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:51:38 +0000

I don’t see any WP hook to remove or cancel the `comments_template()` function call.

`comments_template()` will always query the database for comments if it’s called during a single post/Page request — you can check with var_dump or SAVEQUERIES — it just won’t include the comments template file if it finds zero comments.

By: websiter

websiter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:30:01 +0000

I was asking about the subscription system.
I might be wrong, but I don’t think it comes with WordPress.
So I suppose it’s either a plug-in or a set of functions you made (that could be plug-in-able)…

By: Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:53:56 +0000

There’s already a WordPress hook for that. Plus, there’s no need because the database isn’t called if there are no comments.

By: Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:52:50 +0000

I’m not sure what “notification system” you’re asking about. Could you explain?

By: sam

sam — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:02:04 +0000

Could you add a hook to control the showing of the comments template? You could either convert the comments_template() call to a default Hybrid action that could be moved or removed, or you could call it with a boolean filter like apply_filters( 'hybrid_show_comments', true ) and comments_template( '', true ); to allow toggling it. It would help publishers who don't use comments at all save a few database queries.

By: websiter

websiter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:52:35 +0000

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this…
I noticed the notification system on themehybrid.com. I was wondering if that’s already part of Hybrid Framework, where can it be enabled/disabled from and what would be the right way to do it.

If it’s not, I’m sure there’s a lot of people who would cheer it’s implementation.

By: Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:16:50 +0000

You'll have to ask over on the ThemeShaper forums about the Thematic theme. If you have questions about Hybrid, post it here in the support forums.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:06:26 +0000

Is there a way to activate a Thematic sidebar (widget area) even if it’s currently empty of widgets?

I was trying to add a menu to the sidebar via the hybrid_before_primary hook, but I realized the hook action isn’t actually called unless there are widgets there already.

I guess I can write my own widget instead, if that’s the way to do it.

By: Justin Tadlock

Justin Tadlock — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:34:35 +0000

WordPress already has like three different hooks for disabling widget areas. This is a topic that’s been covered several times in the support forums.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:02:49 +0000

A is_sidebar_active filter allowing a child theme or plugin to activate or deactivate sidebars independently of the widgets inside them would be very useful.

Thank you for your work on this terrific theme.