Changes to comment_form via filter

[Edward]

Hi. I'm new to Genesis & wordpress dev. Looking for a code snippet to change the "Comment" label to say "Notes" instead. Preferably I would like to use an add_filter function in my child-theme functions.php file. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Tony @ AlphaBlossom]

Hello,

You can do this with the default WordPress filter, adding this code to your theme's functions.php file:

add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'youruniqueprefix_change_comment_label' );

function youruniqueprefix_change_comment_label( $args ) {
	$args['comment_field'] = '<p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">' . _x( 'Note', 'noun' ) . '</label> <textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" aria-required="true"></textarea></p>';
	return $args;
}

Have a great day.

Tony

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[Edward]

Thanks, Tony! Much appreciated. Have a great day.

[Edward]

Tony, one last question. How do I remove the website input box?

This is what I added:

$args['fields'] = array(
'url' => ''
);

But, then all my input boxes above the comment box disappeared.

Then, I copied the additional fields from lib\structure\comments.php ( $commenter, $req, $aria_req, $author, $email ) and set $url to blank but the text labels appear messed up underneath the input box. I just started learning this so I'm confused on how to accomplish this.

Thanks, mate!

[Tony @ AlphaBlossom]

Use this to remove the URL field:

/*
* Remove URL field
*
*/
add_filter( 'comment_form_default_fields', 'youruniqueprefix_remove_comments_form_url_field' );
function youruniqueprefix_remove_comments_form_url_field( $fields ) {
    if( isset( $fields['url'] ) )
        unset( $fields['url'] );
    return $fields;
}

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Tony Eppright | http://www.AlphaBlossom.com | Follow me on twitter @_alphablossom

[Edward]

Tony, thanks you are awesome! What sites/resources would you recommend for learning WordPress/Genesis development? Also, do you offer coaching/tutoring services? We'll definitely be contacting your company for Genesis work.

[Tony @ AlphaBlossom]

Hi Edward,

Glad I could help!

As far as resources, there's a lot of good ones...here's some:

Home

http://sridharkatakam.com/
http://www.bourncreative.com/
http://www.web-savvy-marketing.com/
http://www.carriedils.com/

BobWP

http://bradpotter.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/genesiswp/

And of course our website 🙂 I recommend following all of these people on twitter...there's a lot more talented people in the Genesis community, but these are a great start.

I'm sorry I don't offer coaching...working on a training program but it's a ways out still.

Thanks for the nice compliment...and I'm happy to help in the future in any way I can.

Take care,
Tony

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Tony Eppright | http://www.AlphaBlossom.com | Follow me on twitter @_alphablossom

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