Okay okay... I made a template override of the icalevent/detail_body.php

The only thing I am looking for is the code snippet for the jcomment_plugin.

Hello,

What PHP code exactly? You could use a plugin to insert PHP.

You can use:https://www.jevents.net/products-new/addons/free-addons/item/jcomments-plugin-2

Then the code snippet is shown in the layout editor.

Many thanks
Tony

I dont think that I simple can put {{JComments:JEV_JCOMMENTS_ENABLE}} into my template override...

It isn't that easy.

This is the code I wrote to the icaevent/detail_body.php (override)

$user =& JFactory::getUser();

$user_ag = $user->getAuthorisedGroups();



$row=$this->data['row'];

$catid = $row->_catid;



$show_jcomments = (in_array('15', $user_ag) AND ($catid == "113" OR $catid == "119")) ? true : false; 

$show_jcomments = (in_array('7', $user_ag) OR in_array('8', $user_ag)) ? true : false; 

			

echo ($show_jcomments == true) ? "<div class='tgs_row jcomments'>" . $jcomments_code . "</div>" : "";

...and I'm lookicg for $jcomments_code.

regards, Berndi

Hello,

So is the template override only used to have conditional php code to show jcomments?

Many thanks
Tony

Alternative approach.
1. Set the jcomments plugin access level to only allow the relevant groups
2. Use the JEvents layout editor to create category specific layouts to include the JComments code.

No need for any coding or template overrides.

The Problem is, that I want to handle the rights to comment events in a special way...

For example:
Usergroup 1 is able to comment category 1 and 2
Usergroup 2 is able to comment category 3 and 4
Usergroup 3 is able to comment all of them

...and so on ...

When I set the jcomments plugin access level to only allow one relevant group, they are able to comment all categories, where the JComments box appears.

Are these comments to be viewed by other users? We do have a special field type (user notes) in the custom fields addon that MAY be able to do what you need. But its not a full commenting system, more of a way for authorised users to add notes to an event.

Comments from Usergroup1 should be seen only by Usergroup 1, ...

and so on

just created a notes field but it won't appear in the custom fields list at the layout editor

The notes field is output during the event creation process - what you need is the updatable field which is visible to event editors and can be updated by them when viewing the event.

I could extend this to allow certain usergroups to update the field content.