How to create alternate comment classes in Drupal
Last week I was trying to figure out how to add a class to my comments in drupal so I could add alternate background colours. This is documented for table rows but I wasn't able to find anything about how to do it with comments.
Well, it turns out that the same $zebra function used for table rows can also be used for comments. Simply open the comment.tpl.php file (copy one from a default template if there isn't one in your theme), and look for the <div class="comment <?php print $comment_classes;?>" > line. (this might be a bit different in Drupal 5 - I'm using 6).
Next, add the $zebra function to the class attribute. This will create alternating "odd" and "even" classes on your comments:
<div class="comment <?php print $comment_classes; print $zebra ?>" >Now you can style these classes in your CSS.
decibel.places posted this at 00:31 — 7th June 2008.
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and I spent a couple of hours making zebra stripes for the posts at Hudson County Self-Help Center with javascript!
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