[ROL-1050] Support global comment setting updates of existing entries

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0
• Browser Version: all
• Customer(s): blogs.sun.com
• Level of effort: 1 day
• Assignee: David Johnson
• Reporter: linda skrocki
• Created: 16/Feb/06 14:13
• Updated: 05/Jan/13 20:47
• Resolved: 08/May/06 21:48

Description

Add a checkbox to the weblog Preferences:Settings page so that, when you set the default comment settings, you can choose to apply those settings to all existing entries.

Notes on TESTING

Using a test blog with some existing blog entries:

First, test that settings can be applied to old entries
1) Go to the Preferences:Settings page
2) Under Default Comment Settings

• set By default, allow comments for new entries to true
• set Default time to allow comments for new entries to 4
• set Apply comment defaults to existing entries
  3) Save your settings
  4) Go check your existing blog entries. They should all be set to allow comments for 4 days.
  5) Create a new blog entry, make sure it uses your defaults

Second, test that settings can be applied only to future entries
1) Go to the Preferences:Settings page
2) Under Default Comment Settings

• set By default, allow comments for new entries to false
• set Default time to allow comments for new entries to 9
• set Apply comment defaults to existing entries
  3) Save your settings
  4) Go check your existing blog entries. They should still be set to allow comments for 4 days.
  5) Create a new blog entry, make sure it uses your new defaults (false, 9 days).