#4: Added settings to configure moderation for known/anonymous users

app/Helpers/ConfigHelper.php

@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ class ConfigHelper
             'hotlink_protection' => false,
             'items_per_page' => 12,
             'items_per_page_admin' => 10,
-            'photo_comments_require_login' => true,
+            'moderate_anonymous_users' => true,
+            'moderate_known_users' => true,
             'photo_comments_thread_depth' => 3,
             'public_statistics' => true,
             'recaptcha_enabled_registration' => false,

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/DefaultController.php

@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ class DefaultController extends Controller
             'allow_self_registration',
             'enable_visitor_hits',
             'hotlink_protection',
-            'photo_comments_require_login',
+            'moderate_anonymous_users',
+            'moderate_known_users',
             'recaptcha_enabled_registration',
             'remove_copyright',
             'require_email_verification',

app/Http/Controllers/Gallery/PhotoCommentController.php

@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ class PhotoCommentController extends Controller
                 $isAutoApproved = true;
             }
 
+            // Auto-approve the comment if settings allow
+            if ($user->isAnonymous() && !UserConfig::get('moderate_anonymous_users'))
+            {
+                $comment->approved_at = new \DateTime();
+                $comment->approved_user_id = null; // we don't have a user ID to set!
+                $isAutoApproved = true;
+            }
+            else if (!$user->isAnonymous() && !UserConfig::get('moderate_known_users'))
+            {
+                $comment->approved_at = new \DateTime();
+                $comment->approved_user_id = $user->id;
+                $isAutoApproved = true;
+            }
+
             $comment->save();
 
             if ($isAutoApproved)

app/PhotoComment.php

@@ -48,20 +48,12 @@ class PhotoComment extends Model
 
     public function isApproved()
     {
-        return (
+        return (!is_null($this->approved_at) && is_null($this->rejected_at));
-            !is_null($this->approved_user_id) &&
-            !is_null($this->approved_at) &&
-            is_null($this->rejected_user_id) &&
-            is_null($this->rejected_at)
-        );
     }
 
     public function isModerated()
     {
-        return (
+        return (!is_null($this->approved_at) || !is_null($this->rejected_at));
-            (!is_null($this->approved_user_id) && !is_null($this->approved_at)) ||
-            (!is_null($this->rejected_user_id) && !is_null($this->rejected_at))
-        );
     }
 
     public function parent()

resources/lang/en/admin.php

@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ return [
         'analytics_enable_visitor_hits' => 'Enable built-in visitor hit tracking',
         'analytics_enable_visitor_hits_description' => 'Visitor hits to the public gallery will be recorded in the Blue Twilight database, allowing for analysis such as the most popular album/photo.',
         'analytics_tab' => 'Analytics',
+        'comments_moderation' => 'Moderation',
         'comments_tab' => 'Comments',
         'permissions_cache' => 'Permissions Cache',
         'permissions_cache_intro' => 'Blue Twilight maintains the permissions each user has to albums in the database. If you feel these aren\'t correct based on what\'s configured, you can rebuild the cache by clicking the button below.',

resources/lang/en/forms.php

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ return [
     'settings_photo_comments_require_login_help' => 'If this option is enabled, users must login before they can post comments.',
     'settings_hotlink_protection' => 'Prevent hot-linking to images',
     'settings_hotlink_protection_help' => 'With this option enabled, direct linking to images is not allowed. Photos can only be viewed through Blue Twilight.',
+    'settings_moderate_anonymous_users' => 'Moderate comments from unknown users',
+    'settings_moderate_anonymous_users_help' => 'If this option is enabled, comments posted by unknown users must be moderated before being displayed.',
+    'settings_moderate_known_users' => 'Moderate comments from logged-in users',
+    'settings_moderate_known_users_help' => 'If this option is enabled, comments posted by logged-in users must be moderated before being displayed.',
     'settings_restrict_originals_download' => 'Restrict access to original images',
     'settings_restrict_originals_download_help' => 'With this option enabled, only the photo\'s owner can download the original high-resolution images.',
     'settings_social_facebook_app_id' => 'Facebook App ID:',

resources/views/themes/base/admin/settings.blade.php

@@ -496,14 +496,6 @@
                                     </label>
                                 </div>
 
-                                <div class="form-check mt-3">
-                                    <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="photo-comments-require-login" name="photo_comments_require_login" @if (old('photo_comments_require_login', UserConfig::get('photo_comments_require_login')))checked="checked"@endif>
-                                    <label class="form-check-label" for="photo-comments-require-login">
-                                        <strong>@lang('forms.settings_photo_comments_require_login')</strong><br/>
-                                        @lang('forms.settings_photo_comments_require_login_help')
-                                    </label>
-                                </div>
-
                                 <div class="form-group mt-3">
                                     <label class="form-control-label" for="photo-comments-thread-depth">@lang('forms.settings_photo_comments_thread_depth')</label>
                                     <input type="text" class="form-control{{ $errors->has('photo_comments_thread_depth') ? ' is-invalid' : '' }}" id="photo-comments-thread-depth" name="photo_comments_thread_depth" value="{{ old('photo_comments_thread_depth', $config['photo_comments_thread_depth']) }}" style="max-width: 100px;">
@@ -515,6 +507,29 @@
                                         </div>
                                     @endif
                                 </div>
+
+                                <hr/>
+                                <fieldset>
+                                    <legend class="mb-3">
+                                        @lang('admin.settings.comments_moderation')
+                                    </legend>
+                                </fieldset>
+
+                                <div class="form-check">
+                                    <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="moderate-anonymous-users" name="moderate_anonymous_users" @if (old('moderate_anonymous_users', UserConfig::get('moderate_anonymous_users')))checked="checked"@endif>
+                                    <label class="form-check-label" for="moderate-anonymous-users">
+                                        <strong>@lang('forms.settings_moderate_anonymous_users')</strong><br/>
+                                        @lang('forms.settings_moderate_anonymous_users_help')
+                                    </label>
+                                </div>
+
+                                <div class="form-check mt-3">
+                                    <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="moderate-known-users" name="moderate_known_users" @if (old('moderate_known_users', UserConfig::get('moderate_known_users')))checked="checked"@endif>
+                                    <label class="form-check-label" for="moderate-known-users">
+                                        <strong>@lang('forms.settings_moderate_known_users')</strong><br/>
+                                        @lang('forms.settings_moderate_known_users_help')
+                                    </label>
+                                </div>
                             </div>
                         </div>