Standalone mode does not display comments

[benloh]

In order to track read/unread status, we are currently require login to be able to view any comments.

But since standalone does not require login, comments are not currently displayed.

See https://github.com/netcreateorg/netcreate-2018/wiki/User-Guide

[benloh]

@jdanish Do we need to show comments in standalone mode? Currently comments are ignored because we can't retrieve read/unread status without it. If comments should always be visible, we probably want to introduce a view mode that does not show read/unread status.

[jdanish]

I think it'd be nice to include comments since we might put them in as a guide for viewers. I'm OK with it showing read / unread for the current session (so no change needed?).

[benloh]

OK that makes sense. It does actually require some changes because read/unread status can only be determined after we get the login info

[jdanish]

How big a task is this? I'm tempted to push it off if it feels like more than a few hours to make sure lots of more important things get done.

[benloh]

My guess is it's about two hours. I believe it works with a logged out user, but the standalone stuff is older and we only just re-enabled that earlier today and have not really tested it yet.

[jdanish]

OK, then yeah it'd be cool to do now. Thanks!

[benloh]

Notes to self. Look at:

• [X] Use npm run package:debug to test standalone mode live
• [X] trace brunch-config to see how standalone assets are being converted
• [X] look at server-database.DB.WriteDbJSON for jsonification
  • [X] How is the db being converted to json?
• [X] Look in nc-logic for LOADASSETS
  • [X] Need to trigger load for comments nc-logic:239
  • [X] Instead of comment-mgr.LOAD_COMMENT_DATACORE call, use an SetAppState('COMMENTDATA`)? -- emulate 187:m_PromiseLoadDB?
• [X] UNISYS is not active for standalone mode

[benloh]

Fixed with 773862b4fbe6c720eb8d0fd7640b9aff1c2dcc0b