Comments on: Project List http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:28:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mike http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11700 Mike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11700 Comment Highlighting I have noticed a few sites have implemented some sort of comment highlighting for various reasons -- mezzoblue.com's recent redesign and addition of comment highlighting has sparked some interesting comments. As a user, I do not find the practice to be beneficial in terms of locating these "special" comments. I suppose the benefit is relative to the number of comments visitors have made, but when we are talking about a hundred or so comments, even highlighted comments seem to get lost in the fray. Have you considered creating a “sticky section” or “hot comments” area where you can group all of the comments you feel are above the fold? Comment Highlighting

I have noticed a few sites have implemented some sort of comment highlighting for various reasons — mezzoblue.com's recent redesign and addition of comment highlighting has sparked some interesting comments. As a user, I do not find the practice to be beneficial in terms of locating these "special" comments. I suppose the benefit is relative to the number of comments visitors have made, but when we are talking about a hundred or so comments, even highlighted comments seem to get lost in the fray. Have you considered creating a “sticky section” or “hot comments” area where you can group all of the comments you feel are above the fold?

]]> By: Jen http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11701 Jen Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11701 Woohoo, you know I'll be waiting for the comment show/hide! :) It's seriously one of my favorite features on my site and the one that impresses the most people who like how much easier it makes browsing the comments. Just keep remembering to eat once in awhile, in between all this great work you're doing. :) Woohoo, you know I'll be waiting for the comment show/hide! :)
It's seriously one of my favorite features on my site and the one that impresses the most people who like how much easier it makes browsing the comments.

Just keep remembering to eat once in awhile, in between all this great work you're doing. :)

]]> By: Trevor http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11702 Trevor Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11702 Wordpress lets you have feeds for your comments on any entry - that's kind of like comment subscriptions, so I thought I'd mention it. Wordpress lets you have feeds for your comments on any entry - that's kind of like comment subscriptions, so I thought I'd mention it.

]]> By: Mark J http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11703 Mark J Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11703 Jenn, I've got expandable/retractable comments working on my site. Basically, I just modified my wp-comments.php file to do some logic. If the comments section is being called from an individual archive, the comments are displayed regularly. If the comments section is called from the main index or from an archive, the comments are displayed in a hide/show script. I'm using your plugin for displaying my entries with hide/show, and I just used that same JavaScript for my comments. You can use the $single variable to do that testing, but what I've done is harnessed the unused $withcomments variable. At the beginning of my index.php file, I do some logic to determine if we're looking at the main index, a monthly archive, a category archive, etc... and then I can turn $withcomments on or off for each. If it is on, comments are displayed with hide/show JS, if it is off, you just get a comment link that goes to the permalink page. Jenn, are you planning on writing a "subscribe to comments" script all by yourself? Unfortunately I had to drop that when I made the move, but I'd like to get it back, and I was planning on writing a script myself, when I have some time. But if you were going to do it, I trust your PHP skills more than mine. ;-) Jenn,
I've got expandable/retractable comments working on my site. Basically, I just modified my wp-comments.php file to do some logic. If the comments section is being called from an individual archive, the comments are displayed regularly. If the comments section is called from the main index or from an archive, the comments are displayed in a hide/show script. I'm using your plugin for displaying my entries with hide/show, and I just used that same JavaScript for my comments.

You can use the $single variable to do that testing, but what I've done is harnessed the unused $withcomments variable. At the beginning of my index.php file, I do some logic to determine if we're looking at the main index, a monthly archive, a category archive, etc… and then I can turn $withcomments on or off for each. If it is on, comments are displayed with hide/show JS, if it is off, you just get a comment link that goes to the permalink page.

Jenn, are you planning on writing a "subscribe to comments" script all by yourself? Unfortunately I had to drop that when I made the move, but I'd like to get it back, and I was planning on writing a script myself, when I have some time. But if you were going to do it, I trust your PHP skills more than mine. ;-)

]]> By: VIncent http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11704 VIncent Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11704 regarding #1: http://mookitty.co.uk/devblog/category/comment-email/ Yay! regarding #1:
http://mookitty.co.uk/devblog/category/comment-email/

Yay!

]]> By: Mark J http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11705 Mark J Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11705 Uh oh... don't tell Jenn. ;-) Uh oh… don't tell Jenn. ;-)

]]> By: Jason Stare http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11706 Jason Stare Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2004/05/25/project-list/#comment-11706 How about a wordpress plugin that'll delete unapproved posts x days after being submitted? May sound a bit lazy, but it would help against mass spammers. How about a wordpress plugin that'll delete unapproved posts x days after being submitted?

May sound a bit lazy, but it would help against mass spammers.

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