<? include ("/PATH/TO/YOUR/FILE/connect.php");
$leaders = mysql_query("SELECT comment_email, comment_url, comment_author, COUNT(*) as comment_count FROM mt_comment WHERE (comment_blog_id=1) AND (comment_email !='E-MAIL ADDRESS YOU USE ON YOUR BLOG' AND comment_author !='NAME YOU USE ON YOUR BLOG') AND YEAR(comment_created_on) = YEAR(CURDATE()) GROUP BY comment_author, comment_email ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 10");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($leaders)) {
while (list($key,$val) = each($row)) {$$key = $val;}
if (!empty($comment_url)) {
$authorlink = "<a href=\"$comment_url\">$comment_author</a>";
} elseif(!empty($comment_email)) {
$authorlink = "<a href=\"mailto:$comment_email\">$comment_author</a>";
} else {$authorlink = $comment_author;}
echo "$authorlink — $comment_count comments this year<br />\n";
}
?>

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There is a simple way of fixing this small error if you do not want to receive e-mails of your comments. It worked for me but I can't guarantee it will work for you. If you try it, make sure you back up the original files you are modifying before attempting. I don't suggest this to novice MT users.

Open Blacklist.pm to line 2395 and you will see the following:

MT::Mail->send(\%head, $body);

Place the following code in its place:

MT::Mail->send(\%head, $body) unless $author->email eq $comment->email;

This will act the same as the Adam Kalsey Comment notification Hack as Patricia posted in reply to the original entry posted on the hack.

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Here's what the original email looks like:

Subj: [PromoGuy dot Net] New Comment Posted to '7 x 14 + 2 = 100 Things
Aboot Me'
—————————————————————-
A new comment has been posted on your blog PromoGuy dot Net, on entry #1489
(7 x 14 + 2 = 100 Things Aboot Me).
http://www.promoguy.net/archives/001489.php
IP Address: 123.45.678.90
Name: Lisa
Email Address: SomeMail@SomeDomain.net
URL: http://www.snarkypants.com

Comments:
Hey! Where's the rest?? You promised! Slackerboy!
–

After my modifications, my Comment Notifications look like this:

Subj: [7 x 14 + 2 = 100 Things Aboot Me] by "Lisa" – PromoGuy dot Net
—————————————————————-
"Lisa" left a new comment in your blog PromoGuy dot Net, on entry #1489 (7 x
14 + 2 = 100 Things Aboot Me).
http://www.promoguy.net/archives/001489.php
IP Address: 123.45.678.90
IP Info: http://www.samspade.org/t/lookat?a=123.45.678.90
Name: Lisa
Email Address: SomeMail@SomeDomain.net
URL: http://www.snarkypants.com

Comments:
Hey! Where's the rest?? You promised! Slackerboy!
–

My changes reflect my preferences, yours may be different.

1. I don't need to see "New Comment Posted to" in my subject line. It takes
up too much space, and my web mail program won't show full subject lines, so I
need the important stuff first. Besides, by looking at the Brackets I recognize
that it is a comment notification.

2. I want to know which post got the comment, so I put that first. I don't
need to know which blog it is from, because I only have one – so I moved that
part to the end. Plus, I wanted to know Who sent the comment.

3. On heavy comment days, my inbox is nearly bursting. Now when I see a
comments is posted by a certain person, I can go to read that one first.

The only major change in the Body was making the IP Address into a clickable
link to do a WHOIS and TRACEROUTE on SamSpade.com. I added a new line for that.
I also slightly changed the wording on the first sentence.

Here is what I did. Again, once you see the changes I made, you will probably
want to customize it the way you want it to look. Please note: This code was
tested and executed on MoveableType 2.64. I don't know if it will work on
lower versions, so YMMV.

Disclaimer: Do this at your own risk. It should go fine, but you never
know. I won't be responsible for fixing it if you go and screw it up.

First, FTP or otherwise navigate to your MT installation directory and find:
/lib/MT/App/

Now, make a backup copy of Comments.pm (always make backups, yo).

Open up Comments.pm in your favorite text editor (I use
araneae; for simple jobs
like this).

Go to Line 132 or search for "$author->email" (without the quotes) and you
will be close.

Be sure you are on the line that says "Subject =>" and we are ready to get
jiggy!

Highlight and delete:

Subject => '[' . $blog->name . '] ' . $app->translate('New Comment Posted to \'[_1]\", $entry->title));

Replace it with:

Subject => '[' . $entry->title . '] ' . $app->translate('new comment by "[_1]" – [_2]', $comment->author, $blog->name)
);

Now if you want to Tweak the Body of the message, scroll down to about Line
146.

I edited the body of the text to lead with the Comment Author's name. So
change this:

my $body = $app->translate('A new comment has been posted on your blog [_1], on entry #[_2] ([_3]).', $blog->name, $entry->id, $entry->title);

To this:

my $body = $app->translate('"[_1]" left a new comment in your blog [_2], on entry #[_3] ([_4]).', $comment->author, $blog->name, $entry->id, $entry->title,);

If you want to investigate their IP address, put your cursor right under

$app->translate('IP Address:') . ' ' . $comment->ip . "\n" .

and hit enter, making a blank line.

Now copy and paste this:

$app->translate('IP Info: http://www.samspade.org/t/lookat?a=[_1]', $comment->ip) . "\n" .

Save the file, making sure it has the .pm extension. Save it back to the same
directory, overwriting the current Comments.pm. (because you already have a
backup, right?).

Now go leave yourself a comment. See how much more meaningful those Comment
Notifications are?

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Here's a summary of what this does:

You add a field in your comments form to collect RSS feed's from your commenters and then you can display it back in your comments on your site – just like you do with their blog-URL.

What's involved:

You'll be editing any template you use that displays comments or the comment form, and install a plugin (which is as simple as uploading a file to your site) As well, You'll need to edit two MT files and the mt-database. If you're not comfortable doing this – I suggest you set up a test MT install and play with this first.

Here is the download for the plugin. The tags associated with the plugin will not work on their own – you'll need to follow all of the instructions (below).

Some credit notes: A MASSIVELY HUGE THANK YOU to "Milbertus" (A.) of milbertus.com for writing the plugin for the MTCommentFeed tag (MTCommentPreviewFeed tags still in development at this time) (I wrote the plugin for the MTCommentIfRSS tag. w00t!)

Part One: Edit your comments form

In your comments form, add this:

Your RSS Feed: <input type="text" name="rssfeed" />

If you have the "remember me" cookies working on this page, and you'd like this field to also be remembered, look for your "remember me" and "forget me" functions (towards the top of your page), and just add the line that I have in red/bold text:

function rememberMe (f) {
var now = new Date();
fixDate(now);
now.setTime(now.getTime() + 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
setCookie('mtcmtauth', f.author.value, now, ", HOST, ");
setCookie('mtcmtmail', f.email.value, now, ", HOST, ");
setCookie('mtcmthome', f.url.value, now, ", HOST, ");
setCookie('mtcmtrssfeed', f.rssfeed.value, now, ", HOST, ");
}
function forgetMe (f) {
deleteCookie('mtcmtmail', ", HOST);
deleteCookie('mtcmthome', ", HOST);
deleteCookie('mtcmtauth', ", HOST);
deleteCookie('mtcmtrssfeed', ", HOST);
f.email.value = ";
f.author.value = ";
f.url.value = ";
f.rssfeed.value =";
}

Now look towards the bottom for the page for the code below and add what I have in red/bold

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
<!–
document.comments.email.value = getCookie("mtcmtmail");
document.comments.author.value = getCookie("mtcmtauth");
document.comments.url.value = getCookie("mtcmthome");
document.comments.rssfeed.value = getCookie("mtcmtrssfeed");
//–>
</script>

Part Two: Getting the field into the MT database.

You will need to run this SQL query. I suggest going into phpMyAdmin (if your
host provider has this). Click on the SQL tab, and paste the line below in the
field, and then click go.

ALTER TABLE mt_comment ADD comment_author_rss VARCHAR( 255 ) ;

Part Three: Edit Comments.pm

This is the part that has to be re-done each time you upgrade (or replace your comments.pm file). Your Comments.pm file should be located in this path: yourMTfolder/lib/MT/App/Comments.pm
Look for this line (probably around line 82):

$comment->author(remove_html(scalar $q->param('author')));

and add these lines below it:

my $rssfeed = $q->param('rssfeed') || ";
if ($rssfeed) {
require MT::Util;
if (my $fixed2 = MT::Util::is_valid_url($rssfeed)) {
$rssfeed = $fixed2;
} else {
return $app->handle_error($app->translate(
"Invalid URL '[_1]'", $rssfeed));
}
}
$comment->author_rss(remove_html($rssfeed));

Look for this line (probably around line 150):

$app->translate('URL:') . ' ' . $comment->url . "\n\n" .

and add this line below it:

$app->translate('RSS Feed:') . ' ' . $comment->rssfeed. "\n\n" .

Part Four: Edit Comment.pm

This will also need to be re-done each time you upgrade (or replace your Comment.pm file). Your Comment.pm file should be located in this path: YourMTFolder/lib/MT/Comment.pm
Look for this line

'id', 'blog_id', 'entry_id', 'author', 'email', 'url', 'text', 'ip'

CHANGE it to (you're just adding the 'author_rss', in there:

'id', 'blog_id', 'entry_id', 'author', 'email', 'url', 'author_rss',
'text', 'ip'

Part Five: Using the Plugin:

Here's an example of how the tags will work. This site uses this plugin and mt-hack, so you can see how it is displayed.

<MTCommentIfRSS>
<a href="<$MTCommentFeed$>">My RSS Feed</a>
</MTCommentIfRSS>

(MTCommentPreviewFeed example coming…)

Part Six/Addendum: Comment Subscribe modification

If you use "subscribe to comments" script, you'll also need to edit the processing.tmpl file that came with the script. Add this to the form on that page:

<input type="hidden" name="rssfeed" value="<?
echo $rssfeed ?>">

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<?
$ip = $REMOTE_ADDR;
if ($ip == "IP #1" || $ip == "IP #2") {
print "<a href=\"<$MTCGIPath$>mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=<$MTEntryID$>&blog_id=<$MTBlogID$>\" target=\"edit\" title=\"For me, not you\">[edit]</a>";
}
?>

(replace "IP #1" and "IP #2" with your IP address(s) that you want to be able to edit posts from)

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Donna – deliriouscool.org

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I then remembered some perl functions that can convert times from local time to UTC and then to whatever timezone you want. A Unix system can keep track of DST, even from the past, so the new UTC times will be correct. With Brad Choate's PerlScript plugin, you can put perl code right in your template. With 4 lines of code, I was able to print out a UTC date and time suitable for RSS.

<dc:date><MTPerlScript>
use Time::Local;
my $mytime = timelocal(<$MTEntryDate format=
"('%S', '%M', '%H', '%e', '%m'-1, '%Y'-1900)"$>);
my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,
$wday,$yday,$isdst)=gmtime($mytime);
printf('%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02dZ',
$year+1900,$mon+1,$mday,$hour,$min,$sec);
</MTPerlScript></dc:date>

A couple of notes. The arguments to timelocal are in quotes, since the values may have a leading 0 that will confuse perl. If your time zone is different from your server, you'll have to adjust the %H parameter by the difference. Also, in perl months are numbered 0 to 11, and years are numbered from 1900, so we have to adjust accordingly. We then have a Unix timestamp in $mytime, and can obtain the individual components in UTC. I'm using printf for the output since the format for dc:date in RSS is so strict. Each %02d formats the output of an integer to two places padded with a 0 if necessary.

(This code was originally posted www.papascott.de/2003/05/17/2256.php)

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We'd both noticed that pings don't show up immediately unless you re-save the entry, so Samuel wrote a patch for it. The patch is written for MT 2.63 and is very easy to install (see his post for instructions).

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(You can see the comment thread in the last post, but that Javascript method of disabling the button will not work – so this is rather timely!)

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See, when you've been blogging for as long as me, your blogging friends tend to have changing email addresses over the years and so it makes it hard to tally the top commenters! And besides, I have blogger and greymatter posts in there, and the GM posts didn't require email address, so I have a lot of empty posts.

So I did some UPDATE statements in my MySQL database to make the newest addresses apply to all posts by that author. It took a little browsing through the database to see which ones needed changing, but I think I've got most of it. I didn't bother changing any other information about the authors, just the email address for grouping correctly in the plugin output.

Here's some examples in case you'd like to do some condensing too…

I used PHPMyAdmin (available on my blogomania server) to enter my queries. You'll want to get into your MT database within PHPMyAdmin and then browse to your mt_comment database to see which of the following will work for the users you want to condense. Then when you've figured it out, look for a Run SQL query box to paste the code into. If its successful, it will report back how many lines changed in your database.

When commenter has changed email address:

UPDATE mt_comment SET comment_email = "newaddress@blog.com" WHERE comment_email = "oldaddress@blog.com"

When commenter has changed email addresses multiple times:

UPDATE mt_comment SET comment_email = "newaddress@blog.com" WHERE comment_email = "oldaddress@blog.com" OR comment_email = "olderaddress@blog.com"

When commenter has multiple email addresses, and is the only commenter with that name in your database (ie, this wouldn't work for the name Christine, since there are at least 3 Christines in my database)

UPDATE mt_comment SET comment_email = "newaddress@blog.com" WHERE comment_author = "UniqueName"

When commenter has multiple email addresses and multiple names that they've posted under:

UPDATE mt_comment SET comment_email = "newaddress@blog.com" WHERE comment_author = "Nickname" OR comment_author="Fullname"

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