AJAX Comments WPMUified

This is a rework of an original plugin called AJAX Comments by contributors DjZoNe, Mike Smullin and it works perfectly nice with both, WordPress and WordPress MU.

Read this first

This plugin has been written quite some months ago and hasn’t yet been significantly updated. There are still some minor bugs and it doesn’t play along with Ajax Edit Comments as well. In the meanwhile there are better AJAX-Comment-Plugins available, so I heavily recommend checking out the collection and

not using this plugin, since it won’t be updated anymore!

Major changes:

  • developed as WordPress MU site-wide plugin (/mu-plugins)
  • hooks into the wordpress-comment-processing workflow
  • therefore now cannot interfere with any other plugins
  • therefore also slimmer as ever before
  • therefore also hooks in with any exisiting flood protection
  • easy adopting for various themes (as long as the <ol><li>-standard is kept)
  • choose if you want to hide the form after a comment has been saved
  • magic fairytale theme auto-detection
  • replaced alerts with sexy web2.0ish scriptaculoused div
  • separated files bring enlightening overview
  • code comes with geekish documentation for your adopting pleasure

Installation

  1. Unzip/upload to /mu-plugins (WPMU) or /plugins (WP, or WPMU optional) directory.
  2. Open /ajax-comments/functions.php to modify settings
  3. If you’re running any other AJAX- or DHTML-Plugins based on Prototype please make sure the prototype-library is included only once, otherwise the plugins will interfere.

Known bugs

  • Comment-Headline is not being updated with the correct comment count, due this would require quite a lot of coding for a very minor mathematical correctness
  • May breaks other AJAX- or DHTML-Plugins if those are using the same JS-Library. This PlugIn is based on Prototype, so if you have other PlugIns activated using the same library you want to make sure the prototype-script is only loaded once! Sorry for the inconvinience, but it looks like there’s no better solution for this yet.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why has the chicken crossed the road?

Original Description:

More than that, it checks if all fields filled correctly, and also makes sure to avoid comment duplication, and has flood protection capabilities as well. Probably one of the best ways you could spice up your WordPress Blog with AJAX; readers love it! Must see for yourself.This plugin works well in all major Web browsers, and uses discrete AJAX. That means if JavaScript disabled, it’s using the original comment posting method.Ajax Comments known to work well, with Authimage plugin, but I rather suggest Akismet, as it is free for personal use.

Features:

  • comment form validation happens server-side without refreshing or leaving the pageScript.aculo.us Fade In/Out Effects make readers happy
  • works with AuthImage captcha word verification plug-in to prevent comment spamstill works traditionally if browsers don’t support JavaScript (or have it disabled)
  • uses existing theme code to match styled comment threads when producing new comments
  • 25-second server timeout ensures readers aren’t left hangingworks in current versions of Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape, and Safari.

Recommendations:

  • perfectly compliments any well-styled comment form design-don’t design without it
  • best when moderation is off (seems more real-time) and AuthImage is installed
  • (self-moderation is the best moderation)

Version History:

0.2, Nov 18th 2007

  • spelling and documentation corrections
  • packed javascript to 4kb (from 8kb)

0.1, Nov 3rd 2007

first release

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