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SimpleComments 1.1

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There’s a new SimpleComments for those that use that plugin.

Here’s what’s new:
SimpleComments can now be used outside an entry
Thanks to Mark Paschal, if you use SimpleComments outside an entry, you’ll get all comments in ascending or descending order, depending upon your blog config.

New tag: MTSimpleCommentNumber
The ordinal number of the current comment or TrackBack. Shows 1 for the first comment, 2 for the second, and so on. Thanks to Phillip Winn for the idea.

New tag: MTSimpleCommentOdd
Returns 1 if the current SimpleComment is odd and 0 if it is even. Useful for setting alternating background colors with stylesheets. Use something like class="commentbg<MTSimpleCommentOdd>" and create classes for commentbg0 and commentbg1. Thanks to Scott McGerik for the idea.

New container: MTSimpleCommentEntry
This container tag works just like the MTCommentEntry tag. It contains the entry that the current SimpleComment is from. Thanks to Luke Hutteman for the idea.

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