SimpleComments 1.1

This is really nifty. I’ve been using SimpleComments on my weblog for a while, and it just keeps on getting better!

However, I wasn’t able to get MTSimpleCommentEntry to work with trackbacks outside of an entry context without this patch:

—- simplecomments.pm.orig 2003-04-23 20:26:28.000000000 -0700 +++ simplecomments.pm 2003-04-24 10:23:05.330032000 -0700 @@ -116 +116,3 @@ -    my $entry = MT::Entry->load($comment->entryid) +    my $entryid = $comment->entryid  +        || MT::Trackback->load($comment->tbid)->entryid; +    my $entry = MT::Entry->load($entryid)

That’s why I didn’t see the problem during testing. My SimpleCommentEntry block was always inside an entry context. I’ve added your patch to the code and released it as 1.11.

Thanks!

Thanks for the update! I had already hacked my copy to give me a MTSimpleCommentNumber tag, which I use to determine odd or even, but the best feature of your update is the ability to use it outside of an entry. :)

SimpleComment is showing a count of one comment, although there are no comments or trackbacks for the particular entry. My template looks like this:

<MTEntryIfAllowComments> | <a href="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTCommentScript$>?entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" onclick="OpenComments(this.href); return false"><MTSimpleCommentCount> Comments</a> </MTEntryIfAllowComments>

Any idea what I’m doing wrong to give the false count?

Hai, carumba! I rebuilt my individual archives, and there was a trackback after all, so the count was/is right. Weirdness.

Ok I am stupid.

I like this feature and have uploaded the files(.pl and the directory) but now where do I place the coding.

Maybe I am just too new to this. I have a standard MT site where people click on the comments to view them.

Do I just paste it in anywhere.

You paste it anywhere you want the comments to show up. For what you’re doing it should be in an entry context. This means that you’ll have to have it on an individual archive page or in comment display template, or inside an MTEntries block.

If you are using the stock MT templates with the comment popup, you’d put the template code in place of the MTEntryComments block of your comment display template.

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