Comments on: Software Needed: WordPress Linked Comments Plugin

By: Riya

Riya — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:05:05 +0000

What about readymade plugins for wordpress? I like to suggest video comments with wordpress blog from http://www.apptha.com/wordpress

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:14:05 +0000

I remember getting an email from Reed Cartwright a while back asking me to change how I linked to his site because strange things happened, and we got talking, and I got the impression that he had made the whole thing up on his own. But now, looking at the site, they do seem to be “Movable Type Pro” so either I misinterpreted back then or they’ve changed platforms but kept the look.

By: Mike Haubrich

Mike Haubrich — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:02:44 +0000

I am pretty sure that Panda’s Thumb is in Movable Type.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:22:43 +0000

Panda’s Thumb might be home built software. We have a link, of course, between FTB.coma and Panda’s Thumb (same co-founder).

Yeah, they may well come up with something at WP. One can hope!

By: Lynn Wilhelm

Lynn Wilhelm — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:45:30 +0000

Greg,
I love the way Panda’s Thumb comments work. I don’t know if there is any way to do something similar with WP. But have you gone to the forum at WP to talk to anyone.

I recall that they are quite amenable to ideas over there.

By: AK

AK — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:52:26 +0000

AFAIK Slashdot uses its own custom software. But IIRC it’s open-source. I remember a while back when it became available to anybody who wanted it.

I’ve never done anything with WordPress, but looking at their codex I see they use PHP on top of MySQL. But so far I haven’t been able to find out anything more detailed about the design.

I think you’re right you’ll need a new plug-in. At least.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:13:30 +0000

I think /. is just folded ajaxy type threaded comments.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:04:41 +0000

Allow the user to decide whether to view comments as threaded or sequential.
Right, that’s my Section 2 number 1.

If sequential, add links to comment replied to (1 up the heirarchy) next/prev reply (at the same level in heirarchy), and replies (to the comment being viewed).

Right.So like a four way rocker switch.

I have a feeling you’re trying to re-invent the wheel here, though.

I have that feeling too. But I can’ find the damn wheel. Let me know if you see it! I’ll look at /. but I don’t think they are using wordpress.

By: AK

AK — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:28:40 +0000

Have you looked at the system at slashdot.org?

My own thoughts (separate from slashdot):

Allow the user to decide whether to view comments as threaded or sequential.

If threaded, add a link to the next sequential comment, so you can see comments in the order they were added.

If sequential, add links to comment replied to (1 up the heirarchy) next/prev reply (at the same level in heirarchy), and replies (to the comment being viewed).

Better yet, allow the user to choose the view, but have all the links there all the time. If the links use on-page anchors, most modern browsers won’t require a reload, so you’ll jump around the page pretty fast. And you can use the back key on the browser to back up from any jump.

I have a feeling you’re trying to re-invent the wheel here, though. AFAIK Slashdot has most or all of this in some form, and there may be other open-source products out there that also do it.