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Better comments manager just got better

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Thank you for the overwhelming response in using the Better Comments Manager plugin, I have had downloads since its release and also recieved a lot of feedbacks and thanks for the plugin. To be quite frank I have made very good use of it and love it myself :).

Here is my way to say thanks to you all. Am releasing another version of Better Comments Manager which incoporates few suggestions to make it better. Thanks to all of you who have helped make this plugin better with your views, suggestions and feedbacks.

Better comments manager v1.2 incorporates the reply feature within the page. It also display the title of the post instead of the View link. I had read about this on Lorelle’s blog so thought it to be a worthwhile inclusion.

You can turn this feature of by editing the plugin and changing the value of the vairable $showLinkTitle

If you want to display the link title change the variable value to 1 as shown below

$showLinkTitle = 1;

If you do not want to see the title change the value to 0 as shown below

$showLinkTitle = 0;

Ok now the feature many of you requested me to incorporate which would allow you to reply to the comments without loading another page has been added. You can now reply to comments from within the page itself.


The reply text area will appear when you click on the reply link, you can add your reply and click on the Save Reply button, you will see a small message telling you that the reply is being added as shown below

Once the reply is saved it will appear as the first comment within the page, so you do not have to reload the page to see it.

Better Comments manager also has a smart feature. If you have already clicked on a reply and not saved it yet, when you click on the reply for another comment it will show you an alert asking you whether you want to cancel the old reply. If you click yes it will clear the old reply and add a new reply form to the second comment.

Better Comments manager creates the reply form dynamically so it will not affect page load times. Check out the Better Comments Manager release page for more information about the plugin.

Installation Instructions

  • Download the plugin and unzip it in your plugins folder.
  • Activate the plugin and your up and running
  • Go to Comments tab in your WP admin and navigate to Better Comments Manager to start using the reply feature

If you have already downloaded and installed this plugin, first do these steps and re-install the plugin using the steps above

  • Deactivate Better Comments Manager from the Admin Plugin Panel
  • Delete the old files and follow the steps above

ChangeLog

  • Version 1.2 released Wednesday, May 16th 2007
  • Version 1.0 released Sunday, May 13th 2007

License

All files and their contents are licensed under the General Public License(GPL).

Support

If you feel this plugin has helped you can leave a small donation towards further plugin development.


Download

Download Better Comments Manager v1.2 downloaded times

Please note this plugin is still in beta state and may have bugs. If you find any bugs or want to report any problems you have faced please feel free to leave your comments or you can send me a email at wpplugins@techie-buzz.com

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  1. Sumesh on May 16th, 2007 at 8:00 am #

    You seem to be obsessed with this plugin ;)

  2. keith on May 16th, 2007 at 8:03 am #

    it makes my life easier that’s it :)

  3. Jeriko on May 16th, 2007 at 12:33 pm #

    Great, one less reason to look at my blog :D

    Okay seriously, this is much of a helper, thanks a lot!

  4. keith on May 16th, 2007 at 12:57 pm #

    Hey Jeriko,

    Glad you liked the plugin, it makes the task so easy. BTW i have never visited any posts to reply to comments since I am using this plugin :).

    Cheers
    Keith

  5. Matt on May 16th, 2007 at 1:50 pm #

    Thank you for the quick update :)

  6. keith on May 16th, 2007 at 2:43 pm #

    Hey Matt,

    It’s my pleasure.

    Keith

  7. Patrix on May 16th, 2007 at 9:08 pm #

    Thanks for the quick turnaround. Works like a charm now. But why did you get rid of the quicktags for comment replies?

  8. keith on May 16th, 2007 at 9:50 pm #

    Patrix,

    I was trying to do it with quick tags but had some issues, will try and get that in soon in the ajax mode.

    Keith

  9. Shankar Ganesh on May 17th, 2007 at 10:13 pm #

    Good going!

  10. keith on May 18th, 2007 at 7:09 am #

    Thanks Shankar :)

  11. Lincoln on May 18th, 2007 at 9:20 pm #

    Great job, but it doesn’t appear to work in WordPress 2.0.X versions. You might want to note this in your release notes on this plugin so us stubborn 2.0.X users don’t bother. :-)

  12. Marco on May 18th, 2007 at 11:57 pm #

    Hi Keith,

    Thanks a lot!!

    Regards,
    Marco

  13. keith on May 19th, 2007 at 6:34 am #

    Hey Marco,

    My Pleasure :).

    Keith

  14. keith on May 19th, 2007 at 6:35 am #

    Hey Lincoln,

    Thanks for the information will let people know about it.

    Keith

  15. Cary on May 21st, 2007 at 1:03 pm #

    I love this plugin. Thank you so much for making it! It will make it much easier to reply to comments!

  16. keith on May 21st, 2007 at 1:06 pm #

    Hey Cary,

    Glad you liked the plugin.

    Keith

  17. Cary on May 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 am #

    Me again! Is there a way to insert the reply directly below the comment you a replying to instead of having your reply 3 or 4 posts below? Thanks!

  18. keith on May 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 am #

    Hi Cary,

    I am working on the version that is compatible with Brian’s Threaded Comment, It should be released by this week end. So you will be able to simply add the reply below the comment.

    Will post the new release once I have finished the new version.

    Keith

  19. Ozh on May 22nd, 2007 at 11:53 am #

    Typo ! the plugin comment header (infos about author etc) says : “Better Comments Manger”. Manger ? Means “to eat” in french, your plugin now eats spam too ? :)

  20. keith on May 22nd, 2007 at 11:57 am #

    Hey Ozh,

    Thanks for letting me know, I will correct it in the new version release that is scheduled for this weekend

    Keith

  21. Grace on June 1st, 2007 at 5:59 am #

    thanks for this plugin! Just downloaded and installed and it was super easy to use! Saw that you are developing another which allows “reply” to be just underneath that particular comment, can’t wait for that!

    Good job!

  22. keith on June 1st, 2007 at 7:18 am #

    Hi Grace,

    Am quite glad that you liked it. Yes I am developing few more changes to the plugin hope to complete and release it this weekend.

    Keith

  23. Lanooz on June 15th, 2007 at 1:52 pm #

    Hello keith!
    I would like to say, that the problem that I got before (if you remember) is solved – i updated yuor great plugin to this new version.
    And i suggest you to update this first post about this plugin, many people are coming through it so they may download the older version.
    regards,
    Lanooz.

    • keith on June 15th, 2007 at 1:54 pm #

      Hi Lanooz,

      Thanks for letting me know. Even though people will go to the old page they will still be able to download the latest version :-).

      Keith

  24. Mike on June 20th, 2007 at 8:05 am #

    How did you get that Spam protection thingy above the reply box?

  25. Monika Tanu on July 24th, 2007 at 2:15 am #

    Hi Keith! Thanks a lot for your reply before! I tried to download the installer again and re-activate it… and now I could use it well!! Thanks for the great job! Anyway is there any feature to put our comment below the previous one? (like what Keith did when replying Lanooz’s comment…)

    • keith on July 24th, 2007 at 7:58 am #

      Hi Monika,

      For that I use a plugin called Brian’s Threaded comments, you can install that plugin and use threaded reply to put the comments below the message.

      Keith

      • Monika Tanu on July 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm #

        Thanks a lot, Keith!!! I’ve tried to search the plugin in the WordPress web, but couldn’t find it… Do you mind to give any clues? Sorry for the trouble :(

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