One of the top requests from Get Rich Slowly readers is more robust comments. “It’d be nice if I could edit the comment I just left,” is a common refrain. Your wish is my command. I’ve installed a plugin that will allow readers to make changes for up to 15 minutes after posting. (I can increase that time limit, if needed.) In order to install this, I had to remove the “star ratings” plugin.
I’ve also tried to install a plugin that would allow for threaded comments, but it doesn’t seem to have done anything. In theory, it’s supposed to let you reply to other comments in a post, so that we get “nested” discussions. I think this would be handy, but it doesn’t matter if the plugin doesn’t work.
Finally, I’ve made a minor tweak in order to highlight my comments in a thread. They’ll now appear with a pale grey background.
I’ve been making other little tweaks all weekend: I’ve removed all text link ads, I’m making cosmetic changes to the sidebar, etc. I considered installing a plugin that would allow users to rate other commenters, but decided it wasn’t appropriate.
If you have other feature requests, please let me know! (And feel free to help me test the new comments plugin by leaving a comment and then editing it.)
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Awesome, Ive been wanting edited comments.
JD, im glad the text links are gone
And the edit menu loads up in the same page. YAY@!
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This is awesome, I need this for my site too. You won’t know how many times I’ve posted long comments and then realize that there are several spelling or grammatical errors afterwards. This is much needed on any blog platform and should come standard.
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I appreciate the comment edit upgrade. Thanks!
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This is a comment from J.D. It’s not exactly pretty, but it does the job.
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This is simply a test of the way you edit a comment.
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JD, the new comment system is very cool.
And editing is awesome!
Question;
Why can’t you change the entire comment background color of your personal comments to help differentiate them? Other PF websites have that ability, could you maybe ask one of them for help?
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GeekMan, ideally I would have the entire comment background color change, but it’s a bit beyond my ken to hack my template that way. The plugin I found only changes the background to the text portion of the comment. I haven’t given up finding a better solution, but this one should work fine for now.
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J.D, what plugin is it that changes the background of the admin comments?
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Suggestion: a week or so after an “ask the reader” post, follow-up highlighting the best of the best. I just don’t have time to sift through 75+ comments!
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The edit comments plugin is: WP Ajax Edit Comments
The plugin that highlights my comments is: Highlight Author Comments
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Thanks for the links J.D. The highlight author plugin works like a charm. I’ve been using the “edit comment” plugin for a few months now and my readers love it.
Thanks again.
FT
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[...] thanks to J.D. Roth of GetRichSlowly for the inspiration. If there are any other features that you’re really hankering for, please [...]
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This is great
I think I should add this feature to my own blog! Thanks for the idea!
I added this afterwards, if this shows up everything is working great!
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Nested discussion is great for blogs like yours with heavy discussion.. but they tend to get a bit messy in layout too (gets rather hard to read).
Edit: the comment editing is very cool though. Had to try it out
May add it now too!
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Um when I first read the headline I thought it said “Edible comments.”
Could you add that feature too?
p.s. I just edited my comment to make it chocolate flavored.
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that makes two of us!
Wow I love the “Edible” comments
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Working overtime and wanting dinner, I read this as “New Edible Comments” instead of “New Editable Comments”
Glad to see I was not the only one.
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