WordPress 2.7 Takes Care of Comments

There are a lot of plugins out there to help with the old commenting function in WordPress.  We had all manor of ajax plugins, and nested comments plugins, plus the email-the-user and subscribe-to-thread plugins.  Here is a list of the functionality that is now INCLUDED with WordPress 2.7.x.

• Ajax loading of reply-to-comment form
• ability to respond to individual comments in a threaded manner – similar to a forum
• ability to edit your comment after publishing
• fully customizable appearance

This does not mean that your template will automatically produce threaded comments.  There are a few pieces of code that you need to add and remove from the commenting template and the header template.  You will need to allow threaded comments in the Settings Panel, and then you are ready to go!  See the Codex article here for the specifics.

wordpress.org/extend/plugins/commentluv/”>Comment luv (leaving a link to the comment author’s last post) and Subscribe to Comment are still great plugins to use to help readers get the most of the discussion.  Some clients also find a captcha type of security device handy to prevent a spammer’s comment from slipping through.

To add the new threaded comments functionality to your blog, do one of the following:

1. Download a new theme for your blog – one that is WordPress 2.7.x compatible.
2. If your theme is not a custom theme, contact the theme author to see if upgrades are available.
3. Convert your existing template using the article mentioned above.
4. Get some help to convert your template from the experts!  For a limited time we are offering a custom comments template for $30!  Simply contact us!