Soon: comprehensive and flexible comment system

Plugins
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We’re about to release a comments plugins for Kirby, which is both flexible and easy to implement. It uses native Kirby pages and subpages like this:

blog
– post-01
– -- post.txt
– -- comments
– -- – comments.txt
– -- – comment-00001
– -- – -- comment.txt
– -- – comment-00002
– -- – -- comment.txt

So you can list and search for comments and even manipulate them within the panel. However, for performance, the plugin provides a faster method of displaying comments in the post template.

It provides spam protection via mandatory previews and the well-known honeypot method.

Here’s our first live implementation: http://www.wehrundweissweiler.de/weblog

As soon as my friend Florian has stabilized the code and added the e-mail notification, there will be a github page for all of you to clone and fork :wink:

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Very nice implementation.

One suggestion: I would add a “confirm” button right at the preview, not only at the bottom of the form. I was unsure for a second whther my comment had been submitted already or if it was just the preview.

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AWESOME!! Can’t wait for the final version.

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Haha, I’ve been wanting to tackle this one for ages (indie comments without database is basically what I lacked) but everytime I tried I’d run into my lack of training and give up after a few hours of research. So, I’m assuming storing comments in individual files rather than in a single JSON is better performance-wise?

Looking forward to this!

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Good idea. Consider it on our list :slight_smile:

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Any news on this Plugin? :slightly_smiling:

Sounds great!

All the best,
Felix

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Also awaiting the release impatiently! :smiley:

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Same here! Can’t wait to add this to my blog! :slight_smile:

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I’m starting to think Gerrit’s forgotten about all of this. :frowning:

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We are still striving for perfection… Sorry for the delay.

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@gerritvanaaken: Any ETA in days, weeks, month, years :joy:?

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Chill down! It has only gone 2 month. :wink:

I’ve strived for perfection in 9 years now. Still not there yet, but always sooo close… :smiley:

I calculate it takes about 2 lifetimes to get there then. Perfection is so hard!

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Well, i cant wait too :smiley:

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Guess what? We’re ready for primetime: https://github.com/Addpixel/KirbyCommentsPlugin/

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The plugin collectors were faster at releasing that one:)

Edit: Just a quick question: Does your plugin provide an option to moderate comments before they are published?

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Not at the moment. I created an issue in github. We’ll see.

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@gerritvanaaken what is the difference between Disqus and Your Plugin?

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Well, the most obvious difference is that Disqus is an online service, not a Kirby plugin. The data is stored in the cloud, not in your text files.

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oh :sweat_smile:… i forgot

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Plus, Disqus is being loaded entirely via JavaScript after the page has loaded. This plugin is rendered server-side and is native to your website.