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The Problem with Inline Comment Replies TutWow | Wood TV Stand — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:03:47 +0000

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By: Elcoj

Elcoj — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:31:08 +0000

Hi,
Everything dynamic and very positively!

By: Ben Lind

Ben Lind — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:29:13 +0000

@Palma: Actually, if you go into the WordPress “Discussion Settings” page, you can specify how many “levels” of threaded comments you want to allow. This way, once there are so many replies to the same comment, the indentation will stop. Very handy!

By: Palma | Buddha Trance

Palma | Buddha Trance — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:35:31 +0000

Ben, I do have threaded comments enabled, and it has been mixed feelings from day one. Not for the nature of the comment, but how they display. The concept is theoretically good, but I don’t like them visually that much. The ongoing indentation and inline changing color scheme, makes them look unappealing and messy.

The first inline is ok, but when there are two or three threads and the last comment has a tiny field, it’s a sore in the eye for the designer! I have now tried with different css that improves the visual a little, so I am keeping them.

A virtual classmate from 31DBBB and WordPress fan…

By: Ben Lind

Ben Lind — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:52:50 +0000

@Jon Daley: I just think WordPress looks more refined – I’m more of a design guy than backend. But I also think WordPress has a powerful backend too.

By: Jon Daley

Jon Daley — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:13:58 +0000

How do you define “slick”? I expect that I don’t want LifeType to be “slick”, but more functional than that and simply be able to get things done, and for users to be able to do things with LifeType that we never expected. And I think we meet those goals quite nicely.

By: Ben Lind

Ben Lind — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:57:39 +0000

@lawrence77: I’ve considered using them, but never got around to using the feature (and updating the CSS to support it). Hopefully in the near future I’ll add it.

By: lawrence77

lawrence77 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:51:48 +0000

when inline comments comes to tutwow.com?

By: Ben Lind

Ben Lind — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:02:56 +0000

@Jon Daley: Yes, it is surprising that WordPress just came out with this feature. Well, at least they have it now, right?

I’ve looked into using other CMS’s (like LifeType), but I can never get used to them, and they aren’t ever as slick as WordPress (from my point of view). I’ll keep looking, though.

I’ve gotten a few comments where the commenter’s “name” is something like “Free Business Cards” with a link to a website. I typically keep them, but keep an eye out for any advertising links in the actual comment.

By: Jon Daley

Jon Daley — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:31:27 +0000

Oh good – I’m the first person to comment…

It’s crazy that WP just added this now. (another reason you should use LifeType – they added this feature three or four years ago…)

I’ve been meaning to turn it on my blog – that it would be nice to have the threaded comments, it allows for better commenting flow, I think.

And yes, I delete any comment that isn’t relevant to the discussion. I have a couple on my blog that are questionable – they are relevant, but partly advertising, so I have left them. Sometimes I edit the comment to not contain quite so many links…