I've spent most of the weekend geeking out on OBB's new commenting system ... proving that really, when it comes right down to it, I am 100% web nerd.
After seeing IntenseDebate commenting tool being used on genderfork.com (an awesome site that, as they say: "...explores androgyny and gender variance through artistic photography and other neat stuff") I decided to try installing the plugin here on OBB.
And OMG, it's awesome! Commenting on OBB just got white hot...
The new commenting tool includes cool stuff like:
- Commenter avatars (more info about that below)
- Threading, so you can reply to a specific comment instead of just adding your comment to the end
- Paging for posts with tons of comments
- Comment voting so that if you love a comment you can give it a thumbs up
- Subscribing, so that if you can receive notification when new comments are added to a post
- Comment reporting so y'all can let me 'n' the interns know if you catch a trollish/spammy comment before we do
...and so much more!
Commenters can still leave their comments as a guest, the same as you always have. We won't see an avatar for your comment, but maybe you don't care. If, however, you DO care and you want an avatar to show next to your comment, there are several options:
- You can sign up for an IntenseDebate account. Then your comment will include an avatar of your choice AND you'll be able to do cool stuff like edit your comment after it's posted, etc.
- You can use Facebook Connect to leave a comment using your Facebook account. Then your comment will include your Facebook icon and a link to your profile.
- If you use OpenID, you can login to comment using that account and avatar.
Basically: shit is fucking awesome, if you're a blog dork like me.
There is, however, one bug I've noticed: If you're using Internet Explorer 7, when you try to click the comments link from the homepage ... your browser might crash. I'm working to get this fixed, but if you encounter other bugs, please do let me know.
About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.
Michelle Masha O'Brien said
Sweet! Long live web nerds.
Stephy Tisher said
Oh this is beyond awesome
Ashley C. Fairbanks said
Ooh Look at me!
Ashley C. Fairbanks said
Look, I can directly reply that I too think this is awesome.
Emily Pimentel said
yes, and I can reply that I agree with both of you, too!
I love that this kind of functionality has come to OBB now, awesome ariel! thanks!
OffbeatAriel said
You are so very welcome.
I loves it … although still dealing with some weird ie7 bugs. But we'll get there!
Jen Cywinski said
I feel so fancy now!
Jessica (Iowa) said
Oh dear.
Jessica_Iowa said
What if I commented as my Facebook self by mistake. Are there any steeps I can take to remove those comments ?
OffbeatAriel said
I would say just click the "report" button by your comment that you wanted deleted, and include an explanation about why you're flagging the comment. That makes it easy for us to delete it!
OffbeatAriel said
Just click the "report" button by your comment that you want deleted, and include an explanation about why you're flagging the comment (privacy concerns, I'm assuming?). That makes it easy for us to delete it!
veganlover said
I love it, but am I crazy, or doesn't it work in the offbeat bride tribe postings? now i have two identities! o.0
OffbeatAriel said
Yeah, I super wish that IntenseDebate had Ning integration … that would be the ideal. Unfortunately it doesn't … yet! I've suggested it to the developers: <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/intensedebate/topics/n…" target="_blank">http://getsatisfaction.com/intensedebate/topics/n… That sad, you can put your OBT/Ning URL in your IntenseDebate profile so that OBTs can find you there!
spiderbaby said
yay! I love this!
XylophoneGender said
Thanks for the Genderfork shout-out!!
XylophoneGender said
Thanks for the Genderfork shout out!!
cupritte said
I will attempt reply. It didn't work in a different thread, so this is a test. So commenting works for me but replying to a comment is having problems. I will check it out when I don't have only a few min. before class.
OffbeatAriel said
What kind of problems? If you can describe it for me in detail (and include what browser you're using, what you did, what you thought would happen, and what actually happened) I can submit a bug report with the developers.
cupritte said
I think I managed to re-post as guest. I'm just not going to worry about signing in. I don't comment much anyway, so for all I know the problem was corrected
fra said
Ahhh. Now it all makes sense.
I usually look at the site from work. But it doesn't just crash the browser, it seizes up the whole network of four computers, and all our fancy robots that are hooked up to said computers if I try to click on any of the posts. It's a real disaster.
No more OBB for me!
OffbeatAriel said
If you're using Internet Explorer 7 at work, the bugs that were causing the issues have all been solved. Do this to fix it:
1. Go to http://www.offbeatbride.com
2. Press the F5 button on your keyboard to clear your browser's cache
That seems to clear up the problem!
Mich said
Hi
can you offer any help here for Offbeat Tribe, I tried signing up for it earlier this week but it says my application is still pending and i'm being all impatient coz i want to see all the cool stuff on there!!!!!