Perhaps you’ve noticed I made a couple changes here and there. I put the trackbacks on the same page as the comments, and they both come up in popup windows. Just one of those things people seem to prefer over going to a different page. (Like I do at times) I added Perma-link which goes to the main comments page. I’ve made a few cosmetic changes which no one will ever notice I’m sure. (Can you tell I’m working and waiting for something to get finished? Yeap!) :cowtiny:
Monthly Archives: February 2004
Someday…
Someday I’ll find a chinese restaurant that gives you more meat than vegetables. Or is that just a dream?
Chatterbox
Because I like to “showcase” my top commenters, I made a little box for those who comment the most. It’s a “top 5 list” of the people who have commented the most. Just insert this EE code where you want it to show up:
{exp:query sql=”SELECT DISTINCT name, email, url, count( email ) AS count FROM `exp_comments` GROUP BY email ORDER BY count DESC LIMIT 0 , 5″}
<a href=”{url}” target=”_blank”>{name}</a> – {count} retorts<br />
{/exp:query}
That will give you the top commenters for all your weblogs with the commenter with the most comments on top. If you want to narrow down by weblog, then add a WHERE statement saying “WHERE weblog_id=#” where # is the weblog ID number. Therefore the query will read: “SELECT DISTINCT name, email, url, count( email ) AS count FROM `exp_comments` WHERE weblog_id=1 GROUP BY email ORDER BY count DESC LIMIT 0 , 5″
Zoo
Went to the St. Louis Zoo today. It was pretty fun. I love animals. Although sometimes I just feel kinda weird seeing all the animals in captivity. I sure the trainers love them and take care of them, but sometimes I just feel so bad for them. Aside from all that, had some fun. :)
Pictures to come, if I like them. I’ve already posted one to my photolog.
Angel Petition
Let’s try again
I’ve been working on a new layout. I’ve been working on some tips and tricks that I have received from Chris’ Site, and although the CSS Validator says my CSS is good to go, I don’t think it’s very efficient. I’ve learned quite a bit over these past couple days about CSS.
So once I get around to redoing all the pages, the site will be looking Really different. I’m still not sure if what I’m working on now is going to be what will show up, but hey, it wouldn’t be fun. :)
So how are you doing? :)
RCP Update (2.1)
Ok, if you’re tired of all the Recent Comment Updates, I am too. :) Hopefully this will be the last revision for a while. I added a new parameter, “format”. This allows you to format the date/time that shows up. The link to go “directly” to the comment now shows the date/time of the comment instead of “[see this]“. I don’t know why I didn’t put it into last night’s version, I guess I was just a bit tired. :)
I am still awake
Ugh. I’m babysitting this server I had to work on, and it’s STILL working on synchronization. /sigh.
Feel free to bring on the sympathy. :P
Recent Commented Entries v2.0
I have improved and rewritten this plugin. You are no longer required to change anything in the source. I have written so that it is now using “native” EE functions and variables. This should make things very easy for you. I have rewritten most of the documentation, and should be a bit more understandable. (Hopefully!)
This plugin is “backward compatible” so if you are using the tag currently, you shouldn’t have to change it in order to use this right away. (i.e. your site shouldn’t die on you from having erroneous parameters.)
pi.recent_commented_entries-2.0.zip
Feel free to leave any feedback! If it doesn’t work, I wanna know! If you’ve got feature requests, let me know!
[updated] Had to fix a typo in the code. If you have downloaded this before 04:14am 2/21/04, then please redownload it. There was a typo with linking the commenter name to their website.
Recent Commented Entries Update (v1.2)
Ok, Dave asked for a new feature in the Recently Commented Plugin. From the CHANGES:
Feature Request. Added a line to show how many comments are in the entry.
Added a new parameter called "countcomments" which allows you to specify whether
or not to show the number of comments. This defaults to "1" (show them). See USAGE.
Formatting change, added <br />'s for each line for a prettier display.