>> hard-code the name of the page to look at. Perhaps I could add
>> discussionpage => 'discussion' too? --[[smcv]]
+>> (I've now implemented this in my branch. --[[smcv]])
+
>> The best reason to keep the pages internal seems to me to be that you
>> don't want the overhead of every comment spawning its own wiki page.
>> The worst problem with it though is that you have to assume the pages
>> either the code needs restructuring, or the permission check for 'create' would
>> always be for 'comment1' and never 'comment123'. --[[smcv]]
+>> Another possibility is to just check for permission to edit (e.g.) `sandbox/comment1`.
+>> However, this makes the "comments can only be created, not edited" feature completely
+>> reliant on the fact that internal pages can't be edited. Perhaps there should be a
+>> `editable_pages` pagespec, defaulting to `'*'`?
+
When using this plugin, you should also enable [[htmlscrubber]] and either [[htmltidy]]
or [[htmlbalance]]. Directives are filtered out by default, to avoid commenters slowing
down the wiki by causing time-consuming processing. As long as the recommended plugins
When comments have been enabled generally, you still need to mark which pages
can have comments, by including the `\[[!comments]]` directive in them. By default,
this directive expands to a "post a comment" link plus an `\[[!inline]]` with
-the comments.
+the comments. [This requirement has now been removed --[[smcv]]]
> I don't like this, because it's hard to explain to someone why they have
> to insert this into every post to their blog. Seems that the model used
>> as allowing comments.
>>
>>> Yes, I think a pagespec is the way to go. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>> Implemented --[[smcv]]
+
>>
>> The model used for discussion pages does require patching the existing
>> page template, which I was trying to avoid - I'm not convinced that having
>>> with dpkg prompts in Debian packages with monolithic vs split
>>> conffiles.) --[[smcv]]
+>>> I've switched my branch to use page.tmpl instead; see what you think? --[[smcv]]
+
The plugin adds a new [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] match type, `postcomment`, for use
with `anonok_pagespec` from the [[plugins/anonok]] plugin or `locked_pages` from
the [[plugins/lockedit]] plugin. Typical usage would be something like:
> This is still called postcomment, although I've renamed the rest of the plugin
> to comments as suggested on #ikiwiki --[[smcv]]
-Optional parameters to the comments directive:
-
-* `commit=no`: by default, comments are committed to version control. Use this to
- disable commits.
-* `allowdirectives=yes`: by default, IkiWiki directives are filtered out. Use this
- to allow directives (avoid enabling any [[plugins/type/slow]] directives if you
- do this).
-* `closed=yes`: use this to prevent new comments while still displaying existing ones.
-* `atom`, `rss`, `feeds`, `feedshow`, `timeformat`, `feedonly`: the same as for [[plugins/inline]]
+There are some global options for the setup file:
->> I don't think feedonly actually makes sense here, so I'll remove it. --[[smcv]]
+* comments_shown_pagespec: pages where comments will be displayed inline, e.g. `blog/*`
+ or `*/discussion`.
+* comments_open_pagespec: pages where new comments can be posted, e.g.
+ `blog/* and created_after(close_old_comments)` or `*/discussion`
+* comments_pagename: if this is e.g. `comment_` (the default), then comments on the
+ [[sandbox]] will be called something like `sandbox/comment_12`
+* comments_allowdirectives: if true (default false), comments may contain IkiWiki
+ directives
+* comments_commit: if true (default true), comments will be committed to the version
+ control system
This plugin aims to close the [[todo]] item "[[todo/supporting_comments_via_disussion_pages]]",
and is currently available from [[smcv]]'s git repository on git.pseudorandom.co.uk (it's the
* The access control via postcomment() is rather strange
* There is some common code cargo-culted from other plugins (notably inline and editpage) which
should probably be shared
-* If the comments directive is removed from a page, comments can still be made on that page,
- and will be committed but not displayed; to disable comments properly you have to set the
- closed="yes" directive parameter (and refresh the wiki), *then* remove the directive if
- desired
> I haven't done a detailed code review, but I will say I'm pleased you
> avoided re-implementing inline! --[[Joey]]
+
+Wishlist:
+
+* tbm would like anonymous people to be able to enter their name and possibly email
+ address
+* smcv would like an indication of who you're posting as / the ability to log in
+ as someone else (even if anonymous comments are allowed, it'd be nice to be
+ able to choose to log in with a username or OpenID, like in Livejournal);
+ perhaps editpage needs this too