Hello,
Now that the move has been successful, I’m trying out a new commenting system plugin called WPDISCUZ.
You can read more about it here. https://wpdiscuz.com/
The original comment editor I installed last week didn’t work properly for everyone, and it screwed up comment indentation, so I had to disable it.
Try it out, leave a comment, leave a comment rating, try the sort features, etc. You can edit a comment up to 15 minutes after making it.
You can also visit another thread to see how it looks with many comments already in place.
-Anthony
UPDATE: I think I have the “reply” in nested comments working, and the EDIT function working properly. Also, the good news is that once you put in your name and email, it should always remember you….at least that is what I’m told by the documentation.
The bad news: General comment form is at the top, and there appears to be no way to change it according to this thread:
So, just use it for a general comment about the article, or scroll down and reply to an existing comment.
UPDATE2: You can display an image (or YouTube video) within a comment, (see examples in the thread below) but you MUST use https rather than http. Just simply insert the image URL, no tags or HTML needed.
If you use http all you’ll get is a link, but no embedded image.
Feel free to play around with inserting images or video in comments below.
Oh, I saw the formatting change but when I hit “Reply” to a comment, nothing happened.
Yeah, I’m seeing that too, try again here?
Try it now…
OK, working.
I still think the Seahawks should’ve run the ball
They would all pretty much agree with you, I’m sure.
Though few of them are still Seahawks. One who is is the guy who could and should have changed the call sent into him, ie the amiable Mr. Wilson.
Or at least passed left or right rather than over the middle, hey diddle diddle.
The ball should have gone to Marchon Lynch.
And Belichick should have played Malcom Butler
Pete Carroll went in to Starbucks and ordered a Mocha. The guy behind the counter charged him $6, wrote his name on the cup, leaned against the counter and said “this is yours Pete … do you want I should reach it across the counter to you, or do you want me to toss it to you?”
Lets see If I can reply
Looks good. I did get a squak from the system saying that I was posting too fast 😋
The indentation is MUCH better, Anthony. Hmm, however… I see a character count up there, TRYING to be inconspicuous – is this a new length-limiting policy? This is about the only site where I’m not the MOST long-winded. Also about to test the “keep my info.”
Ah – strange. Filled in the info on another reply, and it magically appeared here (this reply widget stayed open even when I went elsewhere in the thread – and there is apparently no explicit “cancel” link in the widget – although there is one to cancel editing).
One more “like” though – an annoying thing on other systems is that you can upvote your own comment – THIS widget prevents it (at least under the same login). Nice!
Posted two comments in another thread… the first apparently disappeared and took a long time to do so; the second posted, and only then did the first one become visible. Does it do a lookup in a known-poster database, and if so, is it really slow??
As long as you’re working on the buttons I would suggest a quote button so you don’t have to add blockquote and perhaps “B”old “I”talic and “U”nderline too
Thanks a heap for the +/- notation Anthony. A web site with as many login readers as you have, we readers need to scroll quickly through to the most worthwhile comments, guided by the +/- notations. GREAT!
I wish you would only see a limited number of the nested comments, like 2.
The problem is that sometimes the first comment takes over, or some tangent thread takes page after page after page of scrolling to get to other stuff.
That would allow later unnested comments to have a lot more value. My 2 cents.
How come this FAQ doesn’t work for me?
Subject: Linking to past comments
Is it because the “time stamp” is located at the end of the comment (at lower right-hand corner)?
Sam C
Those instructions are wrong for the new commenting system. Instead, click on the “link” symbol (🔗) at the upper-right corner, then click in the pop-up box, then ctrl-A (select all), then ctrl-C (copy to clipboard). (Then click the 🔗 again to make the pop-up box go away.)
It is more cumbersome than the old system, but it works.
Dave B, …… thank you very much.
I would never have figured that out on my own.
And not being able to follow the conversation from one day to the next was really beginning to bug me.
Always appreciate your blog.
I assume we would place test comments here. So here you go!
No, no, no! Test comments are supposed to go on some OTHER thread…..
Well there is a test link above in the main site title block 😉
Will this anti-spam measure really work?
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Interestingly System stops me posting as a new comment but not as a reply.
does this work
pk
Jeff, what incantation did you use for that indentation?
I can get a similar effect with multiple characters, but you did something different. Here’s the effect of space space space:
Testing 4 5 6
(However, when I edit an old comment, the entities are invisible—ugh!)
Here’s the version after saving and then editing; it still works, but I wish the edit button wouldn’t change what I’m editing!
Testing 4 5 6
BTW, what does “pk” mean?
Appears he used blockquote tags.
testing <blockquote> tag…
End test.
Yes, well, because.
Anthony, I see your reply to me but I hit reply on your comment and nothing happens.
Tom, I’m able to reply to your comment. However, it looks like the system isn’t remembering my name and email address.
Who am I?
Remembers who I am (though it doesn’t show it on ‘reply” — but posts correctly.
Edit and multiple edit works…(this is my second edit ….)
You should have edited again. You have an open parenthesis. 😁
Dang….the best laid plans….
No reply or edit for me either. I do see the timer item.
It’s apparently been fixed, because I see both the Reply and Edit buttons now.
test test 12345 54321v test out
Vote worked
This is a test of the new system.
Did the test work?
this is only a test. If this had been a real post, you would have been warned to proceed to your nearest shelter.
At that time I couldn’t comment on my comment. Looks like they fixed that now.
I wish WordPress would put a edit feature! I hit post comment…then noticed I miss a letter or hit it twice or some other goofy thing. 🙄
Well yes, but this new plugin has editing, for 15 minutes.
Where is the ‘edit’ feature? And why isn’t it recognizing me after the first comment?
Okay, it just showed up.
I can see ALL the edits for everyone… he he……
It takes time for big changes to software with a huge database to move around, patience is advised as we can see Anthony and others behind the scenes are hard at work, they deserve the respect and support for the hard work they do.
That’s nice.
My own fumble fingers will appreciate the 15 minute edit greatly.
I do NOT like the + and – feature because neither science nor truth are determined by vote. It has been my experience on other sites that the finest comments get a lot of negative votes from people with other beliefs. Add to that WUWT’s trolls, and it will be hard to find the good stuff.
I also don’t like what it will do to Nick Stokes. He has never figured out that carbon dioxide is the basis of Life an Earth; he is an alarmist. I appreciate his courage coming here. He sometimes posts rubbish, but he is quite thoughtful and often posts really worthwhile stuff. We need him.
We also need any other alarmists with the courage to visit this site and leave intelligent comments.
I see that there is a spell check here. That will help to reduce misspellings and other typos.
Not that the +/- feature won’t disappear or change the position of comments, and I don’t think Nick will really care. We’ll run it for awhile and see how it goes.
In my experience +/- features always end up as a form of stigmatising the bullies’ chosen target.
It is not good for a diverse debate.
You have a point, but for me, as I am often very late to a post, I’d just like to know if somebody actually read my comment whether they liked it or not.
(Maybe a “read” or “nuetered” … er … “nuetral” button?)
Reply doesn’t seem to work in FireFox. Checking Safari now.
Replying from Firefox 60.0.1 on a MacBook Pro.
Replying from Firefox 60.0.1 on Windows 10. My name and email are not being entered automatically, however.
reply from FF60.0.1 on Win 8.1 but it isn’t entering my name and email
Testing, testing, one, two, flee.
Cheers, Anthony.
Hey, Bob. Been a while.
…four, five, clicks.
Two pints make one cavort.
cavorting is always a gambol.
workin in opera!
Darn it, Miami is underwater.
OK, the reply button in nested comments has an issue, waiting on a support ticket
I tried using “reply” and nothing happened.
try now…
Seeing if the “reply” works in my Firefox here. Also worth suggesting to anyone interested who’s any sort of investigative reporter, that it might be worthwhile to see if that other hugely widespread “Disqus” commenting system out there is paving the way is some manner (algorithms or whatever) for pro-AGW sites to automatically screen out commentary from AGW skeptic folks.
Reply in Safari INOP too.
No edit function.
Image test.
(image doesn’t exist – Anthony )
No image, just a link (blue text on white background). When hovering over the link though, the mouse cursor turns into the normal ‘hand’, but the actual link text disappears. Link is still active though as shows up in the status bar.
use https rather than http in the URL and it should work
Test reply
and edit
I am able to access the +/- vote toggles but was not able to ‘reply’ to comments. I’ll test it here.
Apparently when you fill in the info on one reply, and have another reply widget open, it shares that info. But not on a new reply without anything else going.
Reply doesn’t work with Chrome on Linux either. I prefer that old comment font but that should be an easy fix?
This reply comment is from a Linux user using Seamonkey browser.
It all seems to work. 🙂
😀 😃 😄 ☺️ 😁 😀 😍 even the smilies.
An Image —
?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1
And the edit function, though finding the comment is interesting as it shoots up the page.
here is my image test:
Voted this up on an iPhone with mobile Safari
Voted this up with Samsung tablet using Chrome
No edit option for my first comment and once clicked the share and link pop ups seem not to be cancellable.
Anthony:
How did you do that? If I copy an image can I just plonk it into a comment, or do I have to find some associated URL or something? and where would I get that?
I have a simple mind.
Alasdair
This site won’t host the picture, you have to have it hosted elsewhere on the Internet. It used to be that PhotoBucket would do it for free, but now they want money 🙁 If anyone knows a good, free hosting service, I’d love to hear about it!
Looks like you’re still using XP Anthony 😛
He can’t be – he often tells people to update their software!
I had to go to 120% on my Firefox browser to see the comments easily. But then I’m an old guy – I have that set on a LOT of other sites.
(And, no I don’t hate you Daylene – testing the downvote button.)
I don’t hate you either Daylene and upvoted you, so you now have no votes again. Not sure if that’s a positive move however?
Font! Yes, the edit box has too light a font. No contrast for old eyes.
The font needs to be larger and darker, please.
Thanks for all your hard work Anthony. Giving this a test.
I will give it a shot. I’d like a shot myself. I seem to be having a summer cold or the bFlu has somehow hit me and is making my life a Raggedy Ann doll.
Sniffles!!!
Sara,
Dr. Mac prescribes a large mug of hot cider, with cinnamon and lemon, topped with a hearty splash of dark rum!
Hmmm, I think I’ll follow that prescription. You know, just in case. 😀
Sorry you’re not feeling well. Get better soon.
No joy. Up vote works but no edit function and ‘Reply’ button inoperable.
Try it now…
Hot Dog!! ‘Reply’ button works!
Yeee Haaawwww! So does the ‘Edit’ button!
Good Work, Anthony!!!
Anthony,
The 1st time the ‘reply’ button worked for me (opened a reply comment window), I had to also provide my user name and email address. Subsequent replies did not require that information again. It is displayed ‘filled in’. An antispam security feature, judging from the adjacent statement “This comment form is under antispam protection.”
Yup “reply” works. (if you see this).
up-vote works too. *edit works too” (added after this post)
test link to youtube
Anthony, test link did not work. Copied a URL from youtube, does not show.
Try again below see if it shows: (you tube test video)
Both videos show up for me, try refreshing the page
Image test. 10 kyrs ago this river was a glacier.
Finally the test links showed up, took about 5 minutes (spam filter?). I like the new look
test picture:
https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=21236&picture=nice-flowers
that’ not an actual image link, but a PHP page that generates an image…so no joy
Got it. Try this again just for a test, then I will leave you alone.
try this again.
Wikipedia commons does some odd things with URLs, I displayed just the photo there and copied its URL:
The picture you wanted?
Yes, just spamming for the test, AW already corrected me on the URL (no jpg extension).
Hmm. That wasn’t the behavior for me (see above). Firefox, latest update, on this machine. If you have a different browser, that is probably the reason for the difference.
Using Chrome. Just cleared cashe two days ago too. Spamming just to test. All my URL’s take a while to post “officially”. Lag time on the server? But they are showing up eventually.
Hi Anthony. Well done with the move, although reregistering to follow by e-mail took a while and I had to use an alternate e-mail address to get it to work.
Hope this new plugin works out OK.
Cheers
Andi
Replying to boneheaded comments is what makes WUWT fun,🤦♂️
Reply is working now. it made me log in again
But don’t all heads have bones?!
Editing afterwards even works. A big improvement!
Reply button does nothing for me, Windows 10, Chrome browser.
Try it now…
Bingo , but I have to load name and email to do it. .
speak English please
Video English test didn’t work.
Works
test video ????
https://youtu.be/C0DPdy98e4c
This video
Interesting, it seems I am using the same ULR, yours shows, mine does not? Possibly it is me or my computer.
Try again?
Works!
LLAP. 🖖
Blah blah blah, it seems to work fine with my standard of commentary.
If I want to post a photo (jpeg) that’s on my computer hard-drive, can I do that? Or do I have to post it from my website? – JPP
WUWT won’t host (store) your picture, you have to host it elsewhere on the web. In days of yore, PhotoBucket was a good free service, but they want money now. 🙁
Anybody know a good, free hosting service?
Maybe you can host a picture on Facebook
Yes, hopefully Facebook will keep their pictures indefinitely.
Just copy the picture location and add &xxx=foo.jpg to the end.
Thanks – JPP
The image link I posted showed up in white text on my tablet. It worked as a link, but was virtually invisible.
All you do is gripe… 😉
LOL, I have never been so insulated in my whole life 😉
Try it now, use https rather than http in the image URL
Reply button also doesn’t work for me (Firefox, Windows 10).
try it again…
Win 10, Firefox – replying to Anthony
upvote worked
I just tried to reply to Tom in Florida’s latest comment, and nothing happened. I appreciate your efforts to improve the site, don’t give up!
Reload the page.
Thanks Joel
It lets me reply to my own comment.
Okay, the comments box is appearing at the top of the screen . Is it supposed to do that?
And the :”reply” button doesn’t work for me. And I see that I have to insert my identity now, so it’s either not recognizing people or something else is wrong with the comment Elves.
And it isn’t recognizing me after the first post, so I have to add my name and e-mail every time.
I’m telling Mom!
And now the reply button is working. Curiouser and curiouser. And it is not remembering me or my e-mail.
Mommy!!!!!!! Make the bad stuff go away!!!
I’m updating, should remember your email now….
Yes comment box is at top, try hitting reply now.
The reply button is now working for me. I just left the site, then came back in, and now it works.
Test …. 1 to 2 minute time to edit should be enough time. Any longer and risk is replying to a comment that has been changed due to original poster editing. Could be an issue that could become a mess with changes leading to changes leading to more editing. 1 or 2 minutes max to edit typos is good enough.
Agree. Adjusting comments after a reply could be detrimental leading to too many cases of he said she said. As W.E. asks, quote the exact words if you disagree, but what if those words get changed by the author after the fact? I think just about everyone is tolerant of typos, missing words and such, we all do it from time to .
You see, I left off the word “time” at the end but you’all know it should have been there.
hey there everybody, just did an update to fix reply issues, try again please
so far the reply works and the vote works
Reply works for me.
It is a mess.
I hate to be to critical, with all the bone crushing hard work which is going into this.
But a few points:
Too busy, too many graphic elements going on.
{Show More} – not optimal to hide stuff.
Comment Box needs to be at the bottom, we need to encourage the more hasty of us to read before commenting. Having the comment box at the top encourages the wrong thing.
WUWT is *not* FACEBOOK.
Vote up, Vote down, Link, Share, Social Media! Do not need, do not want.
The Links:
Displays as light blue on white.
When you cursor over it, it highlights to *White on White*, that is, it *disappears*.
If you click on it, it stays disappeared. Bad.
What rocket scientist came up with that color scheme.
What we need:
1) Inline display of graphics, and hopefully videos.
2) 5 minute edit
Well I’ve only had it enabled for 15 minutes…still tweaking, and accusing me of being like Facebook, well that’s just harsh.
OK, OK.
I try it again, reply works. Like Sara, I have to enter my name and email again. But that is OK for now, at least.
I will wait and see how things shake out after tweaking and optimizing.
Maybe as a Plan B, keep the old system handy, and see if the software gnomes can fix the indent formatting and add the much needed inline graphics.
Doing stuff like this, you *always* want a Plan B. You just never know when things will go from bad to worse.
Inline graphics works now, but you must use https rather than http in the URL, feel free to try it.
Mary had a little lamb.
Her fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was set bright aglow
By catastrophic anthropo-
genic global warming.
I guess I should have rhymed with “albedo”.
Mary had a little lamb,
The doctors were surprised,
When Old McDonald had a farm,
They couldn’t believe their eyes.
OK, here goes. Hot summers in the northern hemisphere and cold autumns in the southern. Who would have thought?
4 emoticons test. Lets see how many work.
😀 😉 :doh: :billgates
Wow, I ended up at the top somehow. 2 for 4 :p
Edit, and now I am back down below. Like a roller coaster in here.
OK, so here’s a test comment, apropos of …. not much.
Yesterday there was a 2-meter space rock (I hesitate to call it an “asteroid”, even though it – just barely! – met the criterion of “asteroid” of having been seen in space before hitting the Earth.)… But this barely-an-asteroid WAS observed, even a couple of HOURS before impact.
Which reminds me of the post-Chelyabinsk meme; “”Asteroids” are nature’s way of asking “How’s that space program coming along?” “
The best thing about the old site was the fonts, especially when reading on the phone. I would copy them verbatim from the old site.
Jeez Anthony, when do you sleep? If I hit the lottery you’ll be he first to know and thanks for your tireless efforts.
Works fine, both edit and reply
I like the new comment system. Edit function seems to work OK. (Windows 10, Firefox 60.0.1) Edit function does too.
Ok Here is my try
Ok Here is here is a change. Humm. it appears to be working
Aha! Its working now, but it missed my name.
Now some people are saying that the development of geothermal energy is responsible for the volcanic eruptions in Hawaii. So removing thermal energy from a volcano causes it to become more active? What’s up with that? (the edit option seems to work)
Reply gives me a google search to the meaning of reply.
I think you are joshing me…
Joshing Anthony…
roflmao ………….. repeatedly w/edit …… edit works!
Nicely done Joel! Where’s Josh when we need him for a little Grecian formula edit? 😉
No need for Grecian Formula. He’s frosted.
Comment button on top of thread and currently showing 67 prev comments and labeled ‘leave a reply.
I have 2 tabs open and will time between posting comment on this tab (#1) and it showing on tab#2 . I was not able to even refresh tab #1 earlier comment for about 10 min but comment showed up on tab #2.
I time this comment and reply back to this comment on tab#1 and simply monitor thread on tab #2
Post comment 9:53
Comment on thread showed up immediately on tab#2 after refreshing. Then Tab #1 offered an immediate chance for reply which is this.
Now going to post this comment and check results with this tab and not refresh tab#2
Posting time 9:58
9:58 comment showed up immediately after posting on this tab #1
Posting time 10:00
Like the color of commenter Name
What about an ‘original comment’ box also at the bottom (after the last comment)? If I read the comments starting from the top to the last and I want to make a comment (not a reply), I have to scroll all the way to the beginning comment.
EDIT – Testing the ‘edit’ feature: my comment above is just an observation; don’t know if valid or useful, or not
This tab#1 is inverted or reversed with my comments shown on top.
Tab#2 that I am only using for monitoring has my comments at the bottom or normal position.
I will try refresh tab#1 after this post
Post time 10:05
After refreshing tab#1 my comments moved to bottom and thread is in normal set-up per previous WUWT format
Post time 10:08
Commenting now on tab #1
Not sure where this is going to go. I can’t refresh so see if I can comment.
Post time 10:55
Can’t cancel comment/reply to 10:05 and comment to 10:08. Seems if you pick a reply there’s no way to cancel.
Hope this helps
Post time 10:15
I’m forced to make a comment. Cant cancel or refresh this tab#1.
Tab#2 allowed a page refresh and all seems well there. Comments are in proper order on tab#2.
Post time 10:21
I’m replying on tab#2 this comment.
Tab#1 is ‘locked in’ now. I can’t refresh page. Comment before lock-up was 10:21
For what it’s worth I ‘m using Firefox.
Post time 10:49
Clicking on the ‘reply button’ a second time will allow you to escape the ‘reply’ function. Don’t believe the cancel option, it’s a crap button.
Post time 11:03
Hello, trying out the new comments system…
Liked it.
Except that now when a post exceeds more than a paragraph the comment goes into youtube mode where it is necessary to click “read more” to see the rest of the comment. Probably so annoying that i can already see it is not worth looking at the comments section unless one is willing to get a jackhammer to click all the “read more” interruptions.
Bad idea…and extremely annoying.
Very poor .
No way to run a comment section.
What a turn off.
Youtube did it and it failed.
Repels those who read comments.
Adds a lot of time and energy to investigating comments. From the point of view of a reader of comments, this is a very laborious system and so i fail to have the energy to approach a comment section when i need to reveal comments with a ‘read more’ button.
The usual scroll function of being able to scroll down the page is vastly more efficient.
Hence, the fail. I barely go to a comment section thus presented….I barely go to youtube comments since this “read more” button was deployed.
I suspect there are others, though not all, like me.
It amounts to a fail from my perspective and so unnecessary.
We all have a scroll button that can take us past and entire comment and even its replies without this “READ MORE” at light speed.
LOL, my previous comment now has a “read more” button ….OK….i have made my point…the ‘read more’ button in my opinion is an epic fail for the adept scroller, however, …….this is just my opinion..
Ah. “Keep my info” didn’t work on a reply, although I will try somewhere else. It DOES work on the top level.
One thing you might want to add is the standard notice that you do not make the email addresses public.
Yep, info keeping is not working on replies. Always fun…
EDIT – editing is apparently working.
Testing to fix ‘NAME’ from kokodda, to kokoda
A-OK (was concerned about not being allowed due to using same email address)