From: http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/ Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:53:18 +0000 (-0500) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?p=ikiwiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bf808c2f52d3572583d489de8ae6409b879fe685 --- diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn index 75a329b51..1a6e7f465 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ only by direct committers. Currently, comments are always in [[ikiwiki/markdown] >> 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 @@ -88,6 +90,11 @@ only by direct committers. Currently, comments are always in [[ikiwiki/markdown] >> 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 @@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ are enabled, comment authorship should hopefully be unforgeable by CGI users. 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 @@ -137,6 +144,9 @@ the comments. >> 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 @@ -159,6 +169,8 @@ the comments. >>> 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: @@ -174,17 +186,18 @@ to allow anonymous comments (the IP address will be used as the "author"). > 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 @@ -197,10 +210,6 @@ Known issues: * 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]]