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- Installation
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 1. Drop the file in wordpress/wp-content/plugins
- 2. Activate the plugin the WordPress Plugin Management
-
- If you have WordPress 1.2.x go to section WordPress 1.2.x
-
- If you have WordPress 1.5 continue:
-
- WordPress 1.5
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 3. Insert one of the following code snippets into the sidebar
- template. Which one is the right depends on the theme you are using. There are
- two functions:
-
- get_recent_comments() - Show comments
- get_recent_trackbacks() - Show trackbacks
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Default Theme: wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php
-
- <?php if (function_exists('get_recent_comments')) { ?>
- <li><h2><?php _e('Recent Comments:'); ?></h2>
- <ul>
- <?php get_recent_comments(); ?>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <?php } ?>
-
- <?php if (function_exists('get_recent_trackbacks')) { ?>
- <li><h2><?php _e('Recent Trackbacks:'); ?></h2>
- <ul>
- <?php get_recent_trackbacks(); ?>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <?php } ?>
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Classic Theme: wp-content/themes/classic/sidebar.php
-
- <?php if (function_exists('get_recent_comments')) { ?>
- <li><?php _e('Recent Comments:'); ?>
- <ul>
- <?php get_recent_comments(); ?>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <?php } ?>
-
- <?php if (function_exists('get_recent_trackbacks')) { ?>
- <li><?php _e('Recent Trackbacks:'); ?>
- <ul>
- <?php get_recent_trackbacks(); ?>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <?php } ?>
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 4. (Optional) Set options in the admin gui:
- Options/Recent Comments
-
- You can configure the number of Comments and Trackbacks, that are shown. And
- you can set the length of the cited comments and specify a maximum word length.
- Word longer than this value are wrapped, preventing them from damaging your
- layout.
-
- Using macros you can customize the format of the cited comments and trackbacks.
- %comment_excerpt The text of the comment. It might get shorted to the number of
- characters you entered in "Long comments are chopped off at..."
-
- %comment_link The URL to the cited comment.
-
- %comment_author The name, the commenter entered in the comment form. If she
- left the field empty, the name is "Anonymous".
-
- %comment_date The date, when the comment was posted in the style you configured
- as default date format.
-
- %comment_time The time, when the comment was posted
-
- %author_url The URL, the comment author left in the comment form, or if the
- comment is a trackback, the URL of the site that issued the
- trackback.
-
- %post_title The title of the posting that was commented.
-
- %post_link The URL of the posting that was commented.
-
- %post_date The date when the commented posting was published.
-
- %trackback_title Only applicable in trackbacks: The title of the trackback. It
- might get shorted to the number of characters you entered in
- "Long trackbacks are chopped off at..."
-
- WordPress 1.2.x
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 3. Write the following piece of code into your template (index.php)
-
-
- <li id="recent_comments"><?php _e('Recent Comments:'); ?>
- <ul>
- <? get_recent_comments(); ?>
- </ul>
- </li>
-
- Done. If you want more, read on...
-
- WordPress 1.2.x Advanced configuration
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 4. (Optional)
- You can specify one to three arguments to the function. It is possible to
- name only one argument or only two. Look at the following examples.
-
- The arguments have the following meaning:
- 1. Number of comments to display.
- 2. Maximum Number of characters in a comment excerpt
- 3. Formatting
-
- If you don't specify arguments the plugin defaults to 5 comments, 120
- characters per comment and a standard formatting.
-
- The format is a piece of html code where you use tags that will be replaced
- by the actual data:
-
- %comment_excerpt - Shortened comment.
- %comment_link - Link to the comment. Something like:
- http://blog.example.com/wp/archives/2005/02/03/this-is-a-test/#comment-523
- %comment_author - Name left by the commenter
- %comment_date - Date of comment
- %comment_time - Time of comment
- %post_title - Title of the posting
- %post_link - Link to the posting (and not the comment). Something like:
- http://blog.example.com/wp/archives/2005/02/03/this-is-a-test/
- %post_date - Date of the posting
-
-
- WordPress 1.2.x Examples
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Show the 8 most recent comments
- <?php get_recent_comments(8); ?>
-
- Show the 8 most recent comments, with a maximum of 100 characters per comment:
- <?php get_recent_comments(8,100); ?>
-
- The same with your own formatting
- <?php get_recent_comments(8,100,'<li><a href="%comment_link">%comment_author</a>: %comment_excerpt</li>');
-
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- Feedback
- ~~~~~~~~
-
- krischan@jodies.de
- http://blog.jodies.de
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