[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #7435: Reply to comments from admin

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Tue Aug 26 21:43:23 GMT 2008


#7435: Reply to comments from admin
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 Reporter:  ryan            |        Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.7   
Component:  Administration  |      Version:        
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:  blessed         |  
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Changes (by azaozz):

  * type:  defect => enhancement
  * component:  General => Administration

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 caesarsgrunt]:
 > First, we need MORE HOOKS!!! What if I want to add to the form, rather
 than replace it entirely? (I do...)

 Could probably add another filter for the textarea tag, however replacing
 all of the html would give the plugin complete control of how the popup
 works/looks and would probably be more compatible down the road.

 > Second, it would be nice if the add-comment function could accept POST
 values for all the comment metadata. (For example, I want to write a
 plugin which will allow the admin 'replying' to make the reply be 'from'
 another user or a visitor whose name, email, url and IP can be set. It
 would be best if I could still submit the form to the core function rather
 than replicating it.

 Don't think this is a good idea. For single user blogs it wouldn't matter
 much but for multi-user blogs, one logged-in user pretending to be another
 user.. Not good.

 > Third, I think the form should be inserted in another tr below the
 comment being replied to.

 Yes, replying to comments would really benefit from comment threading. Can
 insert the reply under the comment with just a small change to the current
 code, however it would be confusing as it won't show there on the blog.

 Looking at your plugin: there used to be a "Go back" button after error in
 an earlier design, but what would the user do when going back? The only
 possible actions would be either to resubmit the comment resulting in a
 duplicate comment/another error, or to cancel it.

 Showing the reply form as a row in the comments table works good, was
 thinking to do it like that but went with a draggable popup for more
 flexibility. Can be changed back if more people prefer it.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7435#comment:5>
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