=== Comment Guestbook === Contributors: mibuthu Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=W54LNZMWF9KW2 Tags: comment, guestbook, site, comments, integrated, shortcode, modify, list, form Requires at least: 3.2 Tested up to: 3.5.1 Stable tag: 0.3.0 Plugin URI: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comment-guestbook/ Licence: GPLv2 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Add a guestbook site which uses the wordpress integrated comments. == Description == The purpose of this plugin is to add a guestbook site which uses the wordpress integrated comments. Using the wordpress integrated comments system has some important advantages: * Consistent styling of guestbook form and comment list for every theme you are using. * All wordpress comment features are available for the guestbook comments also (e.g. E-Mail Notification, listing in "All Comments" on admin page,...) * All plugins which are modifying the comment list or comment form will also work with Comment Guestbook automatically (e.g. a captcha plugin for antispam). Other features and options: * Setup comment form position (in page, above comment list, below comment list). You can also use more than one of them. * Ajdust the comment order to your requirements. * Option to show numbered pagination links for the comment list. * Ajdust the comment html-code for the guestbook page. * Option to include all comments of your site in the comment list on the guestbook page. * Sidebar widget to show recent comments with a lot of options Simply insert the shortcode [comment-guestbook] into a page to enable this plugin. On the admin page (goto Comments -> Guestbook) you can find a detailed description and a lot options to modify the output. If you want to follow the development status have a look at the [git-repository on github](https://github.com/mibuthu/wp-comment-guestbook "wp-comment-guestbook git-repository"). == Installation == The easiest version of installing is to go to the admin page. There you can install new plugins in the menu Plugins -> Add new. Search for "Comment Guestbook" and press "Install now". If you want to install the plugin manually download the zip-file and extract the files in your wp-content/plugins folder. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Where can I find the settings to manipulate the output (e.g. of the comment list)? = You can find a lot of options on the admin page in the submenu "Comments" -> "Guestbook". There you have the possibility to change the output of e.g the comment list only for the guestbook page, independent from the general Wordpress settings. = I have included the shortcode in my guestbook page but the comment form and/or the comment list are not appearing. = Please check if comments are enabled for your guestbook page. There are several places to change these setting: * General wordpress discussion setting (Settings -> Discussion -> "Allow people to post comments on new articles"): This setting changes the behavior for all pages and post, but can be overwritten from the settings below. * Post/page discussion setting (Discussion box -> "Allow comments." in post/page edit screen): This setting overwrites the general wordpress setting for each page or post. If you cannot see the Discussion box you have to enable it in the Screen Option. * Theme settings: A lot of themes have their own options for displaying the comment list. They often will overwrite the wordpress settings. * Guestbook settings (Comments -> Guestbook -> General Settings -> "Guestbook comment status": This option will overwrite the wordpress settings for the guestbook page. But the theme settings can still causes problems. = Can I call the shortcode directly via php e.g. for my own template, theme or plugin? = Yes, you can create an instance of the "sc_comment_guestbook" class which located in "php/sc_comment-guestbook.php" in the plugin folder and call the function show_html($atts).With $atts you can specify all the shortcode attributes you require. Another possibility would be to call the wordpress function "do_shortcode()". == Screenshots == 1. Admin page (comment-list settings) 2. Admin page (comment-form settings) 3. Example guestbook site 4. Example guestbook widget == Changelog == = 0.3.0 (2013-03-30) = * Fixed required user capability to change guestbook options * Added option to show comments of all pages/posts on guestbook page * Added widget to show recent comments with a lot of options * Improved some help texts on admin page = 0.2.2 (2012-12-27) = * Added section for comment form settings on admin page * Added options to define comment form position(s) * Fixed html-code on front page * Small html-code fixes on admin page = 0.2.1 (2012-11-11) = * Fixed overwriting of Allow comments status * Fixed redirected page after creating a new comment when Comment list order is Newest comments first * Added a new option to create a numbered pagination navigation = 0.2.0 (2012-11-03) = * Internal code changes * Added several new options to modify the output (find details on the admin page) = 0.1.2 (2012-09-01) = * Fixed all php warnings * Added screenshots = 0.1.1 (2012-06-24) = * Rearrangement of settings on admin page via different tabs = 0.1.0 (2012-04-30) = * Allow adjustment of comment html code * Added the options "Comment adjustment", "Comment html code" and "Domain for translation" = 0.0.2 (2012-04-08) = * Allow adjustment of comment list output * Added the options "adjust comment list output" and "comment callback function" on the admin page = 0.0.1 (2012-04-03) = * Initial release == Upgrade Notice == The easiest way to upgrade is the use the wordpress integrated update mechanism. No additional steps are required.