=== Comment Timeout ===
Contributors: jammycakes
Donate link: http://www.jamesmckay.net/code/comment-timeout/
Tags: comments, spam
Requires at least: 2.0
Tested up to: 2.1
Stable tag: trunk

Closes comments on blog entries after a user-configurable period of time, with an option to make allowances for active discussions.

== Description ==

This plugin automatically closes comments on blog entries after a user-
configurable period of time. It has options which allow you to keep the
discussion open for longer on older posts which have had recent comments
accepted, or to place a fixed limit on the total number of comments in
the discussion. The latest version also allows you to block excessive
hyperlinks in posts, or to shut off comments and trackbacks to IP
addresses that have been reported by your spam queue or by Bad Behavior
as particularly problematic.

== Installation ==

* Copy the file `CommentTimeout.php` to your `/wp-content/plugins` directory.
* Activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in the WordPress dashboard.
* Configure the plugin by going to the "Comment Timeout" page on the "Options" menu.

== Configuration ==

You can change various settings on the "Comment Timeout" page under the
"Options" tab on the WordPress dashboard.

The default settings are to disable comments and trackbacks on all posts
older than four months that have not had a comment for more than two months,
with no overall limit on the number of comments.

== Redistribution == 

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

== Reporting bugs ==

When reporting bugs, please provide me with the following information:

1. Which version of Comment Timeout you are using;
2. Which version of WordPress you are using;
3. The URL of your blog;
4. Which platform (Windows/IIS/PHP or Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) your server
   is running, and which versions of Apache and PHP you are using, if you
   know them;
5. The steps that need to be taken to reproduce the bug.

== For more information ==

For more information, please visit the plugin's home page:

http://www.jamesmckay.net/code/comment-timeout/