=== guest-comments ===
Contributors: josephr5000
Tags: comments, guests, logged-in, user profile
Requires at least: 3.5.0
Tested up to: 3.5.1
Stable tag: 0.3.3
License: GPLv2

Allow logged-in users to provide custom name/email/website when they make comments.  Also allows hiding website (URL) field from the comments form.

== Description ==

OVERVIEW

This plugin adds two new features:

1.  Allow multiple people who log in under a single profile to provide their own name/email/website when posting comments, just like guests can.  This is useful if multiple people share a single login, in which case using the profile name/email/website isn't appropriate.

2.  Option to remove the website (URL) field from comment forms.  In many cases this website field doesn't add any value, so this setting provides fewer fields and a cleaner user experience.

GUEST COMMENTS FEATURE

To configure this, open a user profile.  Scroll down to see the new "Guest Comments" settings.  There is an option to allow people logged in as this user to comment as a guest, ie: provide custom name/email/website information each time they post comments.

Since this setting allows people to provide information that doesn't match their profile, it can allow malicious impersonation if granted to untrustworthy users.  For this reason, only Administrators can modify this setting.

Leave this setting OFF for user profiles that are only used by the named individual.

Consider turning this setting ON for user profiles that are shared by a team or by multiple people.

HIDE WEBSITE (URL) FIELD FROM COMMENTS FORM

To configure this, open the dashboard.  Click Settings, and notice the new "Guest Comments" menu item.  Click it.  You will find a global setting to hide the website field.  This setting applies to all users.


== Installation ==

1. From the Add New Plugins page in WordPress Dashboard, search for "guest-comments" plugin and install it.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
1. Enjoy.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

None yet...

== Screenshots ==

1. Sorry, no screenshots yet.

== Changelog ==

= 0.3.3 (2013-04-07) =
Flattened plugin directory structure

= 0.3.2 (2013-04-07) =
Fixed typos in readme.

= 0.3.1 (2013-04-07) =
Improved readme.  Uploaded to wordpress.org.

= 0.3.0 (2013-04-07) =
Added feature to hide website (URL) field in comments form, plus global dashboard setting to control this

= 0.2.1 (2013-04-06) =
Restrict editing of the user profile setting to those with 'edit_user' capability for all users, typically Administrators.
This is done because commenting as a guest lets you impersonate someone else, which is something Admins alone should be able to grant.

= 0.2.0 (2013-04-06) =
Added user profile setting so "comment as guest" can be enabled/disabled on a per-user basis

= 0.1.0 (2013-04-06) =
Initial version.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 0.3.3 =
Flattened plugin directory structure

= 0.3.2 =
Upgrade to get minor readme fixes.

= 0.3.1 =
Upgrade to get better readme documentation.  Now available on wordpress.org.

= 0.3.0 = 
Upgrade to get the Hide Website/URL Field feature.

= 0.2.1 =
Upgrade to improve security so user profile setting can only be changed by Admins.

= 0.2.0 =
Upgrade to add user profile setting to control which users get to comment as guests.

= 0.1.0 =
Initial version.

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