=== Kannada Comment ===
Contributors: prasannasp
Donate link: http://www.prasannasp.net/
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Tags: kannada, comment, language, unicode, google transliteration, india
Requires at least: 3.1
Tested up to: 3.4.1
Stable tag: 2.0

Let your fellow blog readers to write their comments in Kannada language.

== Description ==

This plugin enables Google Transliteration in wordpress comment form. So your blog readers can leave comments in Kannada script without the need of any other input engines. This is a great step to encourage people to write comments in Kannada language in your Kannada blog. This plugin adds a transliteration controller at the top of comment form. You can change the place of Transliteration controller in plugin options page. Users can click on the transliterate switch or press <strong>Ctrl+G</strong> to toggle between English and Kannada input languages. Site admins can change default input language in WordPress Settings > Kannada Comment. You can see the live action of this plugin at <a href="http://www.vedasudhe.com">vedasudhe.com</a>.

<strong>Get in touch:</strong><br />
<ul>
<li>Visit <a href="http://www.prasannasp.net/">developer's blog</a> for news and updates.</li>
<li>Follow his <a href="http://github.com/prasannasp">GitHub repositories</a> for codes and goodies.</li>
<li>Follow him on <a href="http://twitter.com/prasannasp">twitter</a> and be a friend on <a href="http://facebook.com/prasannaspp">facebook</a>.</li>
</ul>

== Screenshots ==

1. Transliterate control switch.
2. Writing comments in Kannada language when Transliteration is enabled.
3. Kannada Comment options page

== Installation ==

1. Upload the `kannada-comment` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the Kannada Comment plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Default input language will be Kannada. You can change default language on WP-Admin > Settings > Kannada Comment
4. Transliterate controller will be automatically added at the top of wordpress comment form. You can change it's place in plugin options

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How to change the default language? =

Go to plugin options (WP-Admin --> Settings --> Kannada Comment) and set the default language to Kannada or English.

= Does this plugin work with Facebook comment, disqus or any other commenting systems? =

No, it works with default Wordpress commenting system only. Facebook comment, disqus or any other commenting systems are not supported in this plugin.

= Will this plugin affect Name, Email and Website fields in Wordpress comment form? =

No, Transliteration is enabled only for comment form `textarea` only. So, it will not transliterate input text in the above fields.

= How to change the position of Transliterate control switch? =

I've added an option to change the place Transliteration Controller in version 2.0. You can change it's position in plugin options page. You can move it to,
<ul>
<li>Before comment form</li>
<li>Top of the comment form, before name and email fields</li>
<li>Within comment form, after comment text area</li>
<li>After the comment form</li>
</ul>

Default is <strong>Top of the comment form, before name and email fields</strong>

== Other Notes ==

= How can I get help? =

Contact the developer using his <a href="http://www.prasannasp.net/contact/">contact form</a> for help and support. Also, please leave him a message if you are interested in co-development of this plugin.

= How to style the Transliterate controller? =

<strong>Transliterate control switch</strong> is wrapped with <strong>kncomment</strong> div and description with <strong>kncomment-text</strong> class. Use them in your theme to style the controller.

= Compatibility with themes =
This plugin is tested and works well with default <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyeleven">Twenty Eleven</a> theme, <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyten">Twenty Ten</a> and <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/graphene">Graphene</a> themes. It will and should work with other themes as well. If you have any compatibility issues with the other themes, please leave the developer a message with all the information you have. 

== Changelog ==

= 2.0 =
* Added option to change the position of Transliteration Controller
* Added option to change the title of Transliteration Controller. You can now tell your blog readers how to use transliteration in Kannada script!

For devs,

Removed <strong>var Text_Area=document.getElementsByTagName("textarea")[0].id;</strong>. will be just using <strong>var ids = ["comment"];</strong> to enable transliteration on comment form. Hope it doesn't break on hard coded comment form!.

= 1.1 =
* Added an option to set default language.
If user has selected no default language, Kannada will be set as default language upon activation.

= 1.0 =

* Initial public release.

== Upgrade Notice ==
* No Upgrade Notice so far.