What I need
I need some help to get CommentLuv through it’s last hoop before I can release it to the world at large and my deadline for that is 25th September 2008 – the last day to enter a plugin for the WordPress MU Plugin Contest
That’s where (I hope) you come in. I have the plugin working nicely on a few blogs and the click tracking and stats are showing results for my wee group of test beds but I need a larger scale test… I’ve removed all the bugs that I can see and I’m confident that it wont do any damage because it doesn’t touch the database and most of the work is done on the client side through javascript.
The only interaction it has with the wordpress code is to listen for a single post action, if it’s a single post it puts the correct javascript in the header and that’s it. The majority of the code is the settings page and action hook code.
What you could get
Money! I’ll tell you about the money now before you get bored and miss the rest 
$100 dollars by Paypal (or equivalent prize in Amazon or other voucher of your choice) for some lucky person who helps me over the next few days to a week by doing the things detailed below. The winner will be decided by the randomness of the UK lottery on Saturday 26th (1 day after the guaranteed 100 Million Euromillions jackpot which must be won!). I’ll split up the 49 numbers available equally (yes I know 49 doesn’t divide well unless it’s a 7 but we’ll work something out) between everyone and publish them at 6pm, whoever gets a match with the bonus number drawn wins the moolah.
Not just that, part of this is making and receiving comments to see if it behaves on a large scale and for that there will be a list of all those participating viewable only to those participating where you can find blogs that give 10x the luv (see how below) which will increase your traffic/readership/luv rating and more! (obviously, this needs a few people to help, I can’t do it with just 5!)
The technical bits ( 
)
Don’t worry! it’s not hard, just as easy as installing a plugin and registering your url with the hub site (and dancing naked in the rain).
it goes like this…
For people with WordPress own hosted blogs only
1
Download the beta of CommentLuv (version 10 pre final) and Install.
Download CommentLuv (right click and copy url to use the one click plugin updater if you use it)
If you already have CommentLuv please deactivate it first and then upload the commentluv folder overwriting the existing one and activate it in the dashboard plugins page. Go straight to the commentluv settings page under settings/commentluv and see the bit at the bottom about entering your field ID’s (it sounds nastier than it is).
You can see in your theme’s comments.php what your comment form uses for identifying the form, the name field, the url field and the comment input area. If it uses ID= then use that in the settings or if it uses name= ,enter the value in the settings page and choose “name” as the type.
There are some screenshots here at the Ajax CommentLuv Plugin page over at CommentLuv.com
It sometimes works right out the box because the default ID’s I put in there have worked on a few blogs without any need for changing. It depends on who designed your theme. Other ways to find out are to click and drag over your comment form while you are logged out of your blog and view the selection source (in firefox) or use the developer toolbar to show form information.
2
Register your url at CommentLuv.com
Pop over to my sister site CommentLuv.com and register like you would with any normal WordPress blog. Activate your registration and visit the settings page (http://www.commentluv.com/settings) whilst logged on.
There you can register your blog URL (preferably where you’ll be installing the plugin) and you will be given some code to display a verification image on your blog home page (the page pointed to by the URL you register). Once you place the code on your site you can come back to the settings page at commentluv.com and click “verify”. The site will then visit your url and look for the code.
If all goes well and it can see your site and verification it will be ready to rok (so it says)
Set your feed cache age and if you want see if it can find your feed automatically. If it can’t then you can enter it in manually if you like (although it all works better if your site has an autofindable feed which is standard in wordpress blogs)
Check for your Commentluv member ID and enter it in the box located on the plugin settings page on your blog dashboard, check that click tracking is enabled (ticked) and update your settings.
3
Register at the support forum
yes I know there’s a whole lorra registering going on but they’re all under one roof and not with any shady company and it’s all to do with CommentLuv. There you’ll be able to report any errors or suggestions and I wont need to use some sort of mass email script and email people all the time. gosh I love forums and blogs! emailing is a right pain in the arsebone. I just cannae be bothered with it!, I hate saying the same things and giving the same answers over and over again (except giving links to pages that say the things I’ve said over and over again) but… anyhoooooo
Done!
All that’s left to do is use commentluv by visiting the the blogs who use the new version and see how it plays with others. Return to the CommentLuv site often and see if the stats make sense for what you’re seeing yourself and report any anomalies or strange behaviour at the forum.
Because I will be releasing this to the plugin contest I would love for you to love it and vote for it when the time comes, it might get some more exposure and I’ll be sure to have a permanent part of the about page showing links to the people who help. New users will want to start using the plugin when it’s final as soon as possible and the links page would be a perfect place for them to start clicking through to ajax commentluv enabled blogs. (that could be you!)
Please leave a comment here or at the forum to say you’re participating
The Links:
CommentLuv Beta plugin file
CommentLuv.com hub site
FiddyP Support Forum
Hey Andy
I have installed the new commentluv. Will I see any change effect over the previous comments or it will only take effect on a new one?
Yan
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Do I just deactivate the old plugin and install the new one or I have to delete it and reinstall? For some weird reasons, it doesn’t work for me….
Yan
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Hey Andy
thanx for visiting my blog
I have registered on cummentluv.com and verified my site too
now where is my 100$
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@Yan
Have you registered your site on commnetluv.com
if not then follow the steps Andy mantioned then put your site id in your commentluv setting page
and then only this plugin will work for
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thanks Sunil, but it’s not required to register to get the plugin to work. It just is for this contest.
Yan: you have a single apostrophe in the settings bit for displaying what to post. You need to remove any single ‘ or double ” quotes from the text field for what to to display in the comment in the commentluv plugin settings page on your blog
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I have everything installed but it won’t verify
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I set it manually for you Suzanne, I checked your source and it’s there. there might have been a temporary glitch. you can go ahead and choose your set up on the site now.
thanks for trying!
Regret I don’t qualify!
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nicole: why don’t you qualify?
I’m in.
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I have downloaded, installed and registered and show as verified for the new version of commentluv.
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David: thanks! I sent you an updated version to see if it combats the two badges from being displayed (unless you had the plugin activated twice and deactivated one)
dragon blogger: you have an error with your wp-polls plugin which is crashing jquery, try deactivating it and see if commentluv works ok for you
Hi michael, I just verified you. sorry about the delay
I’ve been meaning to try out CommentLuv for awhile now… what better time than with this contest.
I’m in!
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Thanks for your personalized assistance on getting it to work, Andy. You rock!
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Lyman: you’re welcome! thanks for giving it a try!
I have downloaded, installed and registered commentluv. Have placed code for badge on my sidebar but I can’t seem to verify my site and keep getting an error message telling me to try again in 5 minutes. Also seem to have minor problem with author’s url showing rather than just commentor’s name. Will try to fiddle and fix later.
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Andy, I will register at the forum first chance I get. As for this release of commentlv, will it stuff up the version you whipped up for me to work with brian’s threaded comments?
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I’m on my way to register and win. good luck everyone.
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I was already registered, but when I went to activate it after inserting the badge code and the new version, I got a new ID number, and I cannot verify my site.
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Larry: it looks like you got the install sorted, most issues are with the naming of the comment form fields.
sire: the version I sent you is already the updated version so you’ll be fine (thanks for finding the clash with BTC, the fix for it also fixes clashes with other ajax comment plugins so everyone benefited from your feedback)
ASPR: thanks!
witchypoo: I confirmed your site for you, I see it’s working except for the output text. You may need to check your commentluv plugin settings and change the output text to something like
[name]s last blog post…[lastpost]
michael: thanks Michael, I saw it working at your site. What ajax comment poster are you using? I’ll have to put that up on the about page to say it’s compatible (and looks cool!)
Thanks Andy. I reckon that puts me in the running for that $100 bucks the mate. Warm up the cash for me will ya?
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I am totally lost about all these. I depend on a friend of mine to come to my rescue whenever any change is needed in my blog.
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sire: shyeah right!! it looks good on your blog though
nicole: oh I seeeee, You can tell your friend that it will work with the default settings on your blog so it should work just by uploading the commentluv folder to your plugins directory overwriting the old one and visiting the settings page for it to confirm it is installed.
I’d be happy to do it for you if you have msn and are ok to do a remote assistance connection? (where I do the change and you see on your screen what I’m doing, kind of like remote control on your pc from mine) my msn is andy@baileys.tv (email defunct but the username still exists)
Of course, everything looks good on my blog LOL
Hey, it’s not picking up my last two post. Does that mean more work for you?
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sire: I’ve noticed your blog sometimes can take 10 or so seconds to respond when I browse to it. If commentluv can’t contact your feed quick enough, it falls back on the last time it fetched a post.
I just checked and it picked up your last post ok. Maybe I can add something to the commentluv site to force a feed read and store it in the cash for cases like this…. ? hmm, maybe when I get less time :-/
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My Ajaxified CommentLuv still isn’t working I don’t think, I disabled the other ajax plugin WP-POLL as you suggested. Any other idea’s?
Can someone test the comment luv on my site to see if it is working for you?
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No biggy Andy as its the first time it’s happened. I jut thought I bring it up as being part of my requirements as a beta tester.
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Trying this new plugin out now.
No last blog post section showing..sigh
Still have not received verfication email. The help & pic at commentluv.com helped with setting up the settings for this plugin. Now just anxious to test it out.
I reregistered like witchypoo and had no problems getting site regg’d & validated. It did not auto find my feed so I entered manually.
I see the my latest blog posts on the Recent Luv section of CommentLuv.com but still do not see it in posts. Also listed in Stats section is one of the posts just wish it was visible in the actual posting.
Will keep playing with the settings.
Justin: there appears to be something on your blog that is causing the jquery plugin to crash. I checked the source and commentluv is ok so it must be another plugin doing something. You have an awful lot of javascript includes in your header, my guess it is one of them halting the page.
Try deactivating commentluv and I’ll come back to see if you’re getting the same error
sire: you are a studious beta tester for sure. thanks!
Minadin: I see you’re verified now and commentluv is installed, you just need to change the value for the commentform ID to
#comment-form
for it to display on your site
Michael: I use lucia linky love plugin for dofollow, you need to make a certain amount of comments before your links become nofollowfree. commentluv is not just about the juice, its about finding interesting posts from your commenters. nofollow means no juice is passed but google still indexes links even if they are nofollow
I don’t have keyword luv on this page. The count is put in by Lucilinkyluv.
Oops, I must have been blind. I would have sworn that this was a KeywordLuv blog… Thanks for the hint with Lucilinkluv
Mike
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I have conveyed your message to my friend and she is coming over tomorrow to do it up for me. Thanks for the offer.
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Andy: Ok I changed it from #commentform to #comment-form
I still see nothing on the latest posts on my site nor in my posts on other sites. However there was one site last night that actually worked right for me.
Thanks for the help
i’m in…let’s see how this works as i wasn’t getting the post notices previously.
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oh hey…on the name possessive thing…an apostrophe is the best bet…as in chas’s last post, james’s last post, andy’s last post…you might code it that way out of the box…
thanks for being a rock star!
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nicole: feel free to give her my email address if she needs any more info for it, it should work right out the box. Be sure to ask her to tick the box for click tracking. you can register your url at commentluv.com once you have the login name and password.
thanks for your help!
Minadin: looks like it’s working now, I just commented on your site
chas: I had to change the apostrophe to be missing because inclusion will break the javascript source. also, the possive apostrophe should be after the s (andys’ last blog post) and most people think that looks funny! it can be changed in the settings page though to something like
[name] just blogged [lastpost]
thanks for the feedback!
Hey Andy
1. Is there any way I choose not to display the image?
2. Can I change the font type for the comment love?
Yan
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Hi Andy!
Just did all the setup with the new Ajax CommentLuv, registration and all, and it all worked right out of the box.
Comment: What about using the same DB for the different parts of your sites so your users don’t have to register all over again for each and every step?
Comment2: I have posted on your forum about the apostrophe issue and was interested to read the discussion above.
FYI – It works fine on my blog with the apostrophe included in the code, as in -
[name]‘s last blog post…
P.S. Pedantic old goats like me get really up-tight about things like missing apostrophes and having our names ending in two Esses. (as in “Rhyss last blog post..Hosting from Hell -”)
Rhys’s last blog post..Hosting from Hell -
I should have posted from this blog, because that is where the relevant post is!
Thanks – Andy.
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Yan: for the moment, while it is in beta I need to keep the image there. When I release to final, I’ll add the option to remove the image provided the blog is verified.
you can change the font type by adding the styling options to the settings page using standard styling options like font-family, font-variant etc
Rhys: I left you a message on your site about the comment preview plugin.
DB: I purposely used a separate database for commentluv because I will be introducing the ability to add multiple sites for each user and I would have to change the wordpress tables too much for that. It’s a lot safer for me to keep the custom scripts separate from the blog tables.
apostrophe issue is solved with version 11 out now. thanks!
let me know if you need any help getting version 11 working (same download link as last time)
Am I in?! I want to be in!
of course your are tata
oh, I see you changed to using feedburner recently? either that or your feed is only showing one post. no matter, I put some code in the routine to allow registered members to have less than 2 posts on their feed to get a link
@Andy: Do we need to delete the plugin and install the version 11? I still prefer to have the apostrophe with the comment love.
Yan
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you can overwrite the files and add then add the apostrophe to the settings page and it should start to work
Thanks, Andy. I got it thru Rhys’ site by adding the special character instead of the apostrophe.
Yan
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