Fixing The Threaded Comments Cancel Issue

Did you work out a solution?

Not yet, I just turned off the post rating plug in.

You have to add code to index.php and another page (single or something) to get the post rating into pages.

I think changing where you put this code may solve the problem, but I havent had time to play with it yet....

Well, that is truly troublesome to keep up with!

I've installed it on my site as well and like it except for one thing. On a heavily commented site like this, it makes it a little more difficult to come to a post and see which comments are new since the last time you viewed.

The new comments can appear anywhere in the list so I find it easier to overlook a new comment.

It does make staying current difficult, but it does encourage comments!

Indeed, I never made a bid for the top commentors list and only posted the odd comment. Due to this I have made a bid for the list.

The only thing I would say is that it encourages quantity rather than quality in terms of the comments.

You are encouraged to post comments to make the list, as opposed to adding comments that themselves add value.

Still, it is fun to play with, I will be interested to see the results of doing this...

Not only that, it does make the site more professional. Easier to see who is replying to which comments, since 'quoting' would make the comments page longer than it really is.

Yeah, I posted the fix to the forums on the author's website and he replied back.

It does seem this fix is related to this particular theme though. Has anyone experienced the issue with other themes?

I noticed that too but since I changed my theme, I haven't seen it happening on my site - is this another issue with MistyLook?!

Yeah, I think it is an issue with the MistyLook theme and I will hopefully have a chance to look at this next.

I think the MistyLook is fine, but I started seeing these lines on my blog only after I installed some plugin....which I presume John suggested, since a lot of readers are complaining. . . :lol: not pointing fingers John!

The lines do go away when I refreshed the page though. Not that it shows always, either.

Actually, I should be thanking Derek!

he is sooooo evil that you end up giving him the credit!!!!

I know, he brain washed me! :shock:

It wasn't me! It was all Stephen's fault!

So Evil, he blames it on others! :evil:

I don't think you're in any danger of being bump from the list. :wink:

Ahhhh...I do like this feature. Thanks for the nice widget.

hehe...just an observation :cool:

Admit it, you don't want to just be a part of the top commentators list, you want to be number one! :)

hahaha...well, I don't think I'm going to stay up tomorrow night commenting 50 times to reach that number 1 spot. But stranger things have happened :wink:

Think I can do it??? :twisted:

Actually, I have a contest to run tomorrow, so maybe not...or will I???

Jane and I have a competition on who's going to be higher in the comments rank.

hahaha...bring it Jeff :twisted:

Looks like I might enter in this competition!

*Laughters. Who doesn't want to be in the top? Be prepared to be strike off!

Yeah you spend a lot of time keeping on that list Jane, is it worth it??

Ive just got to No. 1 on the list after a furious comment spam fest :twisted:

I just wanted to see whether it generated any traffic.

I use forums a lot and can touch type so its not that much of a pain for me, but I dont think Ill make a habbit of it.

I could have added a couple of posts to by blog in the same time, which I think would probably be more beneficial.

I suppose tomorrows stats will give me the answer.

That said, given your persistance, there must be some benefit??

Sorry posting again so I can subscribe to replies by Email ...

Haha well when you click the wrong comment to reply to, it can be a hassle..

I never noticed this problem but I will address it right away.

Jane, I am the same way that I did not want to encourage canceling comments but the *bug* was just driving me crazy knowing it was there.

That is why I had to figure out what the fix was and implement it on my site.

Well, if you want to discourage canceling comments, you should remove the code associated with:
"Click here to cancel "reply"."
That would make more sense then having a bug that makes your site look unprofessional!

I actually thought about doing that but I like to leave the decisions up to my readers. I'm not a fan of being forced to do something so I choose not to impose that on my readers either.

I agree, leaving it to the readers is the way to go. Since I haven't heard too many people complaining (actually, none for this particular problem) i'll probably just leave it for now.

BUT, I have been told that people have had to re-enter their comments because they wern't showing up. Anyone else have this problem??? If so, what was causing it?

I haven't had that problem on my site, but I have noticed that John's is having SQL issues, so I have to enter my comments two or three times - anyone else notice that?!

No Ive found it all working very well, perhaps John has made a modification

Or just refresh the site. Simple enough. Of course, it is better to solve the issue at the root.

There have been times when I would have like to cance a comment, i.e. when I make a stupid mistake, in which case I would re-submit anyway.

An edit feature would be useful

I doubt comments so far has allowed for edit. No one has written the plug-in yet, perhaps.