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+[[!template id=plugin name=comments author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]]
+[[!tag type/useful]]
+
+This plugin adds "blog-style" comments. Unlike the wiki-style freeform
+Discussion pages, these comments are posted by a simple form, cannot later
+be edited, and rss/atom feeds are provided of each page's comments.
+
+When using this plugin, you should also enable [[htmlscrubber]] and either
+[[htmltidy]] or [[htmlbalance]]. Directives are filtered out by default, to
+avoid commenters slowing down the wiki by causing time-consuming
+processing. As long as the recommended plugins are enabled, comment
+authorship should hopefully be unforgeable by CGI users.
+
+The intention is that on a non-wiki site (like a blog) you can lock all
+pages for admin-only access, then allow otherwise unprivileged (or perhaps
+even anonymous) users to comment on posts. See the documentation of the
+[[lockedit]] and [[anonok]] pages for details on locking down a wiki so
+users can only post comments.
+
+Individual comments are stored as internal-use pages named something like
+`page/comment_1`, `page/comment_2`, etc. These pages internally use a
+`\[[!_comment]]` [[ikiwiki/directive]], and comment pages can be matched
+using a special `postcomment()` [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]].
+
+There are some global options for the setup file:
+
+* `comments_shown_pagespec`: pages where comments will be displayed inline,
+ e.g. `blog/*` or `!*/discussion`.
+* `comments_open_pagespec`: pages where new comments can be posted, e.g.
+ `blog/* and created_after(close_old_comments)` or `!*/discussion`
+* `comments_pagename`: if this is e.g. `comment_` (the default), then
+ comment pages will be named something like `page/comment_12`
+* `comments_allowdirectives`: if true (default false), comments may
+ contain IkiWiki [[directives|ikiwiki/directive]]
+* `comments_commit`: if true (default true), comments will be committed to
+ the version control system
+* `comments_allowauthor`: if true (default false), anonymous commenters may
+ specify a name for themselves, and the \[[!meta author]] and
+ \[[!meta authorurl]] directives will not be overridden by the comments
+ plugin
+
+Known issues:
+
+* Needs code review
+* The access control via postcomment() is rather strange (see [[discussion]] for more details)
+* There is some common code cargo-culted from other plugins (notably inline and editpage) which
+ should probably be shared
+* Joey doesn't think it should necessarily use internal pages (see [[discussion]])
+* Previews always say "unknown IP address"
+* Add `COMMENTOPENID`: the authenticated/verified user name, if and only if it was an OpenID
+* The default template should have a (?) icon next to unauthenticated users (with the IP address
+ as title) and an OpenID icon next to OpenIDs
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-[[!template id=plugin name=comments author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]]
-[[!tag type/useful]]
-
-This plugin adds "blog-style" comments. The intention is that on a non-wiki site
-(like a blog) you can lock all pages for admin-only access, then allow otherwise
-unprivileged (or perhaps even anonymous) users to comment on posts.
-
-When using this plugin, you should also enable [[htmlscrubber]] and either [[htmltidy]]
-or [[htmlbalance]]. Directives are filtered out by default, to avoid commenters slowing
-down the wiki by causing time-consuming processing. As long as the recommended plugins
-are enabled, comment authorship should hopefully be unforgeable by CGI users.
-
-The plugin adds a new [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] match type, `postcomment`, for use
-with `anonok_pagespec` from the [[plugins/anonok]] plugin or `locked_pages` from
-the [[plugins/lockedit]] plugin. Typical usage would be something like:
-
- locked_pages => "!postcomment(*)"
-
-to allow non-admin users to comment on pages, but not edit anything. You can also do
-
- anonok_pages => "postcomment(*)"
-
-to allow anonymous comments (the IP address will be used as the "author").
-
-There are some global options for the setup file:
-
-* `comments_shown_pagespec`: pages where comments will be displayed inline, e.g. `blog/*`
- or `*/discussion`.
-* `comments_open_pagespec`: pages where new comments can be posted, e.g.
- `blog/* and created_after(close_old_comments)` or `*/discussion`
-* `comments_pagename`: if this is e.g. `comment_` (the default), then comments on the
- [[sandbox]] will be called something like `sandbox/comment_12`
-* `comments_allowdirectives`: if true (default false), comments may contain IkiWiki
- directives
-* `comments_commit`: if true (default true), comments will be committed to the version
- control system
-* `comments_allowauthor`: if true (default false), anonymous commenters may specify a
- name for themselves, and the \[[!meta author]] and \[[!meta authorurl]] directives
- will not be overridden by the comments plugin
-
-Templates that will display comments (by default that means `comments_display.tmpl`)
-can use the following additional `<TMPL_VAR>`s:
-
-* `COMMENTUSER`: the authenticated/verified user name, or undefined if the user was not signed in
-* `COMMENTIP`: the remote IP address, or undefined if not known (this is not currently recorded
- for users who are signed in, who are assumed to be vaguely accountable)
-* `COMMENTAUTHOR`: a "prettier" version of the authenticated/verified user name (e.g. OpenIDs are
- formatted the same way as in [[RecentChanges]]), or the result of localizing "Anonymous" if the
- user was not signed in
-* `COMMENTAUTHORURL`: if the user was signed in with an OpenID, that URL; if the user was signed
- in with some other username, a CGI URL that redirects to their user page (if any)
-
-This plugin also adds a `\[[!_comment]]` directive which is used when storing comments. This
-directive is for internal use only and shouldn't be used on pages that are edited in the usual way.
-
-This plugin aims to close the [[todo]] item "[[todo/supporting_comments_via_disussion_pages]]",
-and is currently available from [[smcv]]'s git repository on git.pseudorandom.co.uk (it's the
-`comments-rebase2` branch). A demo wiki with the plugin enabled is running at
-<http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2008/ikiwiki/demo/>; the
-[sandbox page](http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2008/ikiwiki/demo/sandbox/#comments) has some
-examples of comments.
-
-Known issues:
-
-* Needs code review
-* The access control via postcomment() is rather strange (see [[discussion]] for more details)
-* There is some common code cargo-culted from other plugins (notably inline and editpage) which
- should probably be shared
-* Joey doesn't think it should necessarily use internal pages (see [[discussion]])
-* Previews always say "unknown IP address"
-* Add `COMMENTOPENID`: the authenticated/verified user name, if and only if it was an OpenID
-* The default template should have a (?) icon next to unauthenticated users (with the IP address
- as title) and an OpenID icon next to OpenIDs
-
-> I haven't done a detailed code review, but I will say I'm pleased you
-> avoided re-implementing inline! --[[Joey]]
-
-Fixed issues:
-
-* Joey didn't think the `\[[!comments]]` directive was appropriate; comments now appear
- on pages selected with a [[ikiwiki/pagespec]]
-* Joey thought that raw HTML should always be allowed; it now is
-* tbm wanted anonymous people to be able to enter their name and possibly email
- address; a name and website can now be supplied
-* There is now an indication of who you're signed in as
-* Each comment is now one big \[[!_comment]] directive invocation, avoiding previous
- issues with unambiguous and un-spoofable metadata
-* `\[[!comment]]` should be `\[[!_comment]]`, or a special filter/htmlize hook rather
- than being a directive at all
-* [[todo/inline_plugin:_ability_to_override_the_feed_name]]
-* [[todo/inline_plugin:_hide_feed_buttons_if_empty]]
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