Ajax Edit Comments 2.1 Pre-Release

09. Jun, 2008 6 Comments - Leave your comment

I’ve been busy with some fairly sizable updates to the plugin.

Thanks to feedback from various sources including Viper007 and Sean from Pixelwit, I’ve added in a number of updates/changes.

Since there are a fair amount of changes, I’m holding off on an official release and also giving the translators a chance to catch up with some of the changes.

So in the meantime, here’s the download link to the ~~Ajax Edit Comments 2.1 Pre-Release~~.

Here’s a list of some of the changes.

Added Updated Languages

There were many word additions, so I updated the “po” files for the translators. I also added in the Norwegian language.

Icons Can Be Disabled

Several didn’t like the new icons, so I added an option to remove them. The links will look like AEC 1.x. with this option.

Ability to Disable Gravatars

Gravatars were causing the plugin to not work on some blogs. Also, several users were confused when a silhouette would show up when editing a comment.

Bug fix: Admin Couldn’t Enter a Blank E-mail Address

Admin can now enter an empty e-mail address. If any part of the e-mail field is filled out though, it will be passed through validation.

Save/Cancel Buttons in Editor Interface Re-Styled

Buttons are re-styled for maximum browser compatibility. The icons were also removed.

Can Remove ‘More Options’ From Editor

You can now remove the ‘More Options’ option in the editor interface. Doing this will also give you more textarea room in browsers that support the ‘rows’ attribute.

Added Option to Remove “clearfix”

This style can make or break themes. For those that it breaks, it can now be easily disabled.

Added Auto-Scroll to Comment

If an admin clicked on a comment anchor (yourblog.com/#comment-39302), the page would load, and then the edit links would show up. This produces an offset. The plugin now tries to correct this offset.

You can also disable this in the admin panels, since I imagine a few might find it annoying.

Added Option to Change the Title Text and URL

The Title Text and URL in the editor interface can now be customized. If you’re nice though, you’ll leave it as is

Feedback?

Feel free to try out the pre-release. I’ve tested it out as best as I could. I imagine you’ll find bugs in some of the work I did as there were lots of changes.

Any feedback is appreciated.

6 Comments on “Ajax Edit Comments 2.1 Pre-Release” - Add yours!

PJ Brunet 10. Jun, 2008 at 1:36 am

So this is the AJAX editor?
Gilles 10. Jun, 2008 at 8:01 am

Works perfectly with my Gravatars enabled
Still the same problem with SnapAvatar plugin anyway : need to cancel after having “saved” the modification in order to return to the post.
Good work in fact because this AJAX editor is very useful
PixelWit 10. Jun, 2008 at 9:40 am

Nice! Everything works and I’m having a hard time finding anything to complain about. Now that’s saying something. Great job.
Ronald Huereca 11. Jun, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Hello everyone,

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve updated the 2.1 download with a few new features.

1. You can now manually specify where external CSS files are located.
2. Six plugin hooks, so theme/plugin authors can extend the editing capabilities. I will document these on the official release.

I’ve sent the latest version to the AEC translators, and hope for a release on Saturday.

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