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diff --git a/doc/plugins/comments.mdwn b/doc/plugins/comments.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c13a6daa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/comments.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +[[!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]]. + +There are some global options for the setup file: + +* `comments_pagespec`: [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages where comments are + allowed. The default is not to allow comments on any pages. To allow + comments to all posts to a blog, you could use + `blog/posts/* and !*/Discussion`. +* `comments_closed_pagespec`: [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages where + posting of new comments is closed, but any existing comments will still + be displayed. Often you will list a set of individual pages here. + For example: `blog/controversial or blog/flamewar` +* `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 + +## comment moderation + +If you enable the [[blogspam]] plugin, comments that appear spammy will be +held for moderation. Wiki admins can access the comment moderation queue +via a button on their Preferences page. + +The comments are stored in `.ikiwiki/comments_pending/`, and can be +deleted, or moved into the wiki's srcdir to be posted. |