63 Comments Comment Relish Version 2.0 Release

1. felipe

   April 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm

   1

   This is really nice.

   Thanks.

2. Jen

   April 1st, 2009 at 7:01 pm

   2

   Thanks, Justin. We have several places we can use this.

3. Robb Sutton

   April 1st, 2009 at 7:50 pm

   3

   w00T! Works perfectly…thanks Shatt!

4. Richard

   April 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 am

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   Just picked this up with your newsletter. I read some interesting objections to comment relish. Saying that it might be interpreted as comment spam. I think that is determined by the quality of the message you write and one crucial point (that’s not in your control Justin) is what webmasters write in this plugin to be posted out. This has to be as genuine and in-spam-like as possible, or else its going to get backs up. Thanking people for THEIR contribution and not trumpeting on about your site is essential to get the mix right.

   Nonetheless, this is a great plugin, used properly, it has the pulling appeal of a rocket. Used badly it will nose dive your site like nothing else.

   Glad to see you fixed those queries. So my existing commenters won’t suddenly get a strange thank-you, only NEW commenters, Right? …

5. Justin

   April 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 am

   5

   Richard,

   That is correct sir, the queries are fixed and now only your first-time commentors will get the thank-you message. It took so long because I have had so many other projects eating up my time. But thank you for giving it another shot — if you find anything wrong or have suggestions please let me know. C. Bavota is really helping out a lot with it as well.

6. Jhay

   April 2nd, 2009 at 5:52 pm

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   Awesome plugin! This will surely help increase my blog readership. :)

7. JHad

   April 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 am

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   Thanks Justin!
   I can hardly wait! :)

8. JHad

   April 3rd, 2009 at 12:31 am

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   Uuups, wrong tab :)

9. Missy

   April 3rd, 2009 at 5:03 pm

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   Hi, Justin:

   I just followed you on Twitter as well. I have a quick question on the new CR.

   What about the issues with certain webhosts like Dreamhost? Something about an incompatibility problem. I can’t remember the code that was causing an issue.

   Let me know. Thx!

10. Justin

    April 6th, 2009 at 10:52 am

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    Missy, I think the issue should be fixed, however, it was a queries issue I believe. Those queries have been replaced.

11. Glen Allsopp

    April 7th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

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    I’m so happy you went around to fix this. I’ve been checking back on your blog everyday because around March 11th you left a blog comment on someones site saying it would be fixed in 2 days.

    I almost paid $50 to get someone to do this for me. Any chance you can integrate a time delay so that the email isn’t instant, and looks more natural?

12. Allison

    April 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    12

    Looks interesting. I’m leaving a comment to check your comment relish out. Seems like a great idea. Thanks!

13. Justin

    April 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

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    Allison,

    I currently have it uninstalled as I am in the process of redesigning the site. Thanks though! Check it out for yourself, its a simple plugin to install, configure and get to using!

14. Seth W

    April 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm

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    Look’s awesome. I have not used version 1 but will definitely start picking it up now that it has some bugs fixed. Seems like a very useful tool!

15. Pande

    April 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

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    If I use the plugin I get a blank page on wp-comments-post.php when I make a comment if I’m logged in; I don’t receive the test mail and when I comment with a new mail neither receive the “thank you message” I prepare…

    I’m a mess..

    Maybe I’m not compatible.

    Thanks Jason..

16. Darran

    April 12th, 2009 at 6:39 am

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    Thank you for this plugin, did a small test for it and it was working well. It hasn’t actually emailed a new reader to the blog though.

    I did a quick search on the plugin repository, and I couldn’t find it. Maybe you should add it there, so that whenever there is a new update, we would easily be informed and then we can submit an update.

17. Dave

    April 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am

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    Hi,

    Just installed 2.0. Can’t seem to get it to work. I have Cimy Swift SMTP activated as my WP was not sending out any mail. With SMTP it is, Just not getting anything with Comment Relish.

    I’ve tried the test email and not got a thing.

    Any ideas? Do I have to change the plugin to send via smtp rather than php?

18. Chint

    April 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    18

    Hello

    This is a great tool want to get installed on my blog but when I fill out all details and try to send a test e-mail to myself it fails, checked spam not in there either. But the plugin says it sent it successfully?

    Any ideas?

19. Alex Stewart

    April 14th, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    19

    Thanks for such a great plugin! Very useful!

    -Alex Stewart

20. Ziven.Pan

    April 15th, 2009 at 7:40 am

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    mail not show Chinese

21. Grace Smith

    April 15th, 2009 at 8:30 am

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    Haven’t used this plugin before but wanted to try it out however i just get this message when i try to edit the settings:

    Cannot load wpcomment-relish.php.

    Im on Dreamhost, could it be the cause of this?

    Thanks :-)

22. Sarah

    April 15th, 2009 at 8:51 am

    22

    I think this plugin is a great idea. I’m trying to set it up and have not been able to get the test email to work. Any suggestions?

23. kgagne

    April 16th, 2009 at 11:46 am

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    I’m commenting so that I will get an automatic response and can see what this relish does. :-)

24. Dave

    April 17th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

    24

    So, it looks like there’s lots problems with the plugin then

25. Henrik Flensborg

    April 18th, 2009 at 7:43 am

    25

    I’m getting an error just like Grace Smith when I click Settings:

    Cannot load wpcomment-relish.php.

26. Chint

    April 18th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    26

    I dont think this plugin works, didnt get a mail from this comment board or cant get test/plugin to work! hmmm I smells a fishy =)

27. Tommy Brunn

    April 29th, 2009 at 4:37 am

    27

    I just implemented your plugin on my site, and I absolutely love it! Thank you so much!

28. Heather

    April 29th, 2009 at 8:01 am

    28

    Works like a charm on both blogs, test worked brilliantly :) genius! Many thanks for your time and trouble.

29. Lorraine

    April 29th, 2009 at 8:01 am

    29

    Unfortunately, I’m having the same problem as Grace- when I try to go into Settings, I get “Cannot load wpcomment-relish.php.”

30. Great Engineering

    April 29th, 2009 at 8:09 am

    30

    I works really well.
    However, it would be nice to have the possibility to add the url of the blog with a link to it (not only the post url)

31. Mette

    April 29th, 2009 at 10:35 am

    31

    I also want to see what is does :-)

32. Trucker Steve

    April 29th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    32

    This is great, thanks for taking your time to make it!

33. Rachel

    April 30th, 2009 at 2:16 am

    33

    Silly question – does the email get sent out when the comment is approved (if this has to be done manually) or when the comment is placed? I’m assuming the former, but I’m not sure.

34. Justin

    May 1st, 2009 at 8:41 am

    34

    @Rachel: Email sends upon approval.

    To everyone else who has “submitted a comment” to test the plugin, it takes me weeks to go through and sort all the comments and trackbacks to my site, so I apologize, but you likely will not get one.

    In terms of people complaining about bugs, could you paste your error.log or email it to me using the form on the site so that I can see whats up, you might have renamed the folder, or didn’t upload the folder correctly. Just uploaded the plugin to four sites all activated, all work.. so let’s see those logs!

35. Gene De Libero

    May 3rd, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    35

    Great idea, Justin. Thanks for the time and effort.

36. Ian Cremona

    May 7th, 2009 at 8:56 am

    36

    Thanks!

37. shecky

    May 7th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    37

    Simple but great plugin!
    Thanks Justin.

38. Casper M

    May 9th, 2009 at 4:18 am

    38

    Nice plugin, thanks!

39. PTreats

    May 10th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    39

    I’m having the same problem as Grace.
    Error Logs:
    [Sun May 10 21:11:07 2009] [error] [client 68.7.251.179] File does not exist: /home/paleo7/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sun May 10 21:11:07 2009] [error] [client 68.7.251.179] File does not exist: /home/paleo7/public_html/wp-content/plugins/dynamic-headers/header-images/None
    [Sun May 10 20:25:58 2009] [error] [client 68.7.251.179] File does not exist: /home/paleo7/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sun May 10 20:25:58 2009] [error] [client 68.7.251.179] File does not exist: /home/paleo7/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sun May 10 20:25:55 2009] [error] [client 68.7.251.179] File does not exist: /home/paleo7/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sun May 10 20:25:55 2009] [error] [client 68.7.251.179] File does not exist: /home/paleo7/public_html/favicon.ico

40. Deep

    May 11th, 2009 at 4:20 am

    40

    Nice plugin but just wondering why it’s still not on Wordpress’s official plugin directory?

41. Jennifer

    May 11th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

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    @Grace and Henrik, I was receiving the same error, but was able to fix it.

    The link inside the plugin page appears to be different than the link that appears on the left side.

    Underneath the “settings” tab on the left you will find another link for Comment Relish, which takes you to a valid page. I have just sent myself a test email and am awaiting it’s arrival.

42. tsquez

    May 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm

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    awesome plugin. Thank you. I have downloaded it and now I am going to be installing it. Once again thank you

43. Craig

    June 8th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    43

    Same problem…

    Unfortunately, I’m having the same problem as Grace- when I try to go into Settings, I get “Cannot load wpcomment-relish.php.”

44. Kenn

    June 14th, 2009 at 9:02 am

    44

    Hi, great idea. However, there are a couple issues with Comment Relish 2.0:

    * Short PHP tags should never be used in distributed code, as you can’t be sure your users’ servers have them enabled. (four instances, in the admin form)

    * You’ve hard-coded a path to cr.js, which won’t necessarily be correct if your users’ have installed their plugins somewhere else. Details: http://codex.wordpress.org/Determining_Plugin_and_Content_Directories (line 23, in cr_add_script())

    I’ll also second the comment about putting this in the WP plugin repository. It will make distributing your updates much easier.

    Thanks!

45. Kevin

    June 15th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    45

    I’m getting the following error on Dreamhost PS after activating the plugin and trying to access the settings:

    Cannot load wpcomment-relish.php.

    Any ideas?

46. Kevin

    June 15th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    46

    Jennifer you were correct, the “settings” link in the plugin page doesn’t work. The “Commnent Relish” link under my blog’s “Settings” tab does. Thanks!

    Justin:
    Did you get that? BTW, awesome plugin. Thank you!

47. brian meagher

    June 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    47

    Same problem as Grace and PTreats.

    Author has not responded here since May 01, it’s June 17th!

    Author is still running WP2.7 here. Hmmm 2.7.1 came and went and we’re at 2.8 on WP.

    Too bad. Looked like a great plugin when it worked.

48. Brendan Wenzel

    June 21st, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    48

    Hi Justin, I have upgraded to Wordpress 2.8 and having trouble with the activation of this plugin. I really really want to use, but don’t know what to do. Can you help me this?

49. kurtlar vadisi pusu

    June 25th, 2009 at 9:04 am

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    great plugin , thank you :)

50. Jessi

    June 28th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

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    I was referred to your page via Glen’s PluginID ebook, and I have to admit, this is just the plugin I am looking for in order to get more interactive with my visitors (especially since my site is in its infancy and in a serious niche).

    So thanks for developing it and making it available to us bloggers!

51. greatblogtoprofit.com

    July 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am

    51

    thank … I have installed according to instructions but still not active comment relish

52. S

    July 17th, 2009 at 4:21 am

    52

    looks like a nice plugin i might try it. I’ve been hearing a lot about it. Good and bad, but I think it will be worth the try. I don’t think it’s comment spam, that’s just too far. I just think readers do appreciate knowing their comment was posted.

53. Sheena

    July 21st, 2009 at 9:43 am

    53

    I’ve just downloaded this plugin and installed it, but once I tried to go in and activate it, I received a message saying that there was no active header for the plugin. Anyone know how to fix that?

54. San Francisco Photos

    July 25th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    54

    Hi this sounds like a great plugin and I’ve installed it. I sent several test comments and it does not seem to be working for me. Any reason why? I have wordpress 2.8. Does this now work with wordpress 2.8? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

    SJ

55. ken

    August 20th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    55

    Installed the plugin and received a message telling me I did not have enough permissions. This was on the plugin settings.
    Please advise
    Ken

56. Bogcess

    August 25th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    56

    Downloaded the plugin. I’ll install it later. Thanks!

57. robinleo

    August 26th, 2009 at 5:37 am

    57

    Does it require any permission?

58. Mike

    August 27th, 2009 at 6:12 am

    58

    Read about this plugin on Yoast site. I plan to download it immediately and check it out. I’ll come back with an update about it.

59. Pere

    August 27th, 2009 at 9:56 am

    59

    Hello! This plugin looks interesting. i just installed but when I go to setting page it says that I don’t have permissions. To which file I should give extra permissions in my server? Should I give 777 or 744 is enough? Thanks!

60. Tommy Wishman

    January 29th, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    60

    Hi Guys!

    Sounds like a great plugin. Unfortunately it isn’t working on my blog. Problems with wordpress 2.9.1?? not working?

    bye Tommy

61. Andy Pols

    January 29th, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    61

    Just like to say thanks for comment relish – I’ve recently installed it and it’s prompted lots of correspondence from people posting to my site.

    An excellent tool

62. RBBali

    January 30th, 2010 at 12:51 am

    62

    nice plugin keeps to communicate

63. Hashim Warren

    February 2nd, 2010 at 10:40 am

    63

    Excellent plugin idea!

    I was looking for a way to engage my new readers. I was actually thinking of turning off comments and only using a contact form at the end of my posts.

    I’m going to consider how I can use this plugin to jumpstart my relationship with new readers.

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