{"id":65,"date":"2008-05-18T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2008-05-18T04:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/"},"modified":"2008-05-18T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-18T04:09:14","slug":"new-comment-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/","title":{"rendered":"New Comment Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Hey gang &#8211; I just wanted to let you know about some new functionality for comments on my blog.\u00a0 I think this new feature will make comments much easier for users to follow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The new feature allows someone making a\u00a0comment to have further comments to that same post e-mailed directly to them.\u00a0 For example, let&#8217;s say you make a derogatory comment on my post about Aquaman.\u00a0 Instead of having to remember to come back to my site to see if\u00a0I wrote a scathing comment back, you can just opt to have any further comments e-mailed directly to you.\u00a0 Very handy!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I believe this will help to foster dialogue back and forth, rather than having to manually check for responses to your comments.\u00a0 Below is a screen shot showing you where you select to have follow-up comments sent to you via e-mail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/comment.jpg\" alt=\"Comment follow-up\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">If you are running WordPress and are interested in this feature, it&#8217;s a plugin called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/txfx.net\/code\/wordpress\/subscribe-to-comments\/\" title=\"Subscribe to Comments\">Subscribe to Comments<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 It hasn&#8217;t been tested for WordPress 2.5 yet, but it definitely works on 2.3.1.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-65\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-65\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-65\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/18\/new-comment-function\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey gang &#8211; 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