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SimpleComments on Movable Type 3.2

I have been using the SimpleComments plugin from Adam Kalsey for a while now. When MT3 came out, there was an update required since moderated comments were still being displayed. After Movable Type 3.2 came out, I noticed that trackbacks that were sent to the junk folder were being displayed. They wouldn't display right away, but if something else triggered a page to rebuild, the trackback would display. I notified Adam about this, but I know he is probably busy, and me being impatient, I decided to try and tackle this myself. It actually only required a minor update to two lines of code. I hope this is working right. So far it seems to work on my installation. I have never done any Perl programming, so, use at your own risk. Here is the updated plugin I created that should fix the MT3.2 trackback issue.

SimpleComments 1.321

This is also open source BTW, MIT License

UPDATE: (9-9-2005) I updated the code for the plugin and it now contains the code based on the work done by Joe D'Andrea. This one should work no matter what version of MT you have, though it isn't needed unless you have version 3.2.

4 comments

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Looks like Joe had the same idea about fixing the SimpleComments plugin. Seems he did a better job with the plugin. You might want to grab his version if you don't already have mine. http://www.joesapt.net/archive/2005/09/09/00.21.59/

Comment by: Cameron Bulock on September 09, 2005 01:22 AM

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Surprise! My mod focused on eliminating trackbacks with "junk status" set but, Cameron, your version addressed the real issue, which was to permit trackbacks with "visible" status set. About the only thing it doesn't do is a sanity check of the Movable Type version number. With that, I've posted <a href="http://www.joesapt.net/archive/2005/09/09/00.21.59/">an update</a> that I think combines the best of both worlds. Nice sleuthing Cameron!

Comment by: Joe D'Andrea on September 09, 2005 09:00 AM

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The great irony is Joe's trackback ended up in my junk folder, and wasn't displayed because of the patch. :)

Comment by: Cameron Bulock on September 09, 2005 06:09 PM

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Thanks so much for doing this! I just noticed that this problem was biting me.

Comment by: jackvinson on September 20, 2005 11:18 AM

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