Comments are now completely open on Midas Oracle.

No GravatarI have been fighting comment spammers for weeks, and I think I&#8217-ve finally found the right combo:

  1. I don&#8217-t use &#8220-Askimet&#8221- anymore (it constantly sent my own comments in the spam area!!!)-
  2. I use &#8220-Bad Behavior&#8221- (it protects this blog from naughty spambots)-
  3. I use &#8220-Peter&#8217-s Math Anti-Spam Image&#8221- (it makes sure the commenter is a human being and not a spambot)-
  4. I use &#8220-WP AJAX Edit Comments&#8221- (it allows commenters to edit their comments, post publication)-
  5. I use &#8220-Subscribe To Comments&#8221- (it allows commenters to receive e-mail notifications of new comments to a post)-
  6. I use &#8220-NoFollow Free&#8221- (it allows the commenters&#8217- links to be computed by the Google PageRank system)-
  7. I use &#8220-TinyMCEComments&#8221- (it puts a visual editor in the comment area)-
  8. I use &#8220-WordPress Gravatars&#8221- (it shows off the face pictures of our blog users).

TWO CASES:

CASE #1: You are logged in.


Comment Registered

CASE #2: You are not logged in. &#8212- a) You are not a registered user. b) You&#8217-re a registered user but haven&#8217-t logged in.

Comment Unregistered

The comment will appear immediately if the commenter has one previously approved comment.

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6 thoughts on “Comments are now completely open on Midas Oracle.

  1. Chris. F. Masse said:

    Works fantastically. I have not received a single piece of spam the last night!!!!

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    Bye-bye, spammers.

  2. Chris. F. Masse said:

    One word about the Gravatars. It seems there are 2 options.

    1. One is when the face picture appears on the website and in the feed, in posts (at the top left). But then the face pictures don’t appear in comments.

    2. The face pictures appear at the bottom of the posts, on the Web (not in the feed). And the face pictures appear in the comments, too.

    I’ll see what is best. I’ve experienced both options, so far. I should make a decision on what is best for the readers.

  3. Chris F. Masse said:

    There’s a bug in the Gravatar plugin. The parameters I selected do not apply as I want. Sorry for that.

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    1. Commenters’ gravatars don’t show up anymore.

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    2. Gravatars appear in pages (a “page” is static, as opposed to a blog “post”) —even though I asked for them not to appear there.

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    I hate when a machine doesn’t do what I tell it to do.

  4. Chris. F. Masse said:

    Works fantastically. I have not received a single piece of spam the last night!!!!

    .

    Bye-bye, spammers.

  5. Chris. F. Masse said:

    One word about the Gravatars. It seems there are 2 options.

    1. One is when the face picture appears on the website and in the feed, in posts (at the top left). But then the face pictures don’t appear in comments.

    2. The face pictures appear at the bottom of the posts, on the Web (not in the feed). And the face pictures appear in the comments, too.

    I’ll see what is best. I’ve experienced both options, so far. I should make a decision on what is best for the readers.

  6. Chris F. Masse said:

    There’s a bug in the Gravatar plugin. The parameters I selected do not apply as I want. Sorry for that.

    .

    1. Commenters’ gravatars don’t show up anymore.

    .

    2. Gravatars appear in pages (a “page” is static, as opposed to a blog “post”) —even though I asked for them not to appear there.

    .

    I hate when a machine doesn’t do what I tell it to do.

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