A lot of folks noticed some changes here on the HSB yesterday, all good things to help your commenting experience. I wanted to make things easier with the growing number of comments and I’ll be adding a few more features next week as well. Here’s the new stuff (from top to bottom):
Print This
When you click on the “Print This Post” link, you will be taken to a printer friendly version of the post. It will not print the comments section however.
Quote This
You can now click on the “Quote This” link and it will automatically quote a given comment in your comment. Very useful when you responding to random comments in a long thread or when you want to be sure folks know what the heck you’re talking about. Looks like this when your comment is posted:
Comment Preview:
Since spell check for comments is such a pain to implement, I’ve started a comment preview option. Before leaving a comment, you can now click the preview button and you will be taken to a comment preview page that will show you your comment (with formatting, quotes etc…) and the other comments on the post.
You can also skip the preview and just “Say It”
Missed Something?
This feature is not 100% functional right now - but it’s still pretty handy. The ultimate goal of this feature will be to list up to 10 posts that have been commented on since your last visit. It will also list the number of comments on those posts that you have not read. By clicking the post name, you’ll be taken to the post and can read things from the beginning. If you click the number, it will take you to the oldest unread comment since your last visit. This feature is located in the right sidebar at the very bottom.
Issues with Missed Something:
- Comments on pages are not cleared when they have been read.
- Mark all as read link does not work (not currently displayed)
- When there are no new messages, a default message needs to be displayed.
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Posted by: Nick Lindauer - Categories: HSB News
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The “missed something” feature is going to be real handy….. Especially lately with all the posting!
Thanks Nick!!
I like the “missed something” section as well, I’ve already used it a bunch of times - it will definately come in handy.
huvason on 3/13/2006 at 7:17 am said:
The “missed something” feature is going to be real handy….. Especially lately with all the posting!
Haha qoute this will become so handy.
See! less writing already.
okay well that didnt work it pulled the wrong qoute! it wassupposed to pull TRACY C COMMENT #3
“THANKS NICK!!”
chris k on 3/13/2006 at 7:13 am said:
Nice features Nick, good job!
Tracy C on 3/13/2006 at 7:32 am said:
Thanks Nick!!
Just testing something, yep it works, a double quote.
I can see it now Nick, someone will quote all the comments in a post.
Do you need to put a limit on this?
Actually, if no one gets carried away. it might be nice because you can bring like items (comments) from other posts and bring them into one.
Thanks Nick!!! These new features are really nice to have. Just another example of this Blog’s SUPERIOR STATUS!!!!
Speaking of Superior, I went to “Superior Market” by my house today and bought a lb of orange habs, lets see how long this last. Not starting today, my stomach is killing me for somereason. Maybe it was afterdeath and chowder from last night
“Often duplicated, never equaled” I think I heard:)
Nick, I have another question for you. (not to create more work) is there a way to look back at all the comments from most recent to oldest regardless of what post they were in? Have a place where you can view every comment made (in order of date/time) and then be able to click on a particular comment and it will take you back to that post. I was looking for something in particular (that was said) and if you dont remember what (post) it was under, it is almost impossible to find it.
That helps a bit, but I was shooting for a total list of all comments in one place. This could then (maybe) be able to be sorted by time/date, and/or author. This way you could see a progression of all comments based on time, or then narrow down to what a particular person said. Sometimes, I know I said something (way back), but cant remember where that may have been when I go back to look at it.
Some tend to look at the recent comment (left) and answer to what they see there and end up putting it into another post.
I really like the ‘missed something’ section. Makes new things easier to find
Lisa on 3/14/2006 at 1:01 pm said:
Hey Mad
i know you wrote a brief post on the bbq sauce but i cant find it anywhere, any clue as to where I might find it… thanks
Mad_Reilly on 3/14/2006 at 1:16 pm said:
I dio’t know which thread it’s under I’m sure it’s lost in the sauce by now but i sent somthing to Nick on it. Anyway the Smoking Chipotle BBQ Sauce is awesome! If you give me your email address I’ll shoot you a copy
Hey Nick,
Examples of when looking at all the comments can be useful?
(I hope you can figure out how to do this)
Guess that didnt work…
ERROR: Cannot quote comment ID #17519 as it is from another post and cross-post quoting is currently disabled.
Lee@DC on 3/14/2006 at 12:56 pm said:
You guys having fun?
huvason on 3/14/2006 at 1:31 pm said:
Steve– I get mine at Le Gourmet Chef - about 20 minutes from me. See if there is one near you.
ryan on 3/14/2006 at 1:38 pm said:
Lee-unfortunately I was referring to the helmet
Fortunately, my wife understands the whole chatroom/blog thing…That’s technically how we met
This is just a test!
It works NIck, Thanks!
chris k on 3/14/2006 at 1:35 pm said:
Hey Nick,
Examples of when looking at all the comments can be useful?
(I hope you can figure out how to do this)
chris k on 3/14/2006 at 1:50 pm said:
This is just a test!
It works NIck, Thanks!
Wow this is fun Nick, great job!
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Nice features Nick, good job!