Version 2.2 is available now! This update is released to fix a bug that prevents non-registered users from posting a comment (or “tag”) to the board, on default installations of WordPress. It should work correctly now.
The technical details are that the WP Discussion option labeled “Comment author must fill out name and e-mail” is checked by default when installing WP, and there is (currently) no e-mail field in the tagboard. For now, to get around this issue, the system will add a dummy address to anonymous taggers, but in the future I’m considering either (A) not applying that restriction to the tagboard entries or (B) providing an e-mail address field for non-registered users. Please let me know what you think would be the better solution.
Also, one other thing to note on the subject of WP Discussion options is that the restriction labeled “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” is also checked by default. If this is selected, the comments (or “tags”) to the tagboard will be held in moderation if that particular name has not had a previously approved comment (or tag). This will result in the tagboard appearing to not work for first-time commenters, until their tags get approved. The suggested workaround for this right now is to uncheck that option, but I’m also looking for feedback on that one. Would it be better to (A) ignore that setting for tagboard entries and/or (B) provide a separate checkbox (on the tagboard config page) for whether or not to apply that restriction to the tagboard.
I’d appreciate any feedback anyone has on those two issues. Thanks again for all those who have given it a try, especially those who have provided feedback. My apologies for the delay in fixing it; I’ll try to keep more on top of it from here on out.
UPDATE: Just followed up with version 2.2, which also includes a fix for the display of the tag count in the admin page, courtesy of this comment from the owner of the blogwae site. Thanks!
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Could you advise on how to adjust the width of the tagboard as my sidebars are only 150px - I think I found where the size is specified in the code (200px) but even when I adjusted this it didn’t change.
Although the original plugin was good, I think you have made some very relevant changes to it especially making the Widget functionality.
A great addition to any blog. Thank you for your time and effort.
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The tagboard itself is contained in a div with the ID of “wordspew”, which then contains all the other pieces (check the page source for the structure). You can then use this to specify CSS rules in your stylesheet that will control the appearance of the tagboard.
hi there,
I think you should ignore those settings about commenter needs an valid email address and must have aregistered comment before, as I like those settings for usual comments but don’t want them applied to my tagboard.
also I would like to know how to get rid of some other options I have applied to my comments but do not want applied to my shoutbox: have a look here: http://zice.ro I do not want the notify me of follow ups and sign up for a free gravatar shown below the shoutbox, but still want those for normal coments….
also I have some problems getting the last white part of the shoutbox to display the orange color of my sidebar, maybe you can help me?
regards
ovidiu