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Version
1.24.0 (last update on Aug 30, 2009)
Rating
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133
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135
License
GPL
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Date Added
3 May 2007
It has two required parts (i.e., extensions): component + plugin. It also has a lot of optional extensions, including Module, Community Builder plugin, Content Subscription plugin and 35 Language packs, so the resulting solution may be very simple or more complex - it's up to you.
yvComment supports Captcha (secret word) extensions, OpenID, Smileys, BBCodes, Avatars/Gravatars, WYSIWYG editor, Community Builder, Acajoom and many content plugins and tools designed to work with Articles of Joomla! (e.g. GeSHi). yvComment allows users to add Comments to Articles (and optionally Comments to Comments also). Comments may be stored in the same database table used by content (where they are treated as a special type of Article), or in their own table. (Read more on the Homepage)
What's new in v.1.24.0 - Notify Authors about comments on their Articles
+ Added 'Notify Authors about comments on their Articles' option to allow email notifications of Authors of Articles (and of Comments).
+ Added extension-independent interface (Joomla! event) to allow subscription on notifications per Author.
+ Added 'Content Subscription - Acajoom' plugin that implements subscribtion interface for "Acajoom News v.4.1.3" Joomla! extension. Thanks to "lemur1" for providing the idea and code for integration with Acajoom.
+ yvComment project SVN repository created at JoomlaCode to simplify developers collaboration.
What's new in v.1.23.0 - OpenID integration:
+ Added the "Use OpenID" option to identify a commentor using OpenID external service. More details on the Homepage...
^ If 'Delay loading captcha image' option is set to 'Yes' AND text of a Comment is not empty - Captcha loading is NOT delayed (this is how it should be from the start...).
# 'Delay loading captcha image' javascript code was fixed to be compatible both with MSIE and Mozilla Firefox
+ Added the "Publish/Unpublish" button (visible for admins only) to publish/unpublish a Comment in one click.
+ Added the "Show comments on Comment" option to the module and "List of Comments" view. Set it to 'No' to see all comments, including comments on comments, in one ordered (non threaded) list. This is especially useful for the "Latest comments" list in the module.
^ Almost all CSS classes were renamed to avoid conflicts with poorly written templates, e.g. class='Header'-> class='CommentHeader' etc.
^ Other refactoring, in particular: 'global $yvComment' is no longer present...
What's new in v.1.22.0:
# Links to the archived articles are wrong (lead to the root)
# Filter by sections, categories and by articles in the module was not correct for some cases (thanks to Peter v.d. Hulst)
+ Added third value to the "Author name linkable" option: "Link to the CB profile" (requires Community Builder extension v.1.2)
+ New yvCommentCBPlugin was created - plugin for "Community Builder" extension v
Editor's Note
- This extension by default includes hidden links/advertising. Hidden links/advertising can affect the Search Engine ranking.
byDDKJJK on September 15, 2009
This (free!!!) extension is just great, and what any webmaster needs if he is interested in feedback.
I miss just one feature. I have many articles on my site. Most of the older ones do not need to be commented upon anymore. So, I think an option 'only for new articles' or 'only for articles created after xxx/yy/zz' would come in handy.
I miss just one feature. I have many articles on my site. Most of the older ones do not need to be commented upon anymore. So, I think an option 'only for new articles' or 'only for articles created after xxx/yy/zz' would come in handy.
Owner's reply
yvComment has such feature: it's called 'Auto close comments after specified number of days' :-)
byabhinav on August 31, 2009
Great work man....u made a really great stuff i am very thankful to you... u made me to have really a great comment module for my joomla website :)
byNinja-Matic on August 23, 2009
I can't say anything other than "This comment system is AWESOME!"
Works flawlessly - was easy to setup if you follow the directions right - easy to edit the template for custom color configs.
What can I say - fantastic fantastic FANTASTIC!
Thanks much - you can all view a working demo here:
Works flawlessly - was easy to setup if you follow the directions right - easy to edit the template for custom color configs.
What can I say - fantastic fantastic FANTASTIC!
Thanks much - you can all view a working demo here:
bythietbiloc.com on August 23, 2009
I've been using this champion extension for almost one year without any problems. Today I come back to find update and see the Editor's Note about hidden links. If you are afraid that it may effect to site ranking, it is easy to not allow link to author's documentation page by editting yvcomment CSS file (use syntax "display: none;" in the line "poweredBy")
if u had have demo would be awesome! so that we would know before actually implementing it.. thanks for sharing though!!!!
byRANorby on August 10, 2009
This was exactly what I needed. Simple, easy to install, and excellent documentation. Great job!!!
byWisdom Hunter on July 29, 2009
Thank you - comprehensive installation instructions, easy to set up and use, works as advertised. Much appreciated !
byGravity on July 23, 2009
I needed comments on every article, which this delivered very easily. Extremely customisable too, so you can really tweak what is commented on or not. The user installation guide is accurate, and of unusually high quality.
Installation took a little time but was not complicated at all. Very happy with the outcome.
Installation took a little time but was not complicated at all. Very happy with the outcome.
bybinglis on July 17, 2009
This feature was the missing element of our club website. Sure we had a forum, and users were publishing articles.. but this was the missing link. The website sudenly became interactive. Many of the other comments managers are far too chunky with avatars and threading. the simplicty of the display is captavating.. it was exactly what i wanted. The easily integrated choice of Captcha's is also neat. Time will tell how robut it is, but it looks great, and is already in use by the users.
thanks for a great extension.
thanks for a great extension.
byhowhowell on July 9, 2009
"The instructions cover virtually every possible scenario a user may encounter. I don't believe I have ever seen anything as complete as this! As I was reading it, I opened up the plugin and simply did the configuration. The plugin configuration screen itself is better than a lot fo the work I;ve seen, including commercial products."
yvComments indeed is one of the best Joomla! extentions I've ever used!
yvComments indeed is one of the best Joomla! extentions I've ever used!
bysf_gabe on June 24, 2009
This is really very complicated to set up. Follow the (very thorough) documentation to the letter and it will work fine.
One item I noticed though is that when commenters add their email address (or it is required), that email address is unmasked and asking for a truckload of spam. If it is outside the article content ("Below Article Box" in the settings) the mailto: link works but is unmasked for spammers to have fun with.
If it is inside the article content ("Inside Article Box" in the settings) and you have the default joomla email masking turned on (which hopefully you do) the email link doesn't work and you get the page echo-ing part of the script tag.
I have figured out a hack around this for the time being. If you want your commenters email address masked (ad you should) modify com_yvcomments/views/tmpl/default.php on line 240. Replace:
echo '';
With:
echo $link;
You should also take out the closing "a" tag from the echo on line 251
This will display the commenters email above the name, while still masking it from spammers with the default joomla bot.
You can also modify line 2151 of helpers to read $link = $link; if you want to get rid of the "mailto:" part, which just makes it look a bit better.
Pardon the hack-y code, but I'm hoping this is just a quick fix until Yuri puts out the next version.
One item I noticed though is that when commenters add their email address (or it is required), that email address is unmasked and asking for a truckload of spam. If it is outside the article content ("Below Article Box" in the settings) the mailto: link works but is unmasked for spammers to have fun with.
If it is inside the article content ("Inside Article Box" in the settings) and you have the default joomla email masking turned on (which hopefully you do) the email link doesn't work and you get the page echo-ing part of the script tag.
I have figured out a hack around this for the time being. If you want your commenters email address masked (ad you should) modify com_yvcomments/views/tmpl/default.php on line 240. Replace:
echo '';
With:
echo $link;
You should also take out the closing "a" tag from the echo on line 251
This will display the commenters email above the name, while still masking it from spammers with the default joomla bot.
You can also modify line 2151 of helpers to read $link = $link; if you want to get rid of the "mailto:" part, which just makes it look a bit better.
Pardon the hack-y code, but I'm hoping this is just a quick fix until Yuri puts out the next version.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the review, sf_gabe.
The hint you are describing is about the bug of Joomla! core, the "Email Cloak" plugin. See e.g. "Upgrade to 1.5.9 Emailcloak not working" here: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=1558499#p1558499
Having used and developed for Joomla for a number of years, I can sum up my opinion of this extension in a single statement...
If all developers were this thorough and attentive there would be far fewer failed projects.
The instructions cover virtually every possible scenario a user may encounter. I don't believe I have ever seen anything as complete as this! As I was reading it, I opened up the plugin and simply did the configuration. The plugin configuration screen itself is better than a lot fo the work I;ve seen, including commercial products.
Bravo, Yuri!
If all developers were this thorough and attentive there would be far fewer failed projects.
The instructions cover virtually every possible scenario a user may encounter. I don't believe I have ever seen anything as complete as this! As I was reading it, I opened up the plugin and simply did the configuration. The plugin configuration screen itself is better than a lot fo the work I;ve seen, including commercial products.
Bravo, Yuri!
Owner's reply
Thank you!
byprocca on June 14, 2009
This is a very well done extension. My one wish for an enhancement is for the ability to email the author of an article when a comment is added...or for a user to subscribe to a thread. Currently, you have to hard code who to notify. This isn't a flexible option.
Owner's reply
Hi, as you may see in the "Your contribution is needed!" section on the Homepage,
yvComment project needs help in this area:
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Quote:
Create content subscription extension for Joomla! (or find existing one...)
There is a need for the option that every user can choose some commented articles where he will be notified if there is a new comment. So the user will be notified only if a favoured article had new comment.
I think, that this should not be "yvComment's feature" and some more general 'Joomla! content subscription extension' should be created (or existing found and adapted...), that would allow user to subscribe to new articles (and updates...) by: Section, Category, relation to specific Article (e.g. "Subscribe to Comments of this article") etc. I don't know about such extension yet.
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My current opinion is that some plugin to Community Builder is needed (to integrate CB with yvComment to allow user's preferences) or maybe next version of Joomla! will include some "suscription API"...
byzed2009 on June 3, 2009
this is an excellent extension & does exactly what i wanted it to do.
it displays a comment box under articles chosen by you - this can be done by choosing individual articles, sections or categories.
this makes it perfect for me!!
it also allows the comments to show up on the same page which is great because that's exactly what i need.
thank you so much, i can't say enough about this great extension!
it displays a comment box under articles chosen by you - this can be done by choosing individual articles, sections or categories.
this makes it perfect for me!!
it also allows the comments to show up on the same page which is great because that's exactly what i need.
thank you so much, i can't say enough about this great extension!
Works well, just read the documentation before trying to use it.
One downside the Bigo CAPTCHA link they give is no longer valid. http://www.joomla.com.br/downloads/doc_details/50-bigo-captcha-12.html is the new link.
The extension is flexible in its configuration and is just what i need.
One downside the Bigo CAPTCHA link they give is no longer valid. http://www.joomla.com.br/downloads/doc_details/50-bigo-captcha-12.html is the new link.
The extension is flexible in its configuration and is just what i need.
byCentrist on May 15, 2009
This is a really good extension, and it's working great on my site now, but I had to drop a star because the configuration is confusing. You will definitely need to read the documentation when you set this up.
I was just looking to add comments to my General/News articles, and to do something like that you only need the component and plugin (not the module). The plugin is where you do all the configuration for the extension, but the options don't do what you'd expect....
I had all my sections within one General category, but when setting the General section and Comment category in the plugin to store all comments, yvcomment considered everything in the General section to be a comment and gave errors. So I had to create a new Comment section just for a Comment category.
Also, the options which determine whether or not comments are allowed on certain articles are phrased as "list of ... articles which may or not may contain comments". Then later on you have an option called "Exclude ... selected above". It would have made so much more sense just to have separate blacklist/whitelist fields.
Overall, this is a very good extension and once you get it configured, it works great. Comments are nicely stored as articles and the interface integrates very well with my site's styling.
I was just looking to add comments to my General/News articles, and to do something like that you only need the component and plugin (not the module). The plugin is where you do all the configuration for the extension, but the options don't do what you'd expect....
I had all my sections within one General category, but when setting the General section and Comment category in the plugin to store all comments, yvcomment considered everything in the General section to be a comment and gave errors. So I had to create a new Comment section just for a Comment category.
Also, the options which determine whether or not comments are allowed on certain articles are phrased as "list of ... articles which may or not may contain comments". Then later on you have an option called "Exclude ... selected above". It would have made so much more sense just to have separate blacklist/whitelist fields.
Overall, this is a very good extension and once you get it configured, it works great. Comments are nicely stored as articles and the interface integrates very well with my site's styling.
This is a great extension! Easy to install and use (if you read the short instructions), and works like a charm!!! THanks!!!!!
Owner's reply
You're welcome!
byPT Lyon on April 20, 2009
This is an interesting 1.5 native comment extension, that everyone should give a try before going to other comercial options.
As a user who spent several minutes analysing which comment extension to use, I believe that this extension could be much more sucessful if it had a demo link, right here in this joomla directory page. It's difficult to find a demo, so users just use another option and not yvcomment.
(you can find links for sites that use this extension somewhere in the documentation page).
The documentation looks unactrative, but it does the job and it is very complete.
It should be created a website for this extension and support. (The support is done in a single topic, in Joomla.org forum).
However, I couldn´t get any support. The author was in the support topic, saw my messages and helped other persons, but just ignored me. Didn't say that my problem was too basic to help, or that was too complicated and he couldn´t help, it just ignored me.
And when that happens, and if you aren't a joomla expert, like I am not, you should think twice if this is an extension you would want to use.
As a user who spent several minutes analysing which comment extension to use, I believe that this extension could be much more sucessful if it had a demo link, right here in this joomla directory page. It's difficult to find a demo, so users just use another option and not yvcomment.
(you can find links for sites that use this extension somewhere in the documentation page).
The documentation looks unactrative, but it does the job and it is very complete.
It should be created a website for this extension and support. (The support is done in a single topic, in Joomla.org forum).
However, I couldn´t get any support. The author was in the support topic, saw my messages and helped other persons, but just ignored me. Didn't say that my problem was too basic to help, or that was too complicated and he couldn´t help, it just ignored me.
And when that happens, and if you aren't a joomla expert, like I am not, you should think twice if this is an extension you would want to use.
Owner's reply
Hi, PT Lyon! I agree: yvComment really needs demo (sandbox...), dedicated Website and much more support, because number of it's users grows...
So, where are you, volunteers? Those, who want to give something to the Joomla! community.
...And of course, it's not so simple to ask/write questions that will be answered :-)
byJabejo22 on April 20, 2009
I too spent time laboring over each detail in the documentation. They are very detailed and that's fine with me... so long as it works in the end.
Of course, it didn't work for me. Looking at all the feedback I noticed that someone said that they were using Yoothemes and that it didn't work because of that. That got me thinking that it may be a template problem.
So I went ahead and installed it on another website that I have that uses the Joomla stock template and sure enough it work.
I'm really bummed because there's no way that I'm going to change the whole look of my site with a new template just to get this thing to work.
I'm using a BlackBear Pro template if anyone has any ideas for me. I really want to use this but at this point I think I need to cut my losses at 3 hours.
Thanks
Of course, it didn't work for me. Looking at all the feedback I noticed that someone said that they were using Yoothemes and that it didn't work because of that. That got me thinking that it may be a template problem.
So I went ahead and installed it on another website that I have that uses the Joomla stock template and sure enough it work.
I'm really bummed because there's no way that I'm going to change the whole look of my site with a new template just to get this thing to work.
I'm using a BlackBear Pro template if anyone has any ideas for me. I really want to use this but at this point I think I need to cut my losses at 3 hours.
Thanks
Owner's reply
My advice is to ask developers of the "BlackBear Pro template" to support yvComment. This means, that they will probably need to create custom CSS for yvComment, compatible with their product.
byGrouchyGaijin on April 3, 2009
The documentation is great.
I was able to get everything working fairly quickly.
I have some trouble enabling comments on articles that are in a blog layout,but if I switch to a list layout then the comments form appears below the article.
The link to the first recommended captcha extension has been removed, but the second recommended extension OSTWigits works.
All in all a very cool extension. It does what I want it to do. Thank you.
I was able to get everything working fairly quickly.
I have some trouble enabling comments on articles that are in a blog layout,but if I switch to a list layout then the comments form appears below the article.
The link to the first recommended captcha extension has been removed, but the second recommended extension OSTWigits works.
All in all a very cool extension. It does what I want it to do. Thank you.
Owner's reply
Thank you for the tip: I can't fix BigoCaptcha description here in the JED, but I corrected links to it on the yvComment's homepage, so you may find live links to the BigoCaptcha again.
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