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ZiMB Comment 
Version
0.8.1b (last update on Aug 13, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
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30
Favoured
15
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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26615
Date Added
24 August 2008
ZiMB Comment provides an easy to use, AJAX-style commenting system for Joomla! articles. Component also includes a simple backend administration tool to unpublish/delete comments. Support CAPTCHA, BBCode, IP Address capture. Also allows disabling comments at the article, category and section level. Limited CSS Customization is also available.
****** Coming Features/FAQ ******
*IP Banning
*CSS to customize how the comments appear on your site.
*UTF-8
*Recent Comments Module
*Allow/Disallow Comments by Section/Category/Article
*Multilingual support with as many languages as I can get translators.
We have spent a lot of time on this project and have some other things in the pipeline so the next version may be a little while coming. We'll attempt to give a demo page for the backend administration or at least screen shots.
bymihaitur on September 1, 2009
Hy,
it's a great extension, i like it! I want to translate in Romanian. How can I do that?
Thank you.
it's a great extension, i like it! I want to translate in Romanian. How can I do that?
Thank you.
byprdg1 on August 20, 2009
This is a good, simple out of the box tool. It works instantly.
Con: There is no easy way to style it. Even when you view the source, it doesn't appear to have a lot of css attached to it. I can't find any css so that I can create a style SO it would be nice to be able to customize it.
Con: There is no easy way to style it. Even when you view the source, it doesn't appear to have a lot of css attached to it. I can't find any css so that I can create a style SO it would be nice to be able to customize it.
I've tried a lot of comment plug ins, but none of them did the trick. This one did however and automaticly took on my template looks.
What I love about it is that the default install looks clean and nice!
Very good job developer!!
What I love about it is that the default install looks clean and nice!
Very good job developer!!
i like MS comment alot and i want to use it but i have a problem, the 1st comment isn't aligned properly.
i use joomla 1.5 and the purity template.
with the other 2 templates of joomla i dont encounter the same problem.
any way to fix the problem ? any missing from the code of either the template or the extension ?
i use joomla 1.5 and the purity template.
with the other 2 templates of joomla i dont encounter the same problem.
any way to fix the problem ? any missing from the code of either the template or the extension ?
bypelau on June 22, 2009
What more can you ask of an extension to do as it advertises. Simple install, clean presentation. My only suggestion is to make the "disable comments" functionality a little more intuitive. It took me an extra 5 minutes to figure it out :) Yes, yes, I admit I had to resort to RTFM (actually a comment by the author on this page).
Great work! Thank you.
Great work! Thank you.
byJ.Troup on June 22, 2009
Works exactly how the author says it will.
The back end UI could be logically and graphically designed a little better (specifically disabling comments), but otherwise, it's an easy, straight forward commenting system.
Even worked fairly well with my css out of the box.
Now off to do some css customizations!
Thanx from a Joomla Noob!
The back end UI could be logically and graphically designed a little better (specifically disabling comments), but otherwise, it's an easy, straight forward commenting system.
Even worked fairly well with my css out of the box.
Now off to do some css customizations!
Thanx from a Joomla Noob!
byvoice_of_reason on June 3, 2009
Great plugin, simple to use, but not bloated with features you don't need. Looks good, works a treat.
The only small problem I found was that I couldn't disable comments in the 'Uncategorised' section (it wasn't listed in the 'Disable Comments' dropdown). If, like me, you use the Uncategorised section for static articles like your home page content or privacy policy, you probably don't want comments on these, so I made a small mod that others may find useful.
Add the following to /plugins/content/msComment.php (I put it at line 51, after the 'Check Section' block and before the 'Get Parameters Necessary' block):
// Disable comments from Uncategorized section
if ($article->sectionid
The only small problem I found was that I couldn't disable comments in the 'Uncategorised' section (it wasn't listed in the 'Disable Comments' dropdown). If, like me, you use the Uncategorised section for static articles like your home page content or privacy policy, you probably don't want comments on these, so I made a small mod that others may find useful.
Add the following to /plugins/content/msComment.php (I put it at line 51, after the 'Check Section' block and before the 'Get Parameters Necessary' block):
// Disable comments from Uncategorized section
if ($article->sectionid
byAngulo Fu on May 21, 2009
Hi! Moron, Good job! I like the MS Comment because it's simple and easy to use.
I think it's better than yvcomment and mxcomment.
I have tried it on kongminlawyer.com, one of my websites. But I find a problem, MS Comment doesn't support Chinese language.
I want to know when will you release 0.9.0b? Many Chinese webmasters and I all hope use this plugin. Thanks!
I think it's better than yvcomment and mxcomment.
I have tried it on kongminlawyer.com, one of my websites. But I find a problem, MS Comment doesn't support Chinese language.
I want to know when will you release 0.9.0b? Many Chinese webmasters and I all hope use this plugin. Thanks!
byGuriarte on April 22, 2009
I love this plugin because it is very simple to use, it does not require much configuration and works right out of the box. I have one question.
Is this available in Spanish?
If not, I can help you translate it if you´d like. Thanks!
Is this available in Spanish?
If not, I can help you translate it if you´d like. Thanks!
byjfherring on April 1, 2009
First off, I really like how easy it was to install this. I also found it to be somewhat intuitive and easy to configure. I did have one problem with, I'm assuming, the javascript. When you click the link to show the comments, it pushes all the rest of the content on the page down, but this resulted in it being pushed into the footer area, rather than the content panel expanding to fit. I would like it better if you could just have comments auto expanded rather than hidden. I think that might take care of this problem. Other than that, great comment system.
bymike123acc on January 4, 2009
5 starts because the functionality where it matters, and compared to the other commenting extensions here, is spot on.
This extension does lack features. Unfortunately, all the feature-filled commenting extensions I've seen on JED have at least one major flaw (such as needing to open the comment form in a new page or pop up). For this extension, it would be great to see a censorship system. Once I've done what I want with the css with mine, I'll send it to the dev. I think this could also do with a different css option.
However, for pure and simple comments, that open within the same page, that allows selection of section, categories and articles, is GPL, that has a sensible and user-friendly layout, I would say this is probably the best option for many.
If you want a thousand features this is not for you. If, like me, you see functionality as being key issue no. 1, then I recommend giving this a try.
This extension does lack features. Unfortunately, all the feature-filled commenting extensions I've seen on JED have at least one major flaw (such as needing to open the comment form in a new page or pop up). For this extension, it would be great to see a censorship system. Once I've done what I want with the css with mine, I'll send it to the dev. I think this could also do with a different css option.
However, for pure and simple comments, that open within the same page, that allows selection of section, categories and articles, is GPL, that has a sensible and user-friendly layout, I would say this is probably the best option for many.
If you want a thousand features this is not for you. If, like me, you see functionality as being key issue no. 1, then I recommend giving this a try.
As a new Joomla user, I found MS Comment to be very easy to install and set-up. I LOVE the fact that the front-end presentation is so clean and simple, too! Thank you so much for your hard work!
bySchubutz on December 1, 2008
Just installed mscomment. works fine! but i can't delete any comment in backend. every try to un-publish or delete ends up with:"Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: arrayobject in /.........administrator/components/com_mscomment/views/default/view.php5 on line 357".
Whats wrong? Theres no support on authors homepage...
Whats wrong? Theres no support on authors homepage...
Owner's reply
It appears there is a versioning problem with PHP. IS your server running php 4?
If not, I'll take a look at the code and see what is going on there and will attempt to fix/clarify this and any other issues in the next version sometime early in the new year.
bysunalive on November 26, 2008
I like this component and that is a neat and clean solution i should say except for a minor glitch. There is no guide or tutorial that shows a step-by-step approach for installation is available.
Also I'm yet to figure out how to configure the disabling of comments for a particular post or section. I tried to scour the site and also googled but in vain. Would be nice if the developer/somebody posts the solution.
Also I'm yet to figure out how to configure the disabling of comments for a particular post or section. I tried to scour the site and also googled but in vain. Would be nice if the developer/somebody posts the solution.
Owner's reply
I hope to have some time to put together a guide/tutorial but as this is a labor of love/learning I only have limited time.
To disable comments, you need to select the section/category/article you wish to disable comments on.
1) Select Components-MSComment->Disable Comments from the Joomla! menu.
2) To disable a section in its entirety, select that section from the first dropdown and click disable.
3) To disable a category, select the section it belongs to in the first dropdown then select the desired category and click the disable button next to the second drop down.
4) To disable an individual article, select the Section/Category as in steps 2 and 3 and then select the desired article and click the third disable button.
5) TO re-enable comments, repeat whatever steps you had to make to select the desired article/category/section and click the enable button (it should automatically change) to enable comments.
If this doesn't work, let me know what errors are occurring.
Sorry for the delay and lack of documentation but resources are limited.
Thank you for your interest in MS Comment.
byfribse on August 31, 2008
Well, this looks excellent so far. Captcha is needed, use SecurityImages, that works very well.
But a simple, fast installation, no big frills, but it does the job!
But a simple, fast installation, no big frills, but it does the job!
bySHENGTON on August 29, 2008
This very than the yvComment and I like it.
bybworley61 on August 27, 2008
I was looking for a very simple commenting component - no whizbang zingbats, just what it does. This was very easy to install and implement. Works like a charm out of the box.
My wishlist for future versions:
1. CAPTCHA for non-registered commenters
2. the aforementioned support for line feeds in the textarea box
3. A method for only allowing comments for specific articles, like the {comment} plugin of old...
other than that, its a great start!
My wishlist for future versions:
1. CAPTCHA for non-registered commenters
2. the aforementioned support for line feeds in the textarea box
3. A method for only allowing comments for specific articles, like the {comment} plugin of old...
other than that, its a great start!
Owner's reply
Thanks for the support!
We've got CAPTCHA coming by the end of the week, I may be able to implement an editor and therefore capture some of the trouble with the linefeeds.
The problem is that some data is being truncated/modified by PHP by the time the AJAX sends it over to the Server side. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it right now.
Not bad for two weeks of work though.
bybaijianpeng on August 25, 2008
This is a new comment component for J1.5, other than yvComment. I would like to rate it high to encourage the author because I really don't like yvComment. But this component has too many obvious problems:
1. I entered the Website field when post a comment, but it can't be recorded if not started with http://. If the component can't recoganize URL without http://, please add a reminding message beside the input box.
2. Totally no support for utf-8: If I enter any words in Chinese characters in the Name or Comment field, they were not saved. In the backend, I can see those Chinese characters were not recorded.
3. If I pressed Enter to begin a new line in the comment, that was ignored when saving. The result is, all my comments were saved as one single line.
4. This need more features to be a mature commenting compoent: limit of Section/Category, BBcode, Smiley, and the most important one is Multi-language support!
Anyway, I should thank the author for his efforts.
1. I entered the Website field when post a comment, but it can't be recorded if not started with http://. If the component can't recoganize URL without http://, please add a reminding message beside the input box.
2. Totally no support for utf-8: If I enter any words in Chinese characters in the Name or Comment field, they were not saved. In the backend, I can see those Chinese characters were not recorded.
3. If I pressed Enter to begin a new line in the comment, that was ignored when saving. The result is, all my comments were saved as one single line.
4. This need more features to be a mature commenting compoent: limit of Section/Category, BBcode, Smiley, and the most important one is Multi-language support!
Anyway, I should thank the author for his efforts.
Owner's reply
Thank you for all the suggestions! I am working on most of these already but had not thought about the new line issue.
I hope to have a much-improved version 0.6a out by early September. The only reason I released it when I did was to get some feedback and that definitely worked.