yvComment 
Version
2.00.5 (last update on Jan 21, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
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Favoured
165
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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322648
Date Added
3 May 2007
Editor's Note
- This extension by default includes hidden links/advertising. Hidden links/advertising can affect the Search Engine ranking.
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, Smileys, BBCodes, WYSIWYG editor, Community Builder, JNews 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).
Junuary 2011, v.2.0.5
^ Solved "Another article from this category has the same alias" problem, which occurred when two comments with the same subject were posted. Now yvComment automatically finds unused alias adding digits to the comment's alias.
August 2011, v.2.0.4
+ Tested to be compatible: with Joomla! 1.7.0 and with Community Builder 1.7
# Small fix improving Comment preview page (got rid of additional linebreaks in the parent Article). Thanks to Carlo for the tip.
# Workaround for the Joomla! 1.7.0 bug: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=26617
June 2011, v.2.0.3 Beta version for Joomla! 1.6 released. It's NOT compatible with Joomla! 1.5 in order to be really Native for Joomla! 1.6. Old v.1.XX packages of yvComment for Joomla! 1.5 are still available for download.
+ Integrated with KeyCAPTCHA
+ Russian, Spanish and Italian language packs updated
+ Full ACL support.
Most extensions now-a-days are "plug and play". While this one does work, it most definitely isn't plug and play.
Take a peek at the open-source forum (1700+ posts) about this product and j1.5. You will see it has given a few people headaches.
Personally, nothing worked right off the bat, but digging around for awhile got me to get it in working order. In my opinion, the whole extension is overthought and doesn't need to be that complicated. The developer responds well and it is good to see a lively extension such as this, but don't expect to extract and publish a couple of plugins and expect it to work.
Take a peek at the open-source forum (1700+ posts) about this product and j1.5. You will see it has given a few people headaches.
Personally, nothing worked right off the bat, but digging around for awhile got me to get it in working order. In my opinion, the whole extension is overthought and doesn't need to be that complicated. The developer responds well and it is good to see a lively extension such as this, but don't expect to extract and publish a couple of plugins and expect it to work.
Owner's reply
The short explanation of why yvComment is not "plug and play" from Your point of view is this:
yvComment is tightly coupled with Joomla core hence it depends on many setting of Joomla core, e.g. related to User permissions/access levels, Category for Comments etc. This is why you have to read documentation, understand Joomla AND set that necessary Joomla core settings to have yvComment work properly at your site.
BTW, I always have feelings similar to yours when I'm installing CB - one of the most popular Joomla extensions...
I can say is good or very good I really test and I start think is good but the end I get the captcha.
You need to use in Joomla 1.7 teh Keycaptcha is not free . That means also your web have delays reading the keycaptcha server is never google recaptcha.
I am interest in speed and functionality but I no get that with that component
You need to use in Joomla 1.7 teh Keycaptcha is not free . That means also your web have delays reading the keycaptcha server is never google recaptcha.
I am interest in speed and functionality but I no get that with that component
Owner's reply
Yes, now Keycaptcha is the only option for Joomla 1.6-1.7. The "trick" is simple: their team was the only one to collaborate with me on the subject; other earlier compatible captchas were not updated for Joomla 1.6...
We are lucky Joomla 2.5 will have Captcha support in a core. I will definitely allow yvComment to use that core Captcha plugin.
This plugin is working great, great job man.
i have one issue using it, maybe i didn't set up parameters right, the thing is when a user log in via CB he cannot comment, i have to assign user to Author group manually to make him able to comment, there's any possibility to make all registered users in CB to comment without i manually assign them to Author group? or there's a possibility to make all registered users in CB to be automatically in Author group?
Hope to get an answer quickly
Thanks again
i have one issue using it, maybe i didn't set up parameters right, the thing is when a user log in via CB he cannot comment, i have to assign user to Author group manually to make him able to comment, there's any possibility to make all registered users in CB to comment without i manually assign them to Author group? or there's a possibility to make all registered users in CB to be automatically in Author group?
Hope to get an answer quickly
Thanks again
I have been looking for an extension in 1.6 that would just work the way it is supposed to. Tried all of them. At first I was a little leery since this is Alpha but once installed I was quite pleased. After putting it through its paces I actually put it on an active site.
One little problem, I tried to dis-allow the uncategorised category in the module and got some sort of mysqli error. Small problem but this is an Alpha.
Keep up the good work.
One little problem, I tried to dis-allow the uncategorised category in the module and got some sort of mysqli error. Small problem but this is an Alpha.
Keep up the good work.
I was truly happy to finally see a free article commenting component for joomla 1.6.
1 problem though I can't seem to find: I first installed it on my test server before going live and worked like a charm. But when I finally installed it on my live website and transfered the styling pages it works except for the "amount of comments" on the frontpage (featured articles). Although its an almost exact copy it doesnt show (it set to "below article" and "afterDisplayContent" is shown in the code)
1 problem though I can't seem to find: I first installed it on my test server before going live and worked like a charm. But when I finally installed it on my live website and transfered the styling pages it works except for the "amount of comments" on the frontpage (featured articles). Although its an almost exact copy it doesnt show (it set to "below article" and "afterDisplayContent" is shown in the code)
Owner's reply
Thanks Muts for testing this "Alpha" version of yvComment for Joomla! v.1.6
As I see from your report yvComment package is ready to be called "Beta".
And as usial: please post your problem reports to the yvComment's Support forum thread. The JED is NOT for resolving any issues ;-)
I have not been a Joomla! user long, but i have tried my fair share in other commenting components, and nothing compares to yvComment. The tool itself is excellent and the support on this was superb! They even helped out with a technical issue that was not even really related to them and explained in detail how to fix it and what the issue might be. I can't imagine using something else :D
I have tried this comment system in the past and now and it works great when its right configured and up and running but this could have been a very successful comment system if not "This extension by default includes hidden links/advertising. Hidden links/advertising can affect the Search Engine ranking."
A better solution would have been to set up Google ads on his own web site page for this extension instead.
A better solution would have been to set up Google ads on his own web site page for this extension instead.
Owner's reply
yvComment does have a link to its own Homepage, and its not hidden - exactly the same as Joomla! package has a link to its own Homepage in default template...
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' :-)
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:
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")
Thank you - comprehensive installation instructions, easy to set up and use, works as advertised. Much appreciated !
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.
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.
"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!
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
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