Help with Comment Section for Site

[chappyk]

Hey Guys:

I have just switched over to a linux server from windows. Should have a party, lol.

Anyway, one thing my site does not have is the ability for readers to leave comments. Can someone help me in this regard ( in how to go about creating a comment space under each article )

Or what someone told me to look into ...a php bb forum?

Thanks in advance

[HTMLBasicTutor]

First of all we need to know what your site is running. Is it a static HTML site? Is a site that already runs PHP?

[chappyk]

Our site is Dynamic, database driven, and yes already running PHP

[pipeten]

Is it based on any CMS or is it a completely bespoke written site?

[GotLiveChat]

Based on the CMS you're using, and modules available to you through your hosting provider, there may already be an easy option to add commenting to your site. I'd start with your hosting provider 1st -- see what's included (to save you from having to develop it).

[chappyk]

we are using godaddy who does not support comment pages. As far as I have been told by them

[ScriptMan]

Originally Posted by chappyk

we are using godaddy who does not support comment pages. As far as I have been told by them

Been a long time since I had anything hosted at Godaddy, but they do support MySQL and php. That is all you need for a comment page. They may not have an installable one. They never had a cgi version that I know of.

[chappyk]

So, whats the si'mplest way to go about doing it. For my web guy, the only thing he hasn't ever done yet is to create a comment section

[ScriptMan]

It starts with an input form* of the information you are going to allow the visitors to post. Then comes the database table creation and the script to cleanse and enter the data into the database. Then you need a page to pull the data from the database and display it on the correct page.

Perhaps the most challenging part comes last, an admin section where you can review, approve, reject and/or moderate any posts that were made.

There is a whole lot of thinking and flow charts to be done before the first line of code is written. *Actually asking yourself what information you want to see from each poster is the very first step because the input form including any hidden fields will be determined by the output you want to see.

Cruise some sites and look at their comment forms to get a feel for what you do and don't want. You might also wish to read this thread where I question the common concept of allowing links for posting a comment. http://www.v7n.com/forums/social-net...ml#post1828918

You might be able to find something that is GPL licensed or low cost that you can mod. A guestbook script and a comment form are not worlds apart. A few DB fields + - and they are virtually the same.


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[J. H. Rasmussen]

If you do a little searching, you will see that there is a lot of free comment scripts out there.

I found this comment script: http://www.commentics.org/ It looks like it have all the things needed for a comment script and it's programmed in php and licensed under the gnu general public license.

I don't have any experience with the script, so i don't know if it's a good or bad script.

You could also use facebook's comment plug-in. But that will probably require uses to be logged on facebook to leave a comment on your website. However it might be good for social sharing comments.

If you use a specific cms like wp, there might exist a plug-in for it.

[ScriptMan]

That seems to be a nice set of scripts that J H mentioned. The back end appears to be quite comprehensive. If it integrates well or easily with your existing site you might give it some serious consideration.