The easiest way is to use b2evolution v5 which applies renderer plugins to comments. The autolinks plugins allows to do this.

http://b2evolution.net/man/technical-reference/plugins/renderer-plugins/autolinks-plugin

(The plugin exists in previous versions but applies to posts only. It can be applied to comments starting with v5,0,0-alpha - of course it's not enabled by default, for spam reasons)

@fplanque wrote:

The easiest way is to use b2evolution v5 which applies renderer plugins to comments

Is it stable enough? I thought about this but was scared away by its 'alpha' status. My website is very low traffic if it's important.

Is there any special procedure for upgrading to v5? Will it be able to use my current v4 database?

@fplanque wrote:

The easiest way is to use b2evolution v5 which applies renderer plugins to comments. The autolinks plugins allows to do this.

http://b2evolution.net/man/technical-reference/plugins/renderer-plugins/autolinks-plugin

(The plugin exists in previous versions but applies to posts only. It can be applied to comments starting with v5,0,0-alpha - of course it's not enabled by default, for spam reasons)

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@adelante wrote:

Is it stable enough? I thought about this but was scared away by its 'alpha' status. My website is very low traffic if it's important.

Is there any special procedure for upgrading to v5? Will it be able to use my current v4 database?

The only real problem with the alpha is that everything can still change. Plugins and skins developed for the alpha version are not guaranteed to work in the final version. For the rest, it's pretty stable.

The upgrade procedure is exactly the same as it's always been since version 2.0. It will upgrade your v4 db to v5. This is not reversible. Make a backup first.

@fplanque wrote:

Plugins and skins developed for the alpha version are not guaranteed to work in the final version. For the rest, it's pretty stable.

Can you expand that , what might change ? Cause i plan to release a skin or two and maybe a plugin before the next b2 release (it would be in mid Jan. as far as i remember from what you said earlier)

@tilqicom : new disp handlers, different nesting of skin files, differen *.main file. Many things. This area is far from complete. But globally you skins will continue to work, as skins for v4 , v3 or v2 will continue to work. They just won't leverage 100% of the API.