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b2evo comments system just doesn't work :]

1 Jul 11, 2011 16:06    

My b2evolution Version: Not Entered

I've been using b2evo for a few years and during the few times I've had comments enabled, I've really njoyed being able to interact with my readers. That's part of the fun when growing a community, being able to interact with them.

The lack of spam protection renders the comments system in b2 3.3.3 absolutely useless. I'd disabled comments altogether as I'm sick of having to delete unique IPs again and again.

Is there a way we can add a comments system from another website on a per post basis? I notice that facebook has this facility and is used on some newspaper websites such as the New York Post: http://tinyurl.com/6jjghcg

I'm really looking forward to getting my site 'active' again and with Google+ appearing, maybe it will provide some similar sort of facility.

My site as is: www.VirtualAutonomy.com

Edit: Have just come across http://disqus.com/ another commenting platform.

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2 Jul 11, 2011 18:52

There are several techniques to minimize (or almost eliminate) spam comments. Basically this is what you should do.

  • upgrade to v4.0.5, there's a new protection mechanism against automatic form submissions

  • install a Recaptcha plugin

  • in Basic Antispam plugin set "Feedback sensitivity to links" to 1

  • apply the hack below

    • [/list:u] Copy the file /skins/_item_comment_form.inc.php to the skin you are using. Comment out this line of code 
    $Form->text( 'o', $comment_author_url, 40, T_('Website'), '<br />'.T_('Your URL will be displayed.'), 100, 'bComment' );
    Then open the file /htsrv/comment_post.php and change 
    // VALIDATION:
    to 
    // VALIDATION:

if( !empty($url) ) die('spammer');
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3 Jul 12, 2011 10:06

Sam,

Thanks for the reply, I might give it a whirl.

Does your Pyrmont skin work with version 4.x of b2evolution?

At this point consistency in style is more important to me than extra functionality. ;]

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4 Jul 12, 2011 10:30

Yes it works in b2evolution 4.0.5

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5 Jul 12, 2011 16:11

Just upgraded to 4.0.5 and everything is working properly. No problems with layout etc... :]

Sorted, thanks for your advice Sam :]

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6 Jul 14, 2011 16:34

I wish B2E had an easy way to close comments on old posts - most other blogging platforms have this ability.

Thanks to sam2kb on another topic (http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=21547), I now close comments on older posts, which resolves 99% of my comment spam.

Now if only I could do something as easily with referral spam! ;-)

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