Comment Author Context v1.0

Details

Overview

In the context of a comment, all <$mt:AuthorSOMETHING$> function tags refer to the author of the entry or page where the comments were left. This default behavior in Movable Type (as of MT4.25) creates a situation where it is never possible to output author data for a commenter.

Description

The CommentAuthorContext plugin creates a block tag called <mt:CommentAuthorContext> in which <$mt:AuthorSOMETHING$> function tags will refer to the author of the comment.

Usage

1. Create a "user" CustomField. We'll use <$mt:AuthorDataTwitter$> for this example.
2. Place the <mt:CommentAuthorContext> block tag inside the <mt:Comments> tag block (typically in the entry or page detail template).
3. Place your "user" CustomFields inside the <mt:CommentAuthorContext> tag block.

Final code might look something like this:

<mt:Comments>
    <mt:CommentAuthorContext>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/<$mt:AuthorDataTwitter$>/"><$mt:AuthorDataTwitter$></a>
    <mt:Else>
        I'm an anonymous commenter
    </mt:CommentAuthorContext>
</mt:Comments>

This could also be achieved without the plugin through this more processing intensive code:

<mt:Comments>
    <$mt:CommentAuthor setvar="display_name"$>
    <mt:Authors display_name="$display_name" need_entry="0" need_association="0">
        <a href="http://twitter.com/<$mt:AuthorDataTwitter$>/"><$mt:AuthorDataTwitter$></a>
    </mt:Authors>
</mt:Comments>

Compatibility

Movable Type versions: 4.35.05.15.26.0 Verified