With the version bump of the Labs/blogs WordPress-µ software to 2.7, we have threaded comments running live here with Simplish 2.1.4, obviating the (regular WordPress) site that had served that demo.
A version 2.1.5 of Simplish will be along soon that eliminates the WordPress version 2.6 compatibility code, and is compatible only with WordPress ≥2.7.
Simplish 2.1.4 is an update to support WordPress 2.7, including the new threaded comments feature.
feed:// typo in (default) sidebar syndication links (thanks eighty4.se).id and class to not have same name (introduce “commentslist”).Download Simplish version 2.1.4 here, or see it soon in the WordPress themes directory.
1 – Threaded comment support has not yet been added to WordPress-mu, the software this blog and the Simplish Demo run atop. Until it is, you can check out Simplish’s rendition of threaded comments at a test site.
As mentioned in comments on my original mild objection, I’ve been convinced that threaded discussions, new in the upcoming WordPress version 2.7, are a good value at the price. So today I slapped support for the feature into Simplish. This version of the theme should be considered “beta” quality, just like the new WordPress features on which it’s built. Both are subject to change before final release.
The demo shows a “jacob’s ladder” style for the comments/replies layout, where both left and right margins are indented per-thread-level. It’s an (experimental) attempt to ease the “comment chaos” feeling a deeply-threaded discussion can give.
A special thanks to Otto for his comments and his indispensable threaded comments getting-started doc.
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In a context completely unrelated to “threaded” discussion comments on blog posts, Rob Pike once wrote:
Threads are like salt. I like salt, you like salt, we all like salt. But we eat more pasta than salt.
Implementing (what will eventually be) WordPress 2.7’s new threaded comments is not difficult, and doing so yields a moderately useful new organization element: threading, or individual replies, similar to the presentation of discussion forums, many newsreaders, the Gmail message list, or the Twitter @. This post by Ottodestruct has plenty of info to get you started against the latest subversion tip to get threaded comments working in your theme.
Many themes are built with, even around, JavaScript. If Simplish already loaded even one script, we’d certainly add the cool new threads. But Simplish is supposed to be simple, and it is supposed to be a feature that the theme loads no JavaScript in a default configuration.
I will probably link to a quick alpha Simplish with cut-and-paste test code for a threaded comments template shortly, but I’m interested in opinions right now.
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Simplish version 2.1.5
Simplish 2.1.5 spruces up support for WordPress version 2.7 features, and is only compatible with WordPress versions ≥ 2.7. The changes are focused on complete support for features, removing compatibility code for older WordPress versions, and fixing a few bugs.
post_class()everywhere but the page template</a>that slipped into the 2.1.4 release (validation)ol/ullielements (thanks Demetris @ op111.net)ol/ullielementsNOTICEnote.wp_logout_url()in sidebar logout linkget_search_form()ocomments.phpfile, and much compatibility code fromfunctions.php(removes support for wp < 2.7)wp_list_pages()calls with newwp_page_menu()to allow in-function “Home” linkDownload Simplish version 2.1.5 here, or see it soon in the WordPress themes directory.