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Comment Section Tips

Comment "Armor"

Inside of the comment form, you can insert a hidden item called "armor." Example: <input type="hidden/ name="armor" id="armor" value="1">.

This works in conjunction with Javascript to dynamically change the form value to a unique hash value that helps add one additional layer of anti-spam security to your comment form. Here is an example using jQuery:

$(function() {
    form = $("#comment_form_identifier_here");
    form.submit(function() {
        $("#armor").val(mt.blog.comments.armor);
        return true;
    });
});

Required Input Names

The comment system uses certain input names to drive its international workings. For example, it assumes that if there is a form element whose name is "post," the user is posting a comment. A submit button with the name "post" will submit a comment; one with the name "preview" will show the user a preview of their comment before it is posted. The other two options are "reply and "reply_preview."

<input name="comment" type="submit"/> will result in the comment script aborting the post.

<input name="post" type="submit"/> will cause the comment script to attempt to post the comment (passing it through spam filters, etc. before finally posting it).

 

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Credits

• Author: Mike Thomsen
• Edited by: Violet Bliss Dietz