Comment Pages in S2: the old becomes new
One of our long-running projects is to remove the old crufty code written in BML (our old templating system) and replace it with better alternatives throughout the site. And the coding for talkread.bml -- which is what is used any time you load up a site-skinned comment page -- is a particularly painful example.
Add to that, having the site-skinned comment pages be written one way, and custom comment pages another, makes it likely for one to lag behind the other. For example: site-skinned comment pages show the link for entries with screened comments as: "x visible | y screened". But S2 comment pages didn't have that information until this code push!
So I'm really happy to say that we have a new version of the comments page which uses pure S2, so now site-skinned comment pages and journal-styled comment pages are formed the same way on the backend even if they don't look the same. exor674 worked hard on the backend to make this possible, then
momijizukamori came through with some spit and polish (with some help from
kunzite).
The idea is for the new version to look as much as possible like the old version, though there might be a few discrepancies, because the backend is so different. momijizukamori has done her best to mimic the look and feel of the old comment pages. But the comments page is one of the most used pages here, so we'd like you all to come and give it a good shakedown.
Turn on beta testing for the "New S2 Comment Pages" -- and let us know in comments if you find anything out of the ordinary.
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I've heard this is an issue with the S2 system that the developers weren't sure if they wanted to keep in, so I understand the reasoning, but that's my two cents on it so far.
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But I'll definitely keep it on the table *g*
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(Some other things I noticed I'm gonna put in a new comment now, heh.)
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Beta testing on: http://i.imgur.com/TN8k6.jpg
With this I can officially crown myself the queen of online errors. It never stops!
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Additionally, I like to comment from my smartphone, and don't like the mobile interface (which is neither here nor there), so I use the regular site, as it displays just fine. But with the comment titles made links, that's just one more thing I can accidentally click on while I'm just trying to scroll through the page.
Essentially, I don't think there was anything wrong with the previous comment title format (i.e. non-linked), and would be thrilled if it did not change.
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