has anyone helped you with this yet? (I wanted to ask before I went
all out trying to explain it all to you.)

You get the files to the left in the FILES menu (above PHOTOS).

Personally, I was going to try to get the Uberdotcomments working --
because I keep getting a lot of spam using the 2 dot 5 version. :(
Idiot spammers.

The spam doesn't show up on any of the comment windows, but writes to
the php file of the script itself. (it is annoying to get 300 spams in
the email).

:) but the comment script does work. I've used it for... I guess 3
years now.

If you still need help with this, IM me on AIM - perotheus is my SN there.

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "disfasia" <disfasia@...>
wrote:
>
> enetation shut down, i tried haloscan and that didn't work. now i
would like to see if i could
> get this working.
>
> 1. what do i download?
> 2. what exactly do i have to do to get this workign with iblog?
> thanks
>

enetation shut down, i tried haloscan and that didn't work. now i would like to
see if i could
get this working.

1. what do i download?
2. what exactly do i have to do to get this workign with iblog?
thanks

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "j_eric_coleman"
<yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> I have PHP4 setup on a win2k machine, and posting messages wouldn't
> work.  There was no error or anything.  To fix it, I had to add the
> following 4 lines near the top of the script.
>
> $commentName = $_POST["commentName"];
> $commentmail = $_POST["commentMail"];
> $commentSite = $_POST["commentSite"];
> $commentText = $_POST["commentText"];
>
> It seems that those 4 variables were empty when data was posted to
> the php page.  After adding that, everything is peachy.
>

I don't understand it, but it's a miracle.  Thank you.

Unfortunately my comments thing isnt working at all anymore. I don't
remember doing anything. The url is
http://pixeltear.l2p.net/indext.php . Can anyone help?

Just installed dotcomments today, set up a test page and it works
great! But a problem occured when I tried including the link in my
actual blog.

All my pages are in php, but the form that publishes the blog,
writes to a txt-file which is included on the blog-page. I included
all the javascript-coding there (the header code and the other one),
but the link gets messed up and the popup-window won't show
(obviously, since the link gets messed up).

The link (showed in the status-bar) looks something like this:
http://www.mysite.com/"javascript:viewcomments(99966)/"

It seems it is trying to make a directory of the js-link:P
Strange thingy.

The blogform writes to a php-script, and the link-code...
<a href="javascript:viewComments(999966)">
<? echo commentCount(999966); ?></a>
...is just another variable I called $link which is written to the
txt-file like the other input fields.

Is there any way to fix this?

Dotcomments works fine and everything, the link just gets messed up
when included in the blog.txt-file.

Thanks! Have a nice day:)

----- Original Message -----

From: Jackie :9

To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 11:12 AM

Subject: Re: [dotcomments-support] Fixed the problem

Actually it was just my mistake I added the old javascript code and not the new one that was available on the site. That was it... sorry I could'nt be of much help.

----- Original Message -----

From: Jackie :9

To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:09 PM

Subject: Re: [dotcomments-support] Fixed the problem

I'm sorry but I fixed the new problem about the number not changing. Thank you for your time and help and I hope you discard the other email as I have managed to fix it. Once again, thank you very much.

I'm sorry but I fixed the new problem about the number not changing. Thank you for your time and help and I hope you discard the other email as I have managed to fix it. Once again, thank you very much.

Jackie wrote:
> My site, pixeltear.l2p.net, I added the comments and scripts and
> everything but every time I add a comment it never stays. The number
> never changes either. Anyone have any suggestions?

Or more precisely, your page http://pixeltear.l2p.net/blogt.php (it
always increases the amount of help you'll get if you don't make people
click a link, then dig a URL out of an iframe, to find the source you're
talking about.)

  From readme.txt:

$comments_path [REQUIRED]
This variable stores the exact path on your server in which comments.php
will be located.  i.e. if your weblog is hosted at
http://www.mydomain.com/weblog/, $comments_path =
"http://www.mydomain.com/weblog/".   Note that this path MUST end with a
forward slash (/).

Since your comment form is submitting to
http://www.pixeltear.l2p.net/blogt.php/comments.php I'd guess you have
it set to http://www.pixeltear.l2p.net/blogt.php/ rather than
http://www.pixeltear.l2p.net/ which is where comments.php is.

Phil Ringnalda

My site, pixeltear.l2p.net, I added the comments and scripts and
everything but every time I add a comment it never stays. The number
never changes either. Anyone have any suggestions?

Hey all,

I've been using Phil's dotcomments and they have been working great
for me for a number of years, however, I recently upgraded to Win2k3,
IIS 6.0 and PHP 5. After fighting to get PHP5 funtioning with IIS, I
finally succeeded. However, my comments no longer funtion like they did.

Commentcount.php still functions perfectly, however, the comments
themselves will not load even though all are still there and counted
correctly. I've checked everything - permissions included. Permissions
don't seem to be an issue because I can read/write to disc as an
internet user.  When I write a new comment, is saves it back my
comment file as .comment with no numbers in front. That comment
becomes available to every single post becuase it has no unique
identifying number.  The comments that DO have unique identifying
numbers aren't being read by comments.php anymore.

Please help,

www.gositinthecar.com/blog/

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "Angela Allen" <angela@l.
..> wrote:
> This info can be found around line 27 in your comments.php file:
[...]
> So, it's in this order:
>   1.. comment date

[snip]

Ah, I'd seen an example and didn't realize it was storing time in Unix
format. That would be why I was confused.

Thanks for your help!

--
Kate Nepveu
kate.nepveu@...

1. comment date
2. commenter's name
3. commenter's email address
4. comment text
5. commenter's website URL
6. commenter's IP address

----- Original Message -----

From: Kate_Nepveu

To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:59 AM

Subject: [dotcomments-support] Format of comments file?

Dear all,

This is a slightly odd question, but can someone tell me the format of
the text file that dotcomments stores comments in?

Specifically, I understand that it stores each comment on a single
line, delimited by [+]. What fields are separated by the [+] and what
order are they in?

[The reason I ask: I have comments in another system that uses a
similar format, though not identical, and want to import them into MT.
There's a script to do this for dotcomments-formatted files, and I
think it would be easier to turn my existing comments file into a
dotcomments one rather than rewriting the script, since I don't know
any scripting.)

Thanks.

Dear all,

This is a slightly odd question, but can someone tell me the format of
the text file that dotcomments stores comments in?

Specifically, I understand that it stores each comment on a single
line, delimited by [+]. What fields are separated by the [+] and what
order are they in?

[The reason I ask: I have comments in another system that uses a
similar format, though not identical, and want to import them into MT.
There's a script to do this for dotcomments-formatted files, and I
think it would be easier to turn my existing comments file into a
dotcomments one rather than rewriting the script, since I don't know
any scripting.)

Thanks.

Angela-

I appreciate your suggestions. I was able to figure
out the problem and they work :) functional comments
woo!

I have not configured grey duck's or uber comments
yet. I fixed my spam filters so they take the
unnumbered comments (that aren't linked or referenced
to any particular post " New Comment [] " and my spam
filters stick them in a junk folder :) it's just a
temporary work around until I have time to deal with
the issue.

Thanks again!

/ Aaron

--- Angela Allen <angela@...> wrote:

> You may want to check and see if your server's PHP
> configuration has "register_globals" turned off.
> I've found that dotcomments requires it to be on in
> order to function properly.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> ~ Angela
>
>
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Jim Ellwanger
>   To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:43 PM
>   Subject: [dotcomments-support] No comments
> found...
>
>
>   I've had the original version of Dotcomments on my
> two blogs since
>   April 2004...
>
>   http://www.baseballrelated.com/
>   http://www.ellwanger.tv/blog/
>
>   ...and everything was working fine until sometime
> near the end of April
>   2005.  Now comments (new and old) aren't actually
> showing up when
>   looking at the site, although new comments do get
> saved as a file (and
>   e-mailed to me); all posts say "0 comments" and
> result in "no comments
>   found," even when there are comments there.
>
>   Both my sites are hosted by Dreamhost; the only
> thing I can see that
>   might possibly be a problem is that they
> apparently turned off the
>   "allow_url_fopen" PHP configuration on April 20th,
> but that's not
>   something I see in the Dotcomments scripts (just
> "@fopen," which I
>   assume is something different).
>
>   Anyone have any ideas?
>
>   --
>   Jim Ellwanger <trainman@...>
>   <http://www.ellwanger.tv>
>   "The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the
trains."


http://www.perotheus.com

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

----- Original Message -----

From: Jim Ellwanger

To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:43 PM

Subject: [dotcomments-support] No comments found...

I've had the original version of Dotcomments on my two blogs since
April 2004...

http://www.baseballrelated.com/
http://www.ellwanger.tv/blog/

...and everything was working fine until sometime near the end of April
2005.  Now comments (new and old) aren't actually showing up when
looking at the site, although new comments do get saved as a file (and
e-mailed to me); all posts say "0 comments" and result in "no comments
found," even when there are comments there.

Both my sites are hosted by Dreamhost; the only thing I can see that
might possibly be a problem is that they apparently turned off the
"allow_url_fopen" PHP configuration on April 20th, but that's not
something I see in the Dotcomments scripts (just "@fopen," which I
assume is something different).

Anyone have any ideas?

--
Jim Ellwanger <trainman@...>
<http://www.ellwanger.tv>
"The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the trains."

I've had the original version of Dotcomments on my two blogs since
April 2004...

http://www.baseballrelated.com/
http://www.ellwanger.tv/blog/

...and everything was working fine until sometime near the end of April
2005.  Now comments (new and old) aren't actually showing up when
looking at the site, although new comments do get saved as a file (and
e-mailed to me); all posts say "0 comments" and result in "no comments
found," even when there are comments there.

Both my sites are hosted by Dreamhost; the only thing I can see that
might possibly be a problem is that they apparently turned off the
"allow_url_fopen" PHP configuration on April 20th, but that's not
something I see in the Dotcomments scripts (just "@fopen," which I
assume is something different).

Anyone have any ideas?

--
Jim Ellwanger <trainman@...>
<http://www.ellwanger.tv>
"The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the trains."

hey there,

has anyone implemented a form of validation that's decreased their
comment spam?  if so, can you share it in a way that's comprehensible
to a non-tech minded person?  I am drowning in comment spam these days :).

thanks!
Leila

FIXED!!!

My problem was in the portion of code you place in the top of your
HTML template.

This is how the script is now, and the counts are working.
If you have problems copy/pasting this from this page, email me and
I'll send you the code in a .txt file.


<?
function commentCount($n) {
   // set the same values from comments.php
   $bannedIP = array("200.206.239.236","200.18.97.113");
   $banIPMode = "0";
   $comments_path = "";
   // Don't edit from this point
   if($file = @fopen($comments_path . "comments/$n.comment", 'r')) {
     $thisFile = fread($file, '1000000');
     $thisFile = explode("\n", trim($thisFile));
     fclose($file);
     $comments = sizeof($thisFile);
     if($banIPMode)
       for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($thisFile); $i++) {
         $thisComment = explode('[+]', $thisFile[$i]);
         if($thisComment[6] || $banIPMode != 4 &&
in_array($thisComment[5], $bannedIP)) $comments--;
       }
     if($comments == 1) {$comments .= " comment";} else {$comments .= "
comments";}
   } else
     $comments = "0 comments";
   return $comments;
}
?>

(put this above your <head> tag, at the very top of your html
document)

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "peromedic"
<peromedic@y...> wrote:
> I am still trying to work on a solution for this. I am weary of the
> problem by now. I have checked the first section of code and
re-placed
> it twice. I have checked the bit of code in the <head of the
document.
> I have checked the script that opens the comment window. I don't
know
> enough about PHP to know if that file has an error.
>
> I am at a loss. If I manage to find the solution I will document it
> here (and keep the information for future problems people have since
> it is common).
>
> The count used to work. The comments post - the only thing not
working
> is the count. ANY help or suggestions is appreciated - many people
are
> stuck on 0 waiting for assistance.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "caldha" <mick@f...>
wrote:
> > I am still having some issues with comments being recorded and
> > showing on the comments page. I have went over and over it all.
> >
> > http://www.bastardinc.com
> >
> > Who knows, could be like usual, I skipped something once again.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --Mick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "peromedic"
> > <peromedic@y...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I realize that this post is old, but the number count problem
seems
> > to be a common issue.
> > >
> > > in the past I have used FTP to upload comments to old posts
(like I
> > did when I switched
> > > hosts). And it worked great.
> > >
> > > I am wondering how well this wil work if I attempt it again
> > (deleting and uploading the
> > > comments files and folder again), then changing the permissions
to
> > 777.
> > >
> > > I don't really want to lose all of the comments, and wondered
how
> > much luck anyone else
> > > has had with this process. (thanks)
> > >
> > > --- In dotcomments-support@y
> ahoogroups.com, "boltyboy69"
> > <matthew@m...> wrote:
> > > > This works fine BUT you MUST delete the old comments files
first.
> > > >
> > > > matthew Holt
> > > > --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, Listas
<listas@o...>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hello dotcomments-support,
> > > > >
> > > > > i was almost pulling my hair out, because the countcomments
was
> > not
> > > > > working.
> > > > >
> > > > > then i discovered that the problem is on the readme file,
line
> > 204
> > > > >
> > > > > when you read:
> > > > > <a href="javascript:viewComments(<$BlogItemNumber$>)"><?
echo
> > > > commentCount(<$BlogItemNumber$>); ?></a>
> > > > >
> > > > > should be:
> > > > > <a href="javascript:viewComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>')"><?
echo
> > > > commentCount('<$BlogItemNumber$>'); ?></a>
> > > > >
> > > > > what's the big deal, you might ask.
> > > > >
> > > > > The big deal are the single quotes. If you use this line
without
> > > > > quotes, javascript will convert the huge number to another
one,
> > and
> > > > > when PHP tries to open the file javascript funcion as
passing
> > to
> > > > it,
> > > > > the file doesn't exist.
> > > > >
> > > > > example: my postid was: javascript:viewComments
> > > > (106147597912476108).
> > > > >          when the first user created a comment, PHP
recorded a
> > file
> > > > >          called "106147597912476110.comment". Since You use
a
> > > > nonquoted
> > > > >          number through javascript, you comment engine will
> > work.
> > > > But
> > > > >          not the counter. PHP will try to open the file
> > > > >          1.0614759791248E+017.comment, and get a 404.
> > > > >
> > > > >          But i could post and read, because javascript was
> > passing
> > > > >          106147597912476110 to the file comments.php.
> > > > >
> > > > >          Then, when i figured out (after a bunch of alert()
> > > > debugs), i
> > > > >          quoted the numbers and everything started to work.
but
> > i
> > > > had
> > > > >          to rename my old comment files.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's a great comment system, simple and powerfull, with
only a
> > bug
> > > > on
> > > > > the installation instructions. great work.
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh; i also made the form a little more beatiful adding a
line
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > > style section (line 93), comments.php:
> > > > >
> > > > > input, textarea {font-family: <?php echo $font_face; ?>;
font-
> > > > size: <?echo $font_size; ?>}
> > > > >
> > > > > that's all folks. happy coding.
> > > > >
> > > > > system: msie 5.5, mozilla firebird, win2k sp4

Some idiot spammer (but I repeat myself) hit one of my hosted sites
over the last day or so, generating all of about 10 emails to the site
owner... but not generating actual comments. How, you ask? They were
calling the script blind, without a query string to indicate which
entry the "comment" belonged to.

And so, I've implemented a check for 'getenv('QUERY_STRING')' that
silently kills the script if none is found. If anyone wants my quickly
kludged code, just drop me a private note.

(This is against "regular" dotcomments, mind you, not uber or any of
the other new variants.)

Your authorization might be failing if Safe Mode is turned on on your
server.  If that's the case (as it was for me) you can remove the
authorization code from the comments and resave the file as something
else (like commentsadmin.php) store that file in a seperate directory
that you can protect via .htaccess or whatever method you want.  then
point your admin link to that file.  Hopefully that's clear.  That's
what I did and though I'm still tweaking things, it seems to work just
fine.


--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "Angela Allen"
<angela@l...> wrote:
> Heya, Mobius...been trying to get your Uber-script to work on my
site, and I'm so close (and yet so far)!
>
> I've tweaked it to "work" (meaning, look like it's working) on my
site, in that the window will pop up and contain the previously-made
comments that were submitted with the basic dotcomments script --
which I had working flawlessly.  I integrated my customized code from
the original script into yours to suit my preferred layout.
>
> When I try to post a comment or login, however, I get nothing.
Submitting the comment form results in a refresh of the comments
window -- I get no comment added, no "comment status" messages,
nothing.  Also, the cookie doesn't seem to be "sticking," since I have
to retype my info every time the window opens.
>
> And ALSO (*whew*), when I try to click the "admin" link to enter my
username and password, the script refuses to accept the username and
password I enter, even though they match my variable values in
comments.php.  (When I set the $admin variable to "true," I can see
the ban/delete links just fine, but I'm prompted for a username and
password when I click on one, and, of course, the username and
password I enter are rejected.)
>
> Even when I ONLY change the form code and the variables at the top,
it's doing the same thing.  I've double-checked my form code to make
sure I didn't leave anything out versus your version of the form, and
the only variables I omitted from the top of the script are the style
variables (since all my styles are done through classes on a
stylesheet anyway).
>
> Any thoughts?  I've checked all the obvious stuff, like permissions
and whether or not my caps lock was on.  :p
>
> Let me know if you need me to post my code...  This will be pretty
handy if I can get it working!
>
>
>                   ~ Angela ~
>                   Proud wife of USAF SSgt Kerry Allen ~ 11 October 1999
>                   Proud big sister of USAF SrA "Dewey" Taylor
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>                   LunaClick.net  ~  About Me  ~  Albums  ~  BlogSpace
>                   ECHS Alumni  ~  Forum  ~  LunaShoppe  ~  PSP Goodies
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>                   RAF Mildenhall Spouses | Goodfellow AFB Spouses
>                   Pagan Military Spouses | PCS PSP | Mad About Tags
>
>
>
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: mobiustrip44
>   To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:12 PM
>   Subject: [dotcomments-support] Überdotcomments
>
>
>
>
>   just added to the file library a tweaked-out version of dotcomments w/
>   comment deletion, IP banning, blogger post-page support, spammer
>   checking, and url & lengthy-text truncation!
>
>   not for remote setups.  may require additional tweaking to work on
>   your server.  doesn't seem to be compatible with dreamhost atm, but
>   we're trying to work that out.
>
>   see it in action at jewschool.com.

----- Original Message -----

From: peromedic

To: dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 12:47 PM

Subject: [dotcomments-support] Solution for "0 comments".??

I am still trying to work on a solution for this. I am weary of the
problem by now. I have checked the first section of code and re-placed
it twice. I have checked the bit of code in the <head of the document.
I have checked the script that opens the comment window. I don't know
enough about PHP to know if that file has an error.

I am at a loss. If I manage to find the solution I will document it
here (and keep the information for future problems people have since
it is common).

The count used to work. The comments post - the only thing not working
is the count. ANY help or suggestions is appreciated - many people are
stuck on 0 waiting for assistance.

Thank you.

I am still trying to work on a solution for this. I am weary of the
problem by now. I have checked the first section of code and re-placed
it twice. I have checked the bit of code in the <head of the document.
I have checked the script that opens the comment window. I don't know
enough about PHP to know if that file has an error.

I am at a loss. If I manage to find the solution I will document it
here (and keep the information for future problems people have since
it is common).

The count used to work. The comments post - the only thing not working
is the count. ANY help or suggestions is appreciated - many people are
stuck on 0 waiting for assistance.

Thank you.

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "caldha" <mick@f...> wrote:
> I am still having some issues with comments being recorded and
> showing on the comments page. I have went over and over it all.
>
> http://www.bastardinc.com
>
> Who knows, could be like usual, I skipped something once again.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --Mick
>
>
>
>
> --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "peromedic"
> <peromedic@y...> wrote:
> >
> > I realize that this post is old, but the number count problem seems
> to be a common issue.
> >
> > in the past I have used FTP to upload comments to old posts (like I
> did when I switched
> > hosts). And it worked great.
> >
> > I am wondering how well this wil work if I attempt it again
> (deleting and uploading the
> > comments files and folder again), then changing the permissions to
> 777.
> >
> > I don't really want to lose all of the comments, and wondered how
> much luck anyone else
> > has had with this process. (thanks)
> >
> > --- In dotcomments-support@y
ahoogroups.com, "boltyboy69"
> <matthew@m...> wrote:
> > > This works fine BUT you MUST delete the old comments files first.
> > >
> > > matthew Holt
> > > --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, Listas <listas@o...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hello dotcomments-support,
> > > >
> > > > i was almost pulling my hair out, because the countcomments was
> not
> > > > working.
> > > >
> > > > then i discovered that the problem is on the readme file, line
> 204
> > > >
> > > > when you read:
> > > > <a href="javascript:viewComments(<$BlogItemNumber$>)"><? echo
> > > commentCount(<$BlogItemNumber$>); ?></a>
> > > >
> > > > should be:
> > > > <a href="javascript:viewComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>')"><? echo
> > > commentCount('<$BlogItemNumber$>'); ?></a>
> > > >
> > > > what's the big deal, you might ask.
> > > >
> > > > The big deal are the single quotes. If you use this line without
> > > > quotes, javascript will convert the huge number to another one,
> and
> > > > when PHP tries to open the file javascript funcion as passing
> to
> > > it,
> > > > the file doesn't exist.
> > > >
> > > > example: my postid was: javascript:viewComments
> > > (106147597912476108).
> > > >          when the first user created a comment, PHP recorded a
> file
> > > >          called "106147597912476110.comment". Since You use a
> > > nonquoted
> > > >          number through javascript, you comment engine will
> work.
> > > But
> > > >          not the counter. PHP will try to open the file
> > > >          1.0614759791248E+017.comment, and get a 404.
> > > >
> > > >          But i could post and read, because javascript was
> passing
> > > >          106147597912476110 to the file comments.php.
> > > >
> > > >          Then, when i figured out (after a bunch of alert()
> > > debugs), i
> > > >          quoted the numbers and everything started to work. but
> i
> > > had
> > > >          to rename my old comment files.
> > > >
> > > > It's a great comment system, simple and powerfull, with only a
> bug
> > > on
> > > > the installation instructions. great work.
> > > >
> > > > Oh; i also made the form a little more beatiful adding a line
> in
> > > the
> > > > style section (line 93), comments.php:
> > > >
> > > > input, textarea {font-family: <?php echo $font_face; ?>; font-
> > > size: <?echo $font_size; ?>}
> > > >
> > > > that's all folks. happy coding.
> > > >
> > > > system: msie 5.5, mozilla firebird, win2k sp4

How did you mange to fix this.  I'm getting the same messages.

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <w_stalions@y...>
wrote:
>
> --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <w_stalions@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "Dan \"Mobius\" Sieradski"
> > <mobiustrip@t...> wrote:
> > > paul -- did you follow the directions for previous dot comments
> > > installations?
> > >
> > > you need to create a comments directory chmodded to 755 as as
> subfolder
> > > of the folder you're executing the script from
> > >
> > > then try again
> >
> > Hi, thanks for the reply. I have the script and the comments directory
> > located in the root of my public_html directory. Both script and
> > comments.php are set to 755.
> >
> > I have the script edited to include my URL and the location of the
> > scripts. I also have the tags from the template.txt file added to the
> > page I have been testing with. In trying to narrow down the problem,
> > I've been skipping the page itself and trying to get just the script
> > to work by itself (http://dailybugle.net/comments.php?12345) and still
> > can't seem to get it. Using the script by itself in this manner seems
> > to work on your installation, so I figured this was a decent test.
> >
> > Looks to be an excelent comment system, so I'd love to get it working.
> >
> > Thanks again!
> > -Paul
>
> An attempt at posting returns the following:
> --------------------------------------------
> Warning: flock(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in
> /home/dailybug/public_html/comments.php on line 218
>
> Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in
> /home/dailybug/public_html/comments.php on line 222
>
> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by
> (output started at /home/dailybug/public_html/comments.php:218) in
> /home/dailybug/public_html/comments.php on line 225
> No comments found.
> Add your comment: (Auto-line breaks enabled.)
> Post successful.
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Host System info:
> --------------------------------------------
> FreeBSD 4.10-SATA-RELEASE
> perl, v5.8.3
> PHP 4.3.10

I am still having some issues with comments being recorded and
showing on the comments page. I have went over and over it all.

http://www.bastardinc.com

Who knows, could be like usual, I skipped something once again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--Mick




--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "peromedic"
<peromedic@y...> wrote:
>
> I realize that this post is old, but the number count problem seems
to be a common issue.
>
> in the past I have used FTP to upload comments to old posts (like I
did when I switched
> hosts). And it worked great.
>
> I am wondering how well this wil work if I attempt it again
(deleting and uploading the
> comments files and folder again), then changing the permissions to
777.
>
> I don't really want to lose all of the comments, and wondered how
much luck anyone else
> has had with this process. (thanks)
>
> --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "boltyboy69"
<matthew@m...> wrote:
> > This works fine BUT you MUST delete the old comments files first.
> >
> > matthew Holt
> > --- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, Listas <listas@o...>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello dotcomments-support,
> > >
> > > i was almost pulling my hair out, because the countcomments was
not
> > > working.
> > >
> > > then i discovered that the problem is on the readme file, line
204
> > >
> > > when you read:
> > > <a href="javascript:viewComments(<$BlogItemNumber$>)"><? echo
> > commentCount(<$BlogItemNumber$>); ?></a>
> > >
> > > should be:
> > > <a href="javascript:viewComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>')"><? echo
> > commentCount('<$BlogItemNumber$>'); ?></a>
> > >
> > > what's the big deal, you might ask.
> > >
> > > The big deal are the single quotes. If you use this line without
> > > quotes, javascript will convert the huge number to another one,
and
> > > when PHP tries to open the file javascript funcion as passing
to
> > it,
> > > the file doesn't exist.
> > >
> > > example: my postid was: javascript:viewComments
> > (106147597912476108).
> > >          when the first user created a comment, PHP recorded a
file
> > >          called "106147597912476110.comment". Since You use a
> > nonquoted
> > >          number through javascript, you comment engine will
work.
> > But
> > >          not the counter. PHP will try to open the file
> > >          1.0614759791248E+017.comment, and get a 404.
> > >
> > >          But i could post and read, because javascript was
passing
> > >          106147597912476110 to the file comments.php.
> > >
> > >          Then, when i figured out (after a bunch of alert()
> > debugs), i
> > >          quoted the numbers and everything started to work. but
i
> > had
> > >          to rename my old comment files.
> > >
> > > It's a great comment system, simple and powerfull, with only a
bug
> > on
> > > the installation instructions. great work.
> > >
> > > Oh; i also made the form a little more beatiful adding a line
in
> > the
> > > style section (line 93), comments.php:
> > >
> > > input, textarea {font-family: <?php echo $font_face; ?>; font-
> > size: <?echo $font_size; ?>}
> > >
> > > that's all folks. happy coding.
> > >
> > > system: msie 5.5, mozilla firebird, win2k sp4

I was wondering if there were new *updated* versions of
Uberdotcomments to be made available in the near future.

I have the script ready to implement, but something happened to the
txt file (not available) and when I used it the comment count did now
appear (it merely read: 'comment' or 'comments'with no number (0) or
otherwise.

:) I'll glady use it if i can get the correct format for that bit of
code -which somehow became corrupted or scrambled in the txt file I
have on my hard drive. (the file gives me a no longer available error
when I try to download it now).

I think the changes made are great and I'm excited about trying it out.

Thanks to all of you who know enough about scripts -so that I don't
have to. :-D

--- In dotcomments-support@yahoogroups.com, "mobiustrip44"
<mobiustrip@t...> wrote:
>
> just added to the file library a tweaked-out version of dotcomments w/
> comment deletion, IP banning, blogger post-page support, spammer
> checking, and url & lengthy-text truncation!
>
> not for remote setups.  may require additional tweaking to work on
> your server.  doesn't seem to be compatible with dreamhost atm, but
> we're trying to work that out.
>
> see it in action at jewschool.com.


Nice work with the spam protection by the way! I have not implmented
this yet, I was wanting to ask a question first.

Does this /version of dotcomments allow you to import and keep the old
comment files as well?

Hello All,

I've just learned that the final dotcomments distribution (from 2001)
can be exploited to send outgoing spam. The hosting company I use has
disabled my /comments directory until I resolve this problem. The
related posts here seem to refer to spam appearing within comments or
email harvesting, not the exploit I'm getting hit with (perhaps I've
mis-understood the posts?).

Anyway, has anyone else experienced this problem? Is there a fix?

Thanks for your time.