Title: jQuery Comment Replies
Author: Doodlebee
Published: <strong>Avrigl 1, 2009</strong>
Last modified: Avrigl 17, 2014

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# jQuery Comment Replies

 By [Doodlebee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/doodlebee/)

[Telechargiada](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jquery-expandable-comments.1.2.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-expandable-comments/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-expandable-comments/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-expandable-comments/#installation)
 * [Development](https://roh.wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-expandable-comments/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jquery-expandable-comments/)

## Descripziun

Simple plugin to show/hide comment replies, rather than have them all listed. An
options page makes it really easy to change different parts of your comment calls.

#### Features

This keeps the default „[`wp_list_comments()`](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_list_comments)“
features. A clickable span that triggers the action to expand the replies is also
added.

New features are including easing options, as well as allowing images. An options
page has been added for further customizations, making it even easier to use.

### Other Info

#### Known Issues

None at this time.

[Contact Shelly](http://brassblogs.com/contact)

Given that this is free, I offer limited support. If you have issues with the plugin
_working_ I will do whatever I can to help you fix the issue, but when it comes 
to customization, I’m in limited supply. I’ll do what I can, but no guarantees. 
This is your standard „as is“ application. In all honesty, ask customization questions
in the forums – if I can’t help, perhaps someone else can. (If you want to hire 
me to customize it, that’s another story – feel free to contact me to do so!)

PLEASE NOTE that the WordPress support system DOES NOT notify me when someone leaves
a support question. It requires me to come back and check manually to see if anyone
has had an issue. Sometimes, I don’t get to do that for a while. If you left a support
request on the forums, and it’s been at least a week since you left it with no response,
please drop me an email to let me know so I can attempt to help you out. I’m pretty
good at helping out – but I’m not so good at coming to check the forums – especially
when I’m busy with client work.

## Maletgs dal visur

 * [[
 * Closed Replies (hidden) Example
 * [[
 * Open Replies (show) Example

## Installaziun

 1. Unzip the package.
 2. Upload to your plugins directory.
 3. Go to „Plugins“ and activate.

#### Options Page

The items you can mess with here will edit the arguments for wp_list_comments(),
so you no longer need to add arguments to your call. In fact, if you have arguments
in your bb_list_comments call, they will be ignored (but if they are there, it won’t
break anything). The only sections to comment on (because they are not a part of
the Codex) are:

 * Show Replies Text/Hide Replies Text. These items are the text you set for the
   show/hide links.
 * Stylesheets. The plugin will see what theme you are using. If you’re using a 
   default WordPress theme, then styles will be applied that match your active theme.
   Otherwise, no styles will be applied. You can go to the wp-content/plugins/jquery-
   expandable-comments/css folder and use any of these stylesheets as a reference
   to style it yourself in your own theme stylesheet.
 * Slide Speed (both open and close). This is the speed of the animation for opening
   and closing the replies. You can use „fast“ or „slow“; or set how long (in milliseconds)
   you want the animation to take.
 * Easing Type. The jQuery Easing plugin has been added so you have more animation
   options. Simply choose which animation you want to use, and it will be applied
   to both the opening and closing of replies.

I’ll also comment on the „callback“ section – it is discussed in the codex, but 
there’s no example of how to use it. If you want to format the layout of your comments,
then you need to use a callback function to rearrange the HTML. This plugin comes
with a callback function you can use. It’s NOT set as the default. If you’d like
to use it, enter in `bb_jcr_format_comment` to this text field, and your comment
layout will use the callback supplied in the plugin. if you still want to edit the
layout, feel free to copy the function (located within jQuery-comments.php, around
line 73) and paste it into your theme’s functions.php file. You WILL have to rename
the function, or you’ll get a fatal error. Once you rename the function, take that
name and pop it into the „callback“ field on the settings page, then feel free to
edit the function to get the exact layout you want to have.

There’s several tutorials available for how to edit the comment layout, but [Jeremy Clark](http://clark-technet.com/2008/11/wordpress-27-comment-callback-function)‚
s is the one that actually started this plugin.

## FAQ

  How do I use an image for the Show/Hide Replies text?

If you want to use an image in place of (or with) the text, then use CSS to pull
that off (this example has the image, named „sprite.png“, uploaded to the theme’s
images directory). An example:

    ```
    .replylink span {
        display:inline-block;
        background:url("images/sprite.png") no-repeat left top;
        width:20px;
        height:20px;
        overflow:hidden;
        line-height:50px; /* make text disappear */
    }
    ```

  No other questions at this time.

But if you have any, by all means, feel free to ask away. I’d also love input on
features you’d like added or things you’d like to see to improve this plugin. See
the „Other Notes“ section on how to contact me.

Please also note that, even though I have a disclaimer about my limited availability
to assist, I ALWAYS try to help out as much as I can – which is evidenced by the„
Support“ thread. WordPress does _not_ give me any notice whensomeone leaves a support
question on the forums – you have to rely on me having the time to come in and check–
and these days that’s not often. I try to get in to check as often as I can, but
if it’s been more than a week since you’ve left a question on support, please email
me so I can try to help you out.

And PLEASE do not leave support questions in the „reviews“ section. If I help you
out and solve your problem (which is usually the case) you _cannot_ change your 
review. I’ve found, lately, that a lot of people are having a problem, leaving a
bad review and terrible rating, and then I solve the problem (and it usually turns
out it’s not my plugin that was the issue in the first place). That doesn’t help
anyone. Please leave support questions in the support forum section, and actual 
reviews in the „reviews“ section. Thank you.

## Reviews

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 [safeinsanity](https://profiles.wordpress.org/safeinsanity/) Favrer 7, 2019

it is the best one yet! It works the best by keeping all of those messy multi-level
nested comments and replies nice in neat. I love the simple „show comments“, and„
Hide comments“ It works perfect! Other more advanced plugins can not seem to do 
what this simple plugin does. They all look messy where this plugin makes your conversations
neat and easy to read/understand. I only wish that the original plugin author would
come back here and keep this plugin up to date. It would be a shame if it stopped
working in future releases.

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## Contributors & Developers

“jQuery Comment Replies” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Doodlebee ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/doodlebee/)

[Translate “jQuery Comment Replies” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/jquery-expandable-comments)

### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.2.4

 * further troubleshooting issues with bb-toggle-kids.js – issues repaired.
 * tested in default WordPress themes from Twenty Ten to Twenty Fourteen.
 * edited and streamlined options page a bit
 * deprecated the „Callback“ in the options page. You can still use it, but I’d 
   move away from it – the next release will probably only have it as a reference
   and not use it at all.

#### 1.2.2

 * further troubleshoting issues with the repository. Discovered the CDN is not 
   allowed to be added to the plugin, so have reverted back to including the jQuery
   easing js file.

#### 1.2.1

 * had some issues with updating the WordPress repository (for some reason, wouldn’t
   upload certain files, refused to delete others). Finally got it all sorted. Sorry
   for the delay.

#### 1.2

 * removed local jquery easing library, reverted to cdn
 * edited script to work with TwentyThirteen (TwentyThirteen renamed the ‚li.commentlist‘
   to ‚li.comment-list‘)
 * added previously unavailable „div“ option.
 * fixed script localization
 * removed the necessity of rewriting the Walker_Comment class. This renders the
   use of bb_list_comments() unneccessary.
 * previously, there were no styles set for this plugin, but due to popular demand,
   I’ve put in a default stylesheet.
 * finally actually figured out how to set up translation correctly. Yay! pot/mo
   files added.

#### 1.1

 * fixed a bug when clicking show/hide made the child divs „bounce“

#### 1.0

 * Newly revamped code, been rewritten for WordPress 3.5 and cleaned up a bit.
 * Options page added to make it really easy to edit text, animations, and speed,
   as well as making other options for wp_list_comments easy to manage.

#### 0.3

 * Edited code to better detect what Pages/posts to add the script on.
 * Added text changing functionality to the „Show/Hide Replies“ link, so now it’ll
   say „Show Replies“ when child comments are closed, and „Hide Replies“ when they
   are open.

#### 0.2.1

 * Edited readme file and stable version of plugin.

#### 0.2

 * Upgraded for 3.1 usage
 * cleaned up/streamlined/updated code
 * made it easier – no more renaming/moving files around. Simply upload and activate.
 * no extra javascript files – uses WP’s system instead.

#### 0.1

 * First release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.4**
 *  Last updated **avant 12 onns**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
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## Ratings

 3.3 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Doodlebee ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/doodlebee/)

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