see if commenter is subscribed to answers

[konus]

Hello, sometimes I get a question in the comments. I normally answer the question in the comments. It would be good to know, whether the author of the comment enabled the subscription of comments (and successful completed opt-in), to decide if I have to send him an extra mail or not.

1. Would it be possible to show this information next to each comment on blog (to logged in admins only, like the mail address)?
2. It would also be nice to see the status (and maybe edit it) in the admin panel in the comments section. How about tree little Icons (not subscribed, confirmation pending, yes subscribed)

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

That's a good idea. This should be possible. But I'd rather solve this in the s9y core, so you won't be able to use the solution in a plugin...

Regards,
Garvin

[konus]

So how could I help? Do you need some Icons? Or would it be enough to change the background color of the email-link?

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

I think the color should be okay. I've put this on my todo list, but it might take some days or weeks for me to implement.

Regards,
Garvin

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Just committed a first draft to SVN trunk that enables showing if subscription is on in the frontend ("off" is IMHO useless information, "pending confirmation" is useless because unconfirmed comments are not displayed in the frontend).

Inside the backend, pending comments are already highlighted, so again I only show a "(Subscribed)" behind the email, if such a comment has subscription enabled.

HTH,
Garvin

[konus]

Great!
With "pending confirmation" I did not mean the confirmation of the comment itself but the confirmation, that a commenter really want to get subscribed by clicking on the link in the confirmation mail. But anyway, I think the two states are enough. Subscribed or not!

Unfortunately I don't have a test-blog. But I am looking forward.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

I believe seperating the last out could be harder to achieve, because comment subscription is not computed upon the comment, but on a general token. If you confirm once for any entry on the blog, all entries of the blog are allowed to be subscribed to.

IMHO, having "subscribed=true" displayed in the frontend should suffice, because that is the only way where a comment frmo you would be returned to the user. So you don't really achieve any new information if you knew he had not yet confirmed his subscription?

The problem is, that querying the distinct token in the database would mean a completely new database lookup for every comment, and I wouldn't really like to do that. Also, I think adding an option for this would be a bit bloaty...?!

Regards,
Garvin

[konus]

I agree, lets keep it as simple as possible! It makes no sense in this case.