comment-examples

Tools

WordPress

• http://wordpress.org

• • comment_ID
  • comment_author
  • comment_author_IP
  • comment_author_email
  • comment_author_link
  • comment_type
  • comment_text
  • comment_excerpt
  • comment_date
  • comment_time

pMachine

• http://pmachine.com

• • body
  • date
  • name
  • location
  • url
  • email
  • profile_link
  • member_total_comments

Expression Engine

• http://pmachine.com

• • {author_id}
  • {comment}
  • {comment_id}
  • {ip_address}
  • {name}
  • {permalink}
  • {url}
  • {url_or_email}

Expression Engine includes many additional comments templates tags. This list excludes the following tags: tags used to display user data (instant message handles, location, occupation, etc.), tags which are used for navigation within EE-based blogs or websites, tags which deal with comment presentation (alternating background colors between comments), and custom member tags (which are defined by individual sites.)

Drupal

• http://drupal.org

• • $comment->new
  • $comment->subject
  • $comment->cid
  • $comment->nid
  • $comment->timestamp
  • $submitted
  • $comment
  • $picture
  • $content
  • $links

Real world Examples

The following urls are examples of user/visitor comments primarily about media, but are all in the context of a blog post or article.

• http://ryanedit.blogspot.com/2006/01/light-water-music-2.html
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, permalink

• http://prototypen.com/blog/vjblog/archives/001318.html
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published

• http://www.itsjerrytime.com/?p=89
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://bottomunion.com/blog/?p=469
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_07_mar_26/comments/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, comments-link
  • This page does not contain any comments - just a link to another page which has comments on. This should probably not be included in the tally.
    • Updated example to one that works.

• http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/03/chess-video-lesson-2/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/2007/04/sxsw_all_togeth.html
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://blog.blip.tv/blog/2008/09/12/bliptv-the-new-york-television-festival/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published
  • Nobody has commented on this page. This should probably not be included in the tally.
    • Changed url to one that works

• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KKTDRqQtPO8
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, reply-url, vote, junk-report-link, inset-threaded-replies, pagination-links

• http://vimeo.com/162754
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, inset-threaded-replies

• http://www.dailymotion.com/commented-week/lang/en/video/x7a2my_lewis-hamilton-champion-f1-2008_sport
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, author-image, pagination-links

• http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mccain-qvc-open/805381/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, author-image, comment, published, junk-report-link

• http://www.accidenthash.com/2007/04/02/gray-wet-yuck-monday/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/11/blondie-call-me/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink, pagination-links

• http://www.scissorkick.com/2008/09/midnight-lab-band/
  • Information displayed: author, author-image, comment, published, permalink

• http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2008/10/free-download-j.html#comments
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published

• http://loki23.blogspot.com/2008/09/flower-electronics.html#comments
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://videogum.com/archives/the-hunt-for-the-worst-movie-of-all-time/the-hunt-for-the-worst-movie-o-30_032141.html
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, author-image, comment, published, permalink, vote, reply-url, inset-threaded-replies, in-reply-to-link

• http://www.haloscan.com/comments/empirestatehuman/7424868678376349884/
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink, reply-link

• http://www.3hive.com/2008/10/1000_robata.php#comments
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, reply-link, inset-threaded-replies

• http://www.musicload.de/album/1884260_2/nik-p--dj-%C3%B6tzi/ein-stern-der-deinen-namen-tr%C3%A4gt/item.html
  • Information displayed: author, comment, published, rating

• http://strongwordsinc.com/2007/05/31/episode-20-tranforming-you-into-stds-since-1983/#comments
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink

• http://ackegard.com/gallery/v/campaigns/calipolis/LK03_Kyri_climbs.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1
  • Information displayed: author, comment, published

• http://www.elfwood.com/art/n/e/nelson/pixy.jpg.html#addnewcmt
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, pagination-links

• http://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat/comments/7d8k8/man_kills_whole_beehive_by_accident_pic/c06citf
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink, reply-link, in-reply-to-link, inset-threaded-replies, vote

• http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1030805
  • Information displayed: author, author-url, comment, published, permalink, reply-link, in-reply-to-link, inset-threaded-replies, title, vote, pagination-links

• http://twitter.com/t
  • Information displayed: comment, software-used, published, permalink, in-reply-to-link, pagination-links
  • DavidJanes: this is not an example of a comments system

Analysis

25 examples

• comment 100%
• author 96%
• published 96%
• author-url 84%
• permalink 60%
• pagination-links 24%
• inset-threaded-replies 20%
• author-image 16%
• in-reply-to-link 16%
• reply-link 16%
• vote 16%
• junk-report-link 8%
• reply-url 8%
• rating 4%
• software-used 4%
• title 4%

Selected Examples

Blogspot #1

• http://ryanedit.blogspot.com/2006/01/light-water-music-2.html
• issue: DL lists only allow DT/DD children; how do we do hAtom?
  • The first step in realising the solution is to create a separate <dl> element for each individual comment.
    • The next step is to realise that these elements have been chosen poorly to being with. Each of the wrapping <dl> elements should be <div>s; the <dt> elements should probably be <address>; the comments themselves perhaps <blockquote> and the footers <div>.

<dl id='comments-block'>
    <!-- comment #1 -->
    <dt class='comment-author blogger-comment-icon' id='c113756252571588387'>
        <a name='c113756252571588387'></a>
        <a href='...' rel='nofollow'>french/new/wave/nerd</a> said...
    </dt>
    <dd class='comment-body'>
        <p>that was tasty.<BR/><BR/>-taxiplasm</p>
    </dd>
    <dd class='comment-footer'>
        <span class='comment-timestamp'>
            <a href='...' title='comment permalink'>9:35 PM</a>
        </span>
    </dd>

    <!-- comment #2 -->
    <dt class='comment-author blogger-comment-icon' id='c113756977236111956'>
        <a name='c113756977236111956'></a>
        <a href='...' rel='nofollow'>JuanFalla</a> said...
    </dt>    <dd class='comment-body'>
        <p>I wish i had your music ability. nice...</p>
    </dd>
    <dd class='comment-footer'>
        <span class='comment-timestamp'>
            <a href='...' title='comment permalink'>11:36 PM</a>
        </span>
    </dd>
</dl>

MovableType #1

• http://prototypen.com/blog/vjblog/archives/001318.html

<div class="comments-head">
    <a name="comments"></a>
    Comments
</div>
<div class="comments-body">
    <p>Is it right that this video ....</p>
    <p>Thanks.</p>
    <span class="comments-post">
        Posted by: <a href="...">Marco Bakera</a>
        at November  8, 2005 08:34 AM
    </span>
</div>
<div class="comments-body">
    <p>In the right column you find the ....</p>
    <p>Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike...</p>
    <span class="comments-post">
        Posted by: <a href="...">fALk</a>
        at November 30, 2005 12:12 PM
    </span>
</div>

Wordpress #1

• http://www.itsjerrytime.com/?p=89

<h3 id="comments">
    67 Responses to “THE TEXAS CHAINSAW CUSTOMER”
</h3>
<ol class="commentlist">
    <!-- comment #1 -->
    <li class="alt" id="comment-3779">
        <cite>a fan</cite> Says:
        <br />
        <small class="commentmetadata">
            <a href="#comment-3779" title="">October 17th, 2006 at 7:42 pm</a> 
        </small>
        <p>Sounds like a it’ll be good...  </p>
    </li>
    
    <!-- comment #2 -->
    <li class="" id="comment-3979">
        <cite><a href='...' rel='external nofollow'>chase</a></cite> Says:
        <br />
        <small class="commentmetadata">
            <a href="#comment-3979" title="">October 21st, 2006 at 5:25 pm</a>
        </small>
        <p>hurry, hurry, hurry …</p>
    </li>
</ol>

Video site #1

• http://vimeo.com/162754

<ul class="comments" id="comments_162754">
    <!-- comment #1 -->
    <li class="parent first">
        <a name="comment_120581"></a>
        <img src="..." alt="" class="portrait" />
        <div class="rightside">
        <div class="name">
            <a href="/videowombat">FuzzyDave</a>
            2 years ago
        </div>
        <div class="text">
            Another great short...
        </div>
        <div class="clear"></div>
    </li>

    <!-- comment #2 -->
    <li class="reply">
        <a name="comment_120724"></a>
        <img src="..." alt="" class="portrait" />
        <div class="rightside">
            <div class="name">
                <a href="/joshflowers">JoshFlowers</a>
                2 years ago
            </div>
            <div class="text">
                Odd, I just suggested ...
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="clear"></div>
    </li>
</ul>

Video site #2

• http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mccain-qvc-open/805381/
• this site loads comments by AJAX