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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/comments.mdwn | 52 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/comments/discussion.mdwn (renamed from doc/plugins/contrib/comments/discussion.mdwn) | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn | 91 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/wikitemplates.mdwn | 4 |
7 files changed, 68 insertions, 92 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn index c78666c40..90b96c936 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/pagespec.mdwn @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Some more elaborate limits can be added to what matches using these functions: wiki admins. * "`ip(address)`" - tests whether a modification is being made from the specified IP address. +* "`postcomment(glob)`" - matches internal-use pages created by the + comments plugin as comments for pages that match the specified glob. For example, to match all pages in a blog that link to the page about music and were written in 2005: diff --git a/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn b/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn index 2a8a922cd..ab2f744e2 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn @@ -5,5 +5,10 @@ By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki. This plugin allows anonymous web users, who have not signed in, to edit any page in the wiki by default. -The plugin also has a configuration setting, `anonok_pagespec`. This +The plugin also has a configuration setting, `anonok_pages`. This [[PageSpec]] can be used to allow anonymous editing of matching pages. + +If you're using the [[comments]] plugin, you can allow anonymous comments +to be posted by setting: + + anonok_pages => "postcomment(*)" diff --git a/doc/plugins/comments.mdwn b/doc/plugins/comments.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..347d7fc8d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/comments.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +[[!template id=plugin name=comments author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]] +[[!tag type/useful]] + +This plugin adds "blog-style" comments. Unlike the wiki-style freeform +Discussion pages, these comments are posted by a simple form, cannot later +be edited, and rss/atom feeds are provided of each page's comments. + +When using this plugin, you should also enable [[htmlscrubber]] and either +[[htmltidy]] or [[htmlbalance]]. Directives are filtered out by default, to +avoid commenters slowing down the wiki by causing time-consuming +processing. As long as the recommended plugins are enabled, comment +authorship should hopefully be unforgeable by CGI users. + +The intention is that on a non-wiki site (like a blog) you can lock all +pages for admin-only access, then allow otherwise unprivileged (or perhaps +even anonymous) users to comment on posts. See the documentation of the +[[lockedit]] and [[anonok]] pages for details on locking down a wiki so +users can only post comments. + +Individual comments are stored as internal-use pages named something like +`page/comment_1`, `page/comment_2`, etc. These pages internally use a +`\[[!_comment]]` [[ikiwiki/directive]], and comment pages can be matched +using a special `postcomment()` [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. + +There are some global options for the setup file: + +* `comments_shown_pagespec`: pages where comments will be displayed inline, + e.g. `blog/*` or `!*/discussion`. +* `comments_open_pagespec`: pages where new comments can be posted, e.g. + `blog/* and created_after(close_old_comments)` or `!*/discussion` +* `comments_pagename`: if this is e.g. `comment_` (the default), then + comment pages will be named something like `page/comment_12` +* `comments_allowdirectives`: if true (default false), comments may + contain IkiWiki [[directives|ikiwiki/directive]] +* `comments_commit`: if true (default true), comments will be committed to + the version control system +* `comments_allowauthor`: if true (default false), anonymous commenters may + specify a name for themselves, and the \[[!meta author]] and + \[[!meta authorurl]] directives will not be overridden by the comments + plugin + +Known issues: + +* Needs code review +* The access control via postcomment() is rather strange (see [[discussion]] for more details) +* There is some common code cargo-culted from other plugins (notably inline and editpage) which + should probably be shared +* Joey doesn't think it should necessarily use internal pages (see [[discussion]]) +* Previews always say "unknown IP address" +* Add `COMMENTOPENID`: the authenticated/verified user name, if and only if it was an OpenID +* The default template should have a (?) icon next to unauthenticated users (with the IP address + as title) and an OpenID icon next to OpenIDs diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/comments/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/comments/discussion.mdwn index 59740ec37..59740ec37 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/comments/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/comments/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index d2ca8d17d..000000000 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/comments.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ -[[!template id=plugin name=comments author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]] -[[!tag type/useful]] - -This plugin adds "blog-style" comments. The intention is that on a non-wiki site -(like a blog) you can lock all pages for admin-only access, then allow otherwise -unprivileged (or perhaps even anonymous) users to comment on posts. - -When using this plugin, you should also enable [[htmlscrubber]] and either [[htmltidy]] -or [[htmlbalance]]. Directives are filtered out by default, to avoid commenters slowing -down the wiki by causing time-consuming processing. As long as the recommended plugins -are enabled, comment authorship should hopefully be unforgeable by CGI users. - -The plugin adds a new [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] match type, `postcomment`, for use -with `anonok_pagespec` from the [[plugins/anonok]] plugin or `locked_pages` from -the [[plugins/lockedit]] plugin. Typical usage would be something like: - - locked_pages => "!postcomment(*)" - -to allow non-admin users to comment on pages, but not edit anything. You can also do - - anonok_pages => "postcomment(*)" - -to allow anonymous comments (the IP address will be used as the "author"). - -There are some global options for the setup file: - -* `comments_shown_pagespec`: pages where comments will be displayed inline, e.g. `blog/*` - or `*/discussion`. -* `comments_open_pagespec`: pages where new comments can be posted, e.g. - `blog/* and created_after(close_old_comments)` or `*/discussion` -* `comments_pagename`: if this is e.g. `comment_` (the default), then comments on the - [[sandbox]] will be called something like `sandbox/comment_12` -* `comments_allowdirectives`: if true (default false), comments may contain IkiWiki - directives -* `comments_commit`: if true (default true), comments will be committed to the version - control system -* `comments_allowauthor`: if true (default false), anonymous commenters may specify a - name for themselves, and the \[[!meta author]] and \[[!meta authorurl]] directives - will not be overridden by the comments plugin - -Templates that will display comments (by default that means `comments_display.tmpl`) -can use the following additional `<TMPL_VAR>`s: - -* `COMMENTUSER`: the authenticated/verified user name, or undefined if the user was not signed in -* `COMMENTIP`: the remote IP address, or undefined if not known (this is not currently recorded - for users who are signed in, who are assumed to be vaguely accountable) -* `COMMENTAUTHOR`: a "prettier" version of the authenticated/verified user name (e.g. OpenIDs are - formatted the same way as in [[RecentChanges]]), or the result of localizing "Anonymous" if the - user was not signed in -* `COMMENTAUTHORURL`: if the user was signed in with an OpenID, that URL; if the user was signed - in with some other username, a CGI URL that redirects to their user page (if any) - -This plugin also adds a `\[[!_comment]]` directive which is used when storing comments. This -directive is for internal use only and shouldn't be used on pages that are edited in the usual way. - -This plugin aims to close the [[todo]] item "[[todo/supporting_comments_via_disussion_pages]]", -and is currently available from [[smcv]]'s git repository on git.pseudorandom.co.uk (it's the -`comments-rebase2` branch). A demo wiki with the plugin enabled is running at -<http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2008/ikiwiki/demo/>; the -[sandbox page](http://www.pseudorandom.co.uk/2008/ikiwiki/demo/sandbox/#comments) has some -examples of comments. - -Known issues: - -* Needs code review -* The access control via postcomment() is rather strange (see [[discussion]] for more details) -* There is some common code cargo-culted from other plugins (notably inline and editpage) which - should probably be shared -* Joey doesn't think it should necessarily use internal pages (see [[discussion]]) -* Previews always say "unknown IP address" -* Add `COMMENTOPENID`: the authenticated/verified user name, if and only if it was an OpenID -* The default template should have a (?) icon next to unauthenticated users (with the IP address - as title) and an OpenID icon next to OpenIDs - -> I haven't done a detailed code review, but I will say I'm pleased you -> avoided re-implementing inline! --[[Joey]] - -Fixed issues: - -* Joey didn't think the `\[[!comments]]` directive was appropriate; comments now appear - on pages selected with a [[ikiwiki/pagespec]] -* Joey thought that raw HTML should always be allowed; it now is -* tbm wanted anonymous people to be able to enter their name and possibly email - address; a name and website can now be supplied -* There is now an indication of who you're signed in as -* Each comment is now one big \[[!_comment]] directive invocation, avoiding previous - issues with unambiguous and un-spoofable metadata -* `\[[!comment]]` should be `\[[!_comment]]`, or a special filter/htmlize hook rather - than being a directive at all -* [[todo/inline_plugin:_ability_to_override_the_feed_name]] -* [[todo/inline_plugin:_hide_feed_buttons_if_empty]] diff --git a/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn b/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn index 71bf232ab..d2e98e07a 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/lockedit.mdwn @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ One handy thing to do if you're using ikiwiki for your blog is to lock posts in your blog, while still letting them comment via the Discussion pages. +Alternatively, if you're using the [[comments]] plugin, you can lock +"!postcomment(*)" to allow users to comment on pages, but not edit anything +else. + Wiki administrators can always edit locked pages. The [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] can specify that some pages are not locked for some users. For example, "important_page and !user(joey)" locks `important_page` while still diff --git a/doc/wikitemplates.mdwn b/doc/wikitemplates.mdwn index babd70211..6fb4d5f49 100644 --- a/doc/wikitemplates.mdwn +++ b/doc/wikitemplates.mdwn @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ located in /usr/share/ikiwiki/templates by default. form to wiki pages. * `searchquery.tmpl` - This is an omega template, used by the [[plugins/search]] plugin. +* `comments_display.tmpl` - This template is used to display a comment + by the [[plugins/comments]] plugin. +* `comments_form.tmpl` - This template is the comment post form for the + [[plugins/comments]] plugin. The [[plugins/pagetemplate]] plugin can allow individual pages to use a different template than `page.tmpl`. |