sphagnum

Awesome, that’s what I needed. Thanks. New code is

<div id="FrontPageTextBox">
<?php query_posts('cat=3&posts_per_page=1'); ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<?php the_content(); ?>
      <?php endwhile; ?>

<?wp_reset_query(); ?>
</div>

And it works perfectly.

Ok, so I got it set up and working on my site.

https://peatbog.net

It actually works pretty nice once I figured out how to altar the CSS, but if you want this plugin to be universal in the slightest that has to be worked on. I not an expert in code, especially javascript, so it took me several hours finding out what to change and what ids and classes to add to my CSS stylesheet to get the comments to look like normal.

Maybe you can add some variables in the options page that ask what div or class surrounds the comment author, timestamp, and comment text? Just an idea…

But yeah, it works pretty well now and I am enjoying this feature very much! Thanks.

Also, what exactly do I have to edit to insert the proper CSS for this plugin?

Excellent. One bug I’ve noticed is if I only have one comment and it’s a trackback/pingback, the Expand comments link still shows up but when you click the link it doesn’t show anything. Do you have this plugin set up to filter out pingbacks and trackbacks from the viewing? And if so, could you alter it so the Expand Comments link doesn’t appear if the only comment left is a trackback?

First, the instructions on the Options page on how to use the exp-com.php file are not complete, I had to come back to this thread to figure out to put the file in the root directory.

Second, when I enabled the use of that file (because the show comments link would send to the RSS feed if I didnt’ have the www infront of my domain) the javascript will change the expand comments to collapse comments, but it doesn’t actually chage the page. No comments are loaded, it just switches the wording. Not sure why this is happening and I don’t ahve the time to figure it out now.

I love the idea of this plugin and hope you can keep improving on it. It’s a great idea whos time has come.

I’ve got an RSS feed for this thread so I’ll keep in touch.

I misread what you wrote before. You say that it is your post summary, not the actual posts with comments et al. I’m assuming you’re speaking of this page, the one that is in your profile, and taking a look at the front page I don’t see any mention of comments.

And the counter that gets you this number, is it a plugin or a template tag? Can you locate the code in your theme that is malfunctioning?

Go to comments.php in your theme editor and look for code that looks like this:

<?php comments_number('No Comments yet', 'One Comment', '% Comments' );?>

Do you have that function called in your theme?

I’ve been working on this all day long and I knew I should have worked on it 5 more mintues before posting for help…. I figured it out.

Instead of calling a function, I just wrote this for my value attribute:

value="<?php if ( $comment_author ) { echo $comment_author; } else {echo "Name";} ?>"

Ah, nevermind. I followed the instructions and downloaded the version on this site and it’s working fine. Thanks anyway

This is a very cool plugin; however, I can’t for the life of me get it working. I’ve got a thumbnail linked to the full image and the plugin is activated. I’ve even tried adding the rel=”lightbox” but no avail. Any ideas?

My blog

Or take a look at this post in particular. Thanks

Changed, thanks so much

I had googled but hadn’t been able to find anything satisfactory. That first link seems to be just what I was looking for. Thanks

Hm, that is exactly what I’m looking for. Didn’t konw that function exsisted ,is_single()… After finding out that the function returns TRUE if you’re viewing a single post, I know exactly how to use it. Thanks!

(The long answer is to help anyone else who might run across this thread, thanks!)

Hm, I see now. I thought I had deleted that plugin a long time ago, forgot I even had it. Thanks!

Yeah, selecting “Use Original” should insert the image with original dimensions…