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Plugin to hide the WordPress comment form until the user clicks a link to reveal it.
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Hidden Comment Form
Plugin URI: http://tarskitheme.com/help/hooks/example-plugins/
Description: Hide the comment form until the user clicks a link to reveal it.
Author: Benedict Eastaugh
Version: 1.1
Author URI: http://extralogical.net/
*/
/**
* This function adds the jQuery library to the list of JavaScript files to be
* loaded with the page. It is required to make the comment hiding script work.
*/
function hcf_add_jquery_on_commentables() {
wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
}
/**
* This JavaScript relies on the jQuery library, and the comment form having
* an id attribute with the value 'commentform'. This is used in the default
* theme and thus should be fairly standard across WordPress themes. Change the
* value of the $text variable to amend the text of the toggle.
*/
function hcf_toggle_form_js() {
$text = __('Comment on this post &raquo;', 'hidden_comment_form');
print <<<TOGGLE_FORM_JS
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
var $ = jQuery, form = $('#commentform').hide(), hidden = true;
form.after('<div id="cf_toggle">${text}</div>');
$('#cf_toggle').click(function() {
if (!hidden) return;
form.show();
$(this).hide();
hidden = false;
});
})();
</script>
TOGGLE_FORM_JS;
}
/**
* This CSS is optimised for the Tarski theme; if you're not using Tarski, you
* will want to either change the styling or comment out the add_action line
* at the bottom of this file that invokes this function.
*/
function hcf_toggle_css() {
if (!comments_open()) return;
echo <<<TOGGLE_CSS
<style type="text/css" media="screen,projection">
#cf_toggle {
font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
font-size: 1.5em;
line-height: 1.2;
color: #006A80;
cursor: pointer;
}
</style>
TOGGLE_CSS;
}
add_action('init', 'hcf_add_jquery_on_commentables');
add_action('wp_head', 'hcf_toggle_css');
add_action('comment_form', 'hcf_toggle_form_js');
/**
* CHANGELOG
*
* Version 1.1
*
* - Add some explanatory comments to the various functions.
* - CSS media attribute corrected to include projection, not projector
*
* Version 1.0
*
* - Initial release.
*/
?>
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