jonraasch/comment-count-bars.html

## comment-count-bars.html
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>


<title>Comment Count Bars</title>

<style type="text/css">

#most-commented {
    width: 400px;
}

#most-commented li {
    list-style: none;
}

#most-commented a {
    display: block;
}
#most-commented .comment-bar {
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    height: 30px;
    width: 0;
    margin: 5px 0;
    padding-left: 20px;
    background-color: #999;
}

#most-commented .comment-count {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    right: -20px;
    top: -5px;
    width: 34px;
    height: 34px;
    border-width: 3px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #FFF;
    -moz-border-radius: 20px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 20px;
    border-radius: 20px;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 34px;
    background-color: #6CAC1F;
    font-size: 13px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #FFF;
}

</style>


</head>

<body>

<ul id="most-commented">

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #1</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">258</span></span>
	</li>

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #2</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">206</span></span>
	</li>

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #3</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">144</span></span>
	</li>

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #4</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">53</span></span>
	</li>


</ul>

<p>
*Note - this is a static example page.  Use the included php snippet for WordPress implementations
</p>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js
"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

$(function() {
    // define global variables
    var maxWidth, maxCount;

    $('#most-commented li').each(function(i) {
        var $this = $(this);
        var thisCount = ~~$this.find('.comment-count').text();

        // set up some variables if the first iteration
        if ( i == 0 ) {
            maxWidth = $this.width() - 40;
            maxCount = thisCount;
        }

        // calculate the width based on the count ratio
        var thisWidth = (thisCount / maxCount) * maxWidth;

        // apply the width to the bar
        $this.find('.comment-bar').animate({
            width : thisWidth
        }, 200, 'swing');
    });
});

</script>

</body>
</html>

## wordpress-most-commented.php
<ul id="most-commented">

<?php $most_commented = new WP_Query('orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=5'); ?>
	<?php while ($most_commented->have_posts()) : $most_commented->the_post(); ?>

	<li>
	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count"><?php comments_number('0','1','%'); ?></span></span>
	</li>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</ul>
	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
	<head>


	<title>Comment Count Bars</title>

	<style type="text/css">

	#most-commented {
	width: 400px;
	}

	#most-commented li {
	list-style: none;
	}

	#most-commented a {
	display: block;
	}
	#most-commented .comment-bar {
	display: inline-block;
	position: relative;
	height: 30px;
	width: 0;
	margin: 5px 0;
	padding-left: 20px;
	background-color: #999;
	}

	#most-commented .comment-count {
	display: inline-block;
	position: absolute;
	right: -20px;
	top: -5px;
	width: 34px;
	height: 34px;
	border-width: 3px;
	border-style: solid;
	border-color: #FFF;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	border-radius: 20px;
	text-align: center;
	line-height: 34px;
	background-color: #6CAC1F;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #FFF;
	}

	</style>




	</head>

	<body>

	<ul id="most-commented">

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #1</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">258</span></span>
	</li>

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #2</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">206</span></span>
	</li>

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #3</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">144</span></span>
	</li>

	<li>
	<a href="#" rel="bookmark" title="">Post Title #4</a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count">53</span></span>
	</li>


	</ul>

	<p>
	*Note - this is a static example page. Use the included php snippet for WordPress implementations
	</p>

	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js
	"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">

	$(function() {
	// define global variables
	var maxWidth, maxCount;

	$('#most-commented li').each(function(i) {
	var $this = $(this);
	var thisCount = ~~$this.find('.comment-count').text();

	// set up some variables if the first iteration
	if ( i == 0 ) {
	maxWidth = $this.width() - 40;
	maxCount = thisCount;
	}

	// calculate the width based on the count ratio
	var thisWidth = (thisCount / maxCount) * maxWidth;

	// apply the width to the bar
	$this.find('.comment-bar').animate({
	width : thisWidth
	}, 200, 'swing');
	});
	});

	</script>

	</body>
	</html>
	<ul id="most-commented">

	<?php $most_commented = new WP_Query('orderby=comment_count&posts_per_page=5'); ?>
	<?php while ($most_commented->have_posts()) : $most_commented->the_post(); ?>

	<li>
	<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

	<span class="comment-bar"><span class="comment-count"><?php comments_number('0','1','%'); ?></span></span>
	</li>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	</ul>