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1. Oscar Says:
   February 8th, 2004 at 12:34 pm

   I’ve released version 1.1b. Read the updated post above for details. But I have eliminated hidden frames, so it works for popup AND inline comments without a problem. Also, added 100% configurable notification emails, user or author determined subscription durations (expirations), flood control for nonposting subscriptions, email notification of author if more than a set number of subscriptions are logged (spam warning), per blog configuration of settings, etc.

2. Oscar Says:
   February 2nd, 2004 at 09:10 pm

   Hi Patrick - As you have probably seen by now, the emails are only sent when a new comment is posted. I hope you are receiving the emails as we post these - I know I am.

3. Patrick Nielsen Hayden Says:
   February 2nd, 2004 at 08:52 pm

   I’d love to use this, and I tried the “subscribe without posting” option over the weekend in the hope of getting the promised email showing configuration options, but the email never showed up.  I tried it again and got a “you have already subscribed” response.

4. Anderson.J. Says:
   February 2nd, 2004 at 12:46 pm

   I wonder, is here only Oscar posting?

5. Oscar Says:
   February 1st, 2004 at 03:57 pm

   Yeah, it’s true Lisa. Here was my idea:

   In the Processing window, I call the script onUnLoad. This has meant either a popup window (invisible, but there in the past) or else by a hidden frame (current method). This is because you need a window to get a url to be refreshed, and thus to get the script to be called.

   So, then I hit on the stroke of genius. Use:

   var myImage = new Image();
   myImage.src = “the_script”;

   As a function to be called on unload. This is a way of calling a url without opening a new window and without reloading the page. Wow!

   And it works! In Mac Safari, Mac IE, Windows Mozilla and Firebird, Netscape. But it does NOT work in Mac Opera or Win IE6. Not yet anyway. But I’m not sure why not. I may have to sniff the browsers and use this method where I can, and the hidden popup elsewhere. I’m not sure. Still working on it. Any great ideas from anyone are MORE than welcome!

6. Lisa Says:
   January 30th, 2004 at 12:01 am

   *** TEASE ***

   !!!

7. Oscar Says:
   January 29th, 2004 at 09:41 pm

   YES!!!!!

   Halle-FREAKIN-lujah!!!!!!!!

   I wuz just sitting here staring into space and drooling, and it came to me! I’ve been stewing on this since October ... I’ve been sitting on a pile of new features until I could solve the problem .... and NOW, I’ve done it, or thought of it anyway. Now it’s just a matter of testing. Initial results look real good!

   NO MORE HIDDEN FRAMES OR POPUP WINDOWS! And the script is FAST!!!

   So, stay tuned. I want to clear up a couple of minor bugs in some of the new features, and triple-check my new concept!

   I am sooooooo happy! It’s better than sex. And drinking. And poker. Though possibly not better than all three of those things together.

   I hope to release a good beta before the end of the weekend.

   (PS to geeks - the key? —>  image.src

8. Adam Says:
   January 28th, 2004 at 03:21 am

   Oscar, I’ve been looking for a way to do comment subscriptions without converting to PHP forever. Thanks! I’ll be trying it out on a test blog soon, and can’t wait to see the results.

9. djn1 Says:
   January 21st, 2004 at 06:33 pm

   I’ve just come across this script and wanted to say thanks - it’s an excellent solution.

10. Oscar Says:
    January 17th, 2004 at 04:39 pm

    I haven’t been able to reproduce this problem, nor has it been reported by others yet. I don’t know what to make of it. I’m as anal as the next guy, so if it is other than an individual problem (corrupted cache or something), or there is some way for me to see it clearly, I will immediately set about fixing it. I’m at least as anal as the next guy, believe me!

11. Mac Says:
    January 16th, 2004 at 10:46 pm

    This is using IE6, but though I’ve removed the script for now till I have some free time later, you can see another example here  Click on “Hisses” to send a comment, though you wont have to do that even, just send a comment without including the email address, and when it gives the error, go back, and presto, the horizontal bar appears, and stays that way until the comment window is closed.  Like I said, it’s a bit weird.  I’ve initially tried to expand my comment window’s width a few pixels, but that hasn’t seemed to stop it
    Not a major issue, but being anal retentive, I like to be neat. 

12. Oscar Says:
    January 16th, 2004 at 09:48 pm

    I haven’t noticed it myself, and can’t imagine why it should be, though it could be. For the version I am working on, I am doing some extensive experimenting with this aspect of the script, so it would be helpful if we could document your observation, particularly if it is a browser specific issue.

13. Mac Says:
    January 16th, 2004 at 09:26 pm

    This looks like a GREAT script.  I have one question though, when the script refreshes your comment window, for some reason the page is a bit off kilter to the right, resulting in a horizontal scroll bar.  I’ve checked other sites that also use the script, and they do the same thing.  I thought increasing the popup window size might fix it, but apparently it still does it.  It’s weird.  Has anyone else noticed this?

14. Oscar Says:
    January 15th, 2004 at 10:07 am

    Thanks Lisa - Not your imagination, and at least this time, not my script!

15. Lisa Says:
    January 15th, 2004 at 06:16 am

    I just read over at The Tweezer’s Edge that it is actually MT Blacklist doing it.  If you use that, then throttle is ignored.

    At least it’s not my imagination.

16. Oscar Says:
    January 15th, 2004 at 12:48 am

    Well, the way I knew it worked was that you guys were posting here and I have been upgraded for several hours now. There shouldn’t be a problem with the ThrottleSeconds either, because the comment itself is actually posted by mt-comments and not by EZ STC.

    Also, I am building in the same feature to “subscribe without posting” and several other things. I will take a closer look at ThrottleSeconds then, just to be sure!

17. dclal Says:
    January 15th, 2004 at 12:39 am

    Completely MY BAD. I renamed my comment and trackback scripts to avoid comment spam. When I upgraded I forgot to rename them again. All is well now…

    Thanks Lisa for making me take a second look.

    Oscar, you can delete/edit my comment from earlier if you please. I do not want to tarnish it’s flawless operation.

    Thanks many times once again.

18. Lisa Says:
    January 15th, 2004 at 12:21 am

    I can post comments, just rapidfire *whistles*.  I posted 3 in under 20 seconds, and I have the throttle in mt.cfg set to 30 seconds.  I’m not sure I’m doing that right though…

19. dclal Says:
    January 15th, 2004 at 12:19 am

    I am also seeing problems with comment posting with 2.66 and sub-to-com. I can’t get posts to work either with or without trying to subscribe.

    I guess it serves us right (early adopters), we should have given Oscar a chance first when we saw that comment parameters have changed in MT.

    It looks like Lisa and I will be your test subjects. I will stay tuned…

20. Lisa Says:
    January 14th, 2004 at 11:51 pm

    Oscar, have you tested this with MT 2.66 yet?  It doesn’t seem to be respecting the throttling but it may just be that I’ve done something wrong.  Before I tear my hair out I wanna see if anyone else noticed anything…

    Thanks

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